[Rhodes22-list] Gasket For Opening Port Screen

[Ralph Zeto]

Chris,

A little Scotch & Viagra shure does it for me.
Ralf  
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Chris Geankoplis<mailto:napoli68 at charter.net> 
  To: The Rhodes 22 mail list<mailto:rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> 
  Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2004 12:41 AM
  Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Gasket For Opening Port Screen


  Lloyd ,you asked if you can soak the screen in something to "convince it is
  young again"  I'd use beer or rum.  Every time I soak myself it it not  only
  do I feel young but witty to boot.  Also I get pretty tight too.

  Chris G
  -----Original Message-----
  From: Lloyd Crowther <lcrowther at cox.net<mailto:lcrowther at cox.net>>
  To: List, New Rhodes22 <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org<mailto:rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>>
  Date: Saturday, September 04, 2004 9:33 PM
  Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Gasket For Opening Port Screen


  Today I discovered the corner of the screen on one of the forward opening
  ports on Uhuru II had somehow popped out of the front of the port.  I took
  the gasket the holds the screen off and removed the screen itself from the
  port hole.  The screen and gasket remove from inside the boat after the port
  glass itself is opened , i.e., the screen is outside the glass but inside
  the port frame as you all know.  The screen and the material that forms the
  screen's shape look to be in good condition, not bent in any way.  My
  problem, if you care to address it, is that the screen has been in place for
  twenty years ('84 Rhodes22) and the retaining gasket is not as limber as it
  was when originally installed.  It has some flexibility, but not enough to
  stretch over the curved corners of the molded lip on the port's frame which
  holds the screen in place when the port is open.  As a matter of fact, it is
  like trying to stretch a piece of wood although it is flexible enough to
  flop around when I tried to put it back.  Does anybody know of anything I
  can paint or spray on the gasket material or soak the gasket in that will
  convince it that it is again young without destroying the gasket material,
  the material that forms the screen's shape, the screen mesh, or the port
  frame?

  Lloyd Crowther
  s/v Uhuru II
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