[Rhodes22-list] Replaced Windows/Companionway Door Panels

Wed Jun 10 21:26:38 EDT 2015

Hi Bob,
We've never used it but somewhere on our boat is a piece of aluminum 
tubing maybe an inch in diameter and the right length to support the 
folded down hatch. There is a circular cutout the same diameter in 
the starboard of the hatch. The tubing/leg fits into the 
cutout/socket. You could use a dowel or anything similar cut to fit.

We tend to use either the bunk/table (that stores overhead in the 
v-berth) in the cockpit or a small fold-up wooden table that we store 
against the bulkhead in the head. we use that in the cabin or in the 
cockpit when we don't need the big table.

Mary Lou
1991 R22 Fretless
recycled 1998
Rock Hall, MD

At 08:26 PM 6/10/2015, you wrote:
>Thanks May Lou.  If i may, What supports the companionway "table"?
>
>Bob (palatka)
>
> > On Jun 10, 2015, at 2:32 PM, The Rhodes 22 Email List 
> <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hmm. I don't believe we've ever had leakage at the hinge. Our
> > companionway door is Starboard (or the equivalent). The edges at the
> > hinge are angles so they fit together and perhaps overlap a bit when
> > it is in place and I don't think it's ever leaked. In very strong
> > wind-driven rains, we may have had a bit of water get blown through
> > the gap beneath the companionway slider but not much and I always
> > figured that was a reasonable price to pay for the bit of ventilation
> > we get there.
> >
> > Mary Lou
> > 1991 R22 Fretless
> > recycled 1998
> > Rock Hall, MD
> >
> >
> > At 01:52 PM 6/10/2015, you wrote:
> >> Has anyone used a rubber gasket under the piano hinge of the
> >> companionway door to prevent water leakage?
> >>
> >> Bob (palatka)
> >>>> On Jun 9, 2015, at 9:05 PM, The Rhodes 22 Email List
> >>> <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Graham, nicely done.  Wish mine came out as nice as yours.
> >>>
> >>> Everyone else, this past weekend I replaced my windows and my 
> companionway
> >>> door.  I used the 3M VHB 4991 double sided tape and Dow Corning 
> 791 silicon
> >>> as Graham suggested for the windows, and I can attest their 
> wonderfulness.
> >>>
> >>> I identified a nice way of generating pressure on the windows for the
> >>> gasket to seal.  I used two dent puller suction cups from inside, and
> >>> wooden wedges through the handle to maintain pressure.  Not sure if this
> >>> would help with larger windows like Graham's.
> >>>
> >>> I ended up using 3/16" bronze plexiglass for the windows and 3/8"
> >>> plexiglass for the companionway.  1/8" seemed too flexible for the size,
> >>> though in retrospect I think it would have been fine since the 
> windows are
> >>> smaller, and the tape adhesion would have been simpler with a more
> >>> flexible pane.  http://www.eplastics.com/Plastic?search=Bronze2370
> >>>
> >>> The 3M VHB 4991 tape, I got in 1" width, boxed out the frame, and used a
> >>> razor blade to cut off excess after window installation.  Having the 1"
> >>> tape gave me a solid taper, and the silicon will provide a good waterseal
> >>> on the tape (hopefully).
> >>>
> >>> I toyed with the idea of oven heating the plexiglass to increase
> >>> flexibility, but decided against it due to the size difference, 
> and fear it
> >>> would break the plexiglass (since the sheer strength of the 3M 
> VHB tape is
> >>> insane).
> >>>
> >>> Sadly, my windows & door looks nicer than the boat, and its 
> unbalanced now.
> >>>
> >>> Photos:
> >>> 1) Previous Owner's pine/polyurethane companionway door panels.
> >>> 2) New window close up
> >>> 3) New window & old window side by side.
> >>> 4) My replaced companionway door panels.
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