[Rhodes22-list] Replaced Windows/Companionway Door Panels

Thu Jun 11 10:51:15 EDT 2015

Bob,

My lower companionway hatch board is beveled away from the hinge along the
hinge edge.  This prevents water running off the upper board from leaking
in.

I like using the upper board as a table when eating underway.  Channel
strips keep bowls from sliding off and spills from draining onto laps.

Rick

On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 9:26 PM, The Rhodes 22 Email List <
rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:

> 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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