[Rhodes22-list] Robert & Roger: - trim rings

[Roger Pihlaja]

Marc,

It all depends upon how & where you intend to use your R-22.  If you are
ever out in heavy weather & take a good solid wave into those ports the way
they were installed; then, they will almost certainly blow out.  You would
be amazed how much water will get below thru even one blown out port in
heavy weather!  A seaworthy installation would always be thru bolted as per
my description in the FAQ.  You're a big boy & you can do it however you
wish, but remember you were advised on the correct way to do the job.

Roger Pihlaja
S/V Dynamic Equilibrium

----- Original Message -----
From: "Karen Fiske / Marc Beroz" <kfiske@erols.com>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 4:05 PM
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Robert & Roger: - trim rings


> Robert:
> The process so far has been painless. One port had been installed with
> silicone & popped right off. The other was had some type of adhesive
> caulking & took just a bit more time to free. Both ports were held in
place
> by 10 screws that went  through the flange of the port into the fiberglass
> skin (cabin side). These screws were about 3/4" long & only went through
the
> inner skin of the cabin wall. There was no foam or wood between the inner
&
> outer cabin skins. There was a narrow band of caulking where the port
spigot
> passed through the outer cabin wall.
>
> I removed the screws and pulled the ports out. Then I just had to lift the
> trim rings off (only held in place by silicone or caulk). Took much more
> time to clean  the caulking off the ports & fiberglass skin than to do
> anything else.
>
> Beckson has installation instructions at www.beckson.com/installport.html
>
> Roger:
> Thanks for the link. Beckson's website describes installing trim rings
> either with flush mount barrel nuts through the trim rings or just using
> silicone with no fasteners through the rings. The latter is certainly
easier
> & is what my prior installation was, - but it does not seem to be a very
> ship-shape way to do things. At this point I'm either going to use
silicone
> only or use silicone with  pan head screws through the trim rings & outer
> skin to hold them in place. I do have any  wood or foam filler between the
2
> fiberglass skins & am not planning to put any in. I 'd like to re-install
> the rings as GB had done it originally (without fasteners) but I wonder
how
> I can get a good silicone seal between the ring & fiberglass surface doing
> it this way. Apparently both GB & Beckson didn't see it as a problem so
> maybe I'm just fretting over  nothing.
> Marc
>
>
>
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