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Stuck Window

Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2014 2:49 pm
by bjanakos
New to me F-32...

I have spent about a total of 4 hours on this boat and most of that cleaning it out and preparing for winter.

When I was there last I tried all the windows in the salon. They all slide open and closed rather easily except the one at the helm. It took quite a bit of force to get it to move.

I had a similar issues with my old boat that ended up being water ingress in the lower sill and swelled the underlying structure. I am hoping this one is not that severe. I intend to clean out the channels on my next visit, but I would like to check in to see if there is a common issue with the window slides. Search results did not turn up much.

Re: Stuck Window

Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2014 9:04 pm
by DAVIDLOFLAND
Both of my forward windows on my 77 F32 are tight, and will not open all the way. Same condition on my friend's 74 F32. I think it may be the top actually 'settling', causing less clearance from top to bottom.

Re: Stuck Window

Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2014 2:48 pm
by bjanakos
That's a lot like what was happening with my other boat. Why does it have to be THIS window?