Hmmm ... beg to differ Over the years I have heard too many stories of the frameless C&C windows leaking and the difficulties rebedding. On top of that the one single persistent problem in the C&C 36 that we had new from 1980 thru 1990 was leaking windows and difficulty resealing. On our J Boat with screwed in windows I simply removed screws, removed window pane, cleaned edges of window and frame and then added a bead of silicon and screwed back in place. 20 minutes a window, no leaks and extremely simple
However .. and it is a big however ... screwed in windows where they were not supposed to be screwed in do not always look right. Our Niagara 26 used the same 35" aluminum extruded frames as the C&Cs of the 70s. Previous owner had decided to remove the frames and screw a piece of plexi over the opening. It looked awful. We purchased "new" frames from Rob at South Shore (they were new and sat outside unused for 20+ years) and it looked far better. Probably won't look right on the 80s C&Cs either... My $0.02 Mike Persistence Halifax, NS (with glued in place windows and no frames or screws) From: CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of mike amirault via CnC-List Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2016 5:11 PM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: Stus-List Window Leak I agree with Alan; more screws are just going to make the leak worse. Get rid of the screws, fill the holes and glue the window with Sika, or Dow795 or VHB tape.
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