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ruachwrights
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Initially Posted - 10/01/2009 :  03:56:48  Show Profile  Visit ruachwrights's Homepage
The plexiglass on the forward window has become covered with cracks or crazes after my bored 13 year old son played drunken sailor on the bow with his friend a few months back. At least I think this was the reason. It has not been leaking water and seems sound-although I don't want to put too much pressure on it to really find out. Yesterday as I was getting a tour of some older Beneteaus at the BSC and I noticed that there was similar crazing or cracking on most of the plexiglass cabin windows of the early 90's boats. The guide told me this was normal and not particularly structural. I e-mailed Catalina a couple of months ago and they did not e-mail back.

So what do you think? Has this happened to anyone here? Does this need to be put on the priority A list or do I just continue to remind people as I am doing now- don't step on my windows! I am concerned because, unfortunately, the window is kind of part of the deck.

Vern Wright
E.Greenwich RI, Narraganset bay
97 Catalina 250 TR/ WK
Hull #301
Attleboro, MA
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Nautiduck
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Response Posted - 10/01/2009 :  18:03:10  Show Profile
First, don't let the kid and his friend drink on the boat again.

Edited by - Nautiduck on 10/02/2009 12:53:06
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John Russell
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Response Posted - 10/01/2009 :  18:04:38  Show Profile
When I first saw the topic, I thought it was the admiral asking about me!
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bear
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Response Posted - 10/02/2009 :  10:56:48  Show Profile
Vern, Go to an auto paint store and get a refinishing kit for plexiglass and try it. It will remove crazes but not cracks. We used it on airplanes with plexiglass windsields with mixed results.
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Ed Cassidy
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Response Posted - 10/02/2009 :  11:28:04  Show Profile
I recently saw the aftermath of someone using a sledge hammer to gain entry to a store that had lexan windows. There were deep dents in the lexan (over an inch) and a nummber of scratches and gouges but no breaks. I think that is one of the selling points of lexan, you can't crack it.
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Steve Milby
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Response Posted - 10/02/2009 :  12:17:51  Show Profile
One of the small portlights on my boat is crazed, but seems to be OK. If I was going to sail bluewater I'd replace it, but not for coastal or bay sailing.

I have severely beaten lexan in a manufacturer's display with a baseball bat, and you can occasionally scuff it. It's very tough stuff.
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Nautiduck
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Response Posted - 10/02/2009 :  12:52:29  Show Profile
Those must not be cracks. Here is an article about the Lexan windshields on NASCAR race cars!

[url="http://auto.howstuffworks.com/auto-racing/nascar/nascar-basics/nascar-safety3.htm"]Lexan Windshield[/url]
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Voyager
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Response Posted - 10/02/2009 :  20:24:44  Show Profile
one way to tell whether the cracks go all the way thru. Put a glass of water on one side and see whether it seeps thru. another way to do it, put some saran wrap on one side and put a wet towel on the other
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