....or... as Robbie Burns actually wrote it, "“The best laid schemes o' mice an' men Gang aft a-gley.”
You can see from my previous post that I researched the process of fitting windows in the wheelhouse.
I went ahead and purchased the expensive rubber seal and the polycarbonate. The seal, however was massive and spiralled like a corkscrew.
I tried leaving it on a radiator overnight to soften but no luck. I soaked in hot water, played a hairdryer on it as I tried to fit it all without success. Finally I tried cursing it and throwing it the length of the boathouse ... but no luck. Speaking to others who have tried it, without success, I decided to take alternative methods which didn't involve rubber seals.
I have began with the two lights (windows), one on each side of the cuddy part of the wheel house.
For these I bought two opening watertight ports which you can see below. These were remarkably cheap at £25 each (US $33).
They don't fit neatly into the window shape that I have cut out of the bulkhead as they slightly longer, narrower and a different shape. Consequently, I'm having to devise a way of fitting them.
I've started by cutting out a blank in 1/2 inch (12mm) marine ply into which the port will fit. This will be glued to the outside of the wheelhouse. Meanwhile I have cut another blank for the inside (below).
How this all comes together will become obvious in the next post when I fit the window into the boat
That's ingenious :-)
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