F241 cabin windows
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F241 cabin windows
HELP!!!!!!
I am rather new to postinting here, but have been reading lots.
Hopefully someone can help. I am looking for the cabin windows for a 1976 F241. The old owner replaced them for one reason or another with Plexiglass. He never got it sealed up and the water came in .
Thanks for any help
Scott
I am rather new to postinting here, but have been reading lots.
Hopefully someone can help. I am looking for the cabin windows for a 1976 F241. The old owner replaced them for one reason or another with Plexiglass. He never got it sealed up and the water came in .
Thanks for any help
Scott
Welcome aboard Scott. Try getting in touch with the folks at Beacon Marine, they run this forum and should be able to help you out. At the very least, they should be able to steer you in the right direction. I'm sure others with the same model will be along short with some input as well.
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This must have been a "thing" with these old boats. The PO replaced all the glass windows in the main salon with smoked plexi as well. Of course they don't open and they also leak. Why the &*@%^& would anyone do that???
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That is the cheapest way to go. I had 1/4 smoked lexan cut 1 1/2" beyond the window hole then screwed the new lexan on all around the edges with s/s srews and decorative washers, then used butyl tape as a gasket. No leaks and brand new windows!
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I agree that it may be a matter of replacing the gaskets around the windows. I'm not familiar with the F241, but my F26 front cabin windows leaked a lot until I removed the windows, frame and all and replaced with new smoked Lexan and redid the gaskets. No leaks in over 6 years now. If they're the side windows I added gutters over the tops of the frames (black vinyl self-adhesive extrusion that match the frames) and that really solved any leaking. All the cabin windows on my boat are plastic. The cockpit area windows are glass.
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The windows I am having problems with have no frames. It looks like the originals fit into a recessed pocket. With the openings only being 16.5"x3" I am thinking they are no great loss.
Soooooooo, witht that in mind. I have thought about cutting the plexi I took off, cut it to size, and install it into the pocket. Orrrr, glassing them over.
Both options are doable to me. I have materials t cover up the holes and add some gelcoat. The plexi that the previous owner installed is 1.5" bigger than the opening all the way around. It was held in with 14 screws evenly spaced around the opening. By looking at all the sealent I pulled and scraped out along with all the rot I am fixing, this was not the way to fix the window.
I just do not want to be messing with this again for a while. I am lucky that the ramp I launch from is not due to open for another 2 weeks.
Thanks for all the sugestiongs and Ideas
Scott
Soooooooo, witht that in mind. I have thought about cutting the plexi I took off, cut it to size, and install it into the pocket. Orrrr, glassing them over.
Both options are doable to me. I have materials t cover up the holes and add some gelcoat. The plexi that the previous owner installed is 1.5" bigger than the opening all the way around. It was held in with 14 screws evenly spaced around the opening. By looking at all the sealent I pulled and scraped out along with all the rot I am fixing, this was not the way to fix the window.
I just do not want to be messing with this again for a while. I am lucky that the ramp I launch from is not due to open for another 2 weeks.
Thanks for all the sugestiongs and Ideas
Scott