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markolito
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Initially Posted - 04/30/2003 :  14:12:11  Show Profile
i removed the old depth meter and knot meter from my 1980 SK/SR and now have two big holes in the starboard side of the cockpit. I want to cover these 2 holes with a nice piece of wood. I have 2 questions..

1) what type of wood (other than teak) could i use assuming i am going to coat it 3 times with cetol.

2) I was going to put 2 pieces of wood, one on the inside and one on the oputside bolted all the way through. Should i also cut 2 round pieces and fillup the holes? or can i leave 2 "hollow" spots in between the wood where the instruments used to be?

thanks again.. my list of projects gets longer everytime i log into this site!!! I'm all smiles though!

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1980 SR/SK "Wet Pretzel"
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dlucier
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Response Posted - 04/30/2003 :  14:45:13  Show Profile
You could use mahogany to fashion a cover for these holes or you could get creative like Doug and Richard.

This is what Doug did on Wind Lass.

"The previous owner had left me with a cheap plywood patch over an old compass hole. Port side of the aft cabin bulkhead. Here is what I did. Purchasing a deck hatch/port for 10 dollars I installed it into the hole. I used a clear port so it would look similar to a portlight. I must say it was a vast inprovment over the old plywood patch. A few months went by and some one gave us a stained glass sun catcher. My first thought was Ill bet this will fit into the old port and look quite nice. I removed the chain and hangging loop and here is a picture of how it ended up."
<img src="http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b2d626b3127cce9f241b0eb9830000001410" border=0>

And this is what Richard did on Sanity,

"Here's what I did."

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"It used to be a knotmeter which never worked. With a very bulky backside with many sharp, jagged points, it liked to gouge out large chunks from my skull when I used the sink. So I struck back one day! I removed it and used a hack-saw to cut off the backside about 1" from the glass. After removing all the "innerds", I reinstalled it back in the hole in the bulkhead. On the inside, a router table was used to make the trim piece from some scrap teak. If I did it again, I would glue the trim piece on the inside, instead of using screws."


<img src="http://www.catalina25-250.org/c25sm.gif" border=0>Don Lucier<img src="http://www.catalina25-250.org/c25sm.gif" border=0>
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Douglas
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Response Posted - 04/30/2003 :  19:33:28  Show Profile  Visit Douglas's Homepage
The above pictures of my stained port still look great. I used a West marine deck access plate and a cheap fake stained glass from a gift shop. The deck access plate had a clear plug and the stained glass was put into the inbd side of it.

Doug&Ruth
Triska (Alberg 29)
Tacoma Wa.
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markolito
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Response Posted - 04/30/2003 :  20:17:00  Show Profile
going to look for those deck access plates.. thanks alot..
as always these forums come to the rescue..<img src=icon_smile_blush.gif border=0 align=middle>


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wmkoines
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Response Posted - 05/01/2003 :  08:35:41  Show Profile
I used the deck access plate from West Marine. Had it on for about five years now no leaks. And no wood maintenance.
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