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bsmudd
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Initially Posted - 05/24/2004 :  11:39:49  Show Profile
1 leaky Catalina window +
2 tubes of silicone +
1 tube of 5200 +
1 COMPLICATED frame design +
3 big dummies =
8 HOURS OF GOOEY HELL

I swear we tried to read the directions and take our time- and it didn't matter. This was crazy, Anyone else feel my pain?
- B.S. Mudd -
on the Chimera
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dlucier
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Response Posted - 05/24/2004 :  12:32:10  Show Profile
Yes, I feel your pain...

I redid some windows a year or so ago and it was a freakin' mess.

The kicker is, two of those windows are leaking again!
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lcharlot
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Response Posted - 05/25/2004 :  00:25:00  Show Profile
If I still had a C-25 with aluminum framed windows (Mk. I/Mk. II), and they were leaking (are there any that don't leak eventually?), and if this was a boat that I really liked and knew I would be keeping for a long time, I would seriously consider the Flush-Mount Window Retrofit Kit that Catalina Direct has put on the market. I guess I would at least investigate it. The purchase price is pretty steep, at least 5 BU's , I think, but the mounting system is said to be much more resistant to developing leaks. My '89 Mk. IV is now 15 years old, and the cabin windows do not leak even in a gully-washer. The Lexan window panels are glued directly to the fiberglass, with no intermediate framing and no vinyl glazing strip to deteriorate. The only disadvantage to the Lexan windows I guess is that they have a finite service life, determined by how strong the sun is where the boat is kept and much UV exposure the windows get. Boats with Lexan cabin windows in the Southeast, Florida, Hawaii, and Gulf Coast states seem to get only 10 years from the window panels before they craze and start to crack perpendicular to the plane of curvature of the surface they are mounted to. Boats in Northern California, Oregon, the Pacific Northwest, New England, and the Great Lakes states probably get at least twice the service life - 20 years - before the window panels break down from UV exposure.
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RoofRoof
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Response Posted - 05/25/2004 :  15:44:29  Show Profile
Yep, we did that more than once.....and the boat still leaked water inside, and looked like crap.

I ordered the updated smoked black lexan windows from a company called Cruising Concepts. I think. If you can't find it, I'll double check. I think it was $600-$800 for the kit. Now, no leaks, and the boat looks 20 years newer.

One could go to a glass shop and cut your own windows, but.....
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RoofRoof
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Response Posted - 05/25/2004 :  15:47:34  Show Profile
Yes, it is "Cruising Concepts." Do a search for it. The window kit is $650.
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