[Rhodes22-list] Forward windows on R22

[peter beckerman]

 Ouch!  Perseverance seems like a VERY appropriate name.  I'm still searching for a name.  When I purchased my boat last year the seller was adamant that she was a "dry" boat, except for a leak at one of those opening windows.  It seems he was stowing the table top and accidentally hit one of the plastic window dogs which broke off and created the leak.   I was able to 3d print a fix which worked ok, but then one of the other dogs just crumbled in my hand as I was loosening it.  At that point I realized that the seals were so old that the dog's were getting over tightened to the point that they simply failed altogether.  Another 3d printed dog and new seals completely solved the problem....then I realized that one of the non-opening windows had a leak.  That's not a difficult fix, but it is a pain in the rear job!  I'm happy to report that now (and for now) I've a dry boat.
Cheers,    Peter
    On Saturday, December 2, 2023 at 08:43:14 PM EST, BARRY RUEHLEN <ruehbl at msn.com> wrote:  
 
 Thanks Peter. Our current leak issue is very minimal and I believe when we get around to having covers made, we should be golden. Even though the silicon grease is mostly doing the trick, I'll look for replacement seals as well. Our list is long. We bought our R22 in June of 2022. I thought the cabin just needed a little carpentry and tlc. My arena. Turned out that she had termites and we had to pull all "furniture" out as well as the cabin deck. Now we could see dry rotted stringers. I repaired the stringers and found the cockpit deck was soft. We cut it out and replaced the core and non skid. Then the Hurricane Ian beat the hull a bit, and floated her off the trailer and broke the center board. The list goes on, but we are now putting the cabin back together, on the last coat of vivid red hull paint, and repairing gel coat areas. I have been lurking on this site from the beginning. I'm one of the people that recently got chastised for not stating our craft name and hailing port. We didn't have a name yet. I wanted to call it the Red Onion because every layer we pealed off reveled another. We have now settled on "Perseverance." It's got a great personal ring and seams fitting. By the way thanks to all that have slipped me helpful information along the way. I know Todd has helped on a couple issues. Great group and the data base is very helpful.Best,BARRYs/v Perserverance (formally Crimson Cloud)St James City, Fl.From: Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org> on behalf of peter beckerman via Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
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Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Forward windows on R22 Barry,    I replaced the seals on my '86 Rhodes this last summer.  I suspect they had never been replaced before.  It's a bit of a pain to get them to seat properly, but once done my windows seal perfectly.  I often find the outside well full of water, there's never a drop inside.