06-10-2008
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Telstar 28
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: New England
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Remove old ports, remove sealant remains, cut new ports using old ones as a template. Bed new ports with butyl rubber tape as a sealant. Drill holes in the new deadlights oversized and countersink both sides. This will allow the port to expand and contract as necessary and help prevent cracks from starting at the holes.
Cosmetically, it makes sense to paint the outermost 1" or so, where the sealant will be, black, so that it hides the overlap between the port and the fiberglass.
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Telstar 28
New England
You know what the first rule of sailing is? ...Love. You can learn all the math in the 'verse, but you take
a boat to the sea you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of the worlds. Love keeps
her going when she oughta fall down, tells you she's hurting 'fore she keens. Makes her a home.
—Cpt. Mal Reynolds, Serenity (edited)
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Installing deadligts...
