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Replacing opening ports with New Found Metal

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Dolce_Vita:
Photos! ;)

selene:
Okay, you asked for it....

1) Porthole and spacer. The P323 cabin wall thickness is 1/4"-1/2", so a teak spacer is required. And before I get flamed, this is layer 1 of about 6 of the varnish on the spacer!  Also note that the teak spacers needed to be trimmed to fit, as there is not sufficient height for them to be installed otherwise. Easy job - some measuring, a few minutes with a plane.

2) As in other projects, there is a void between the liner and the deck, which IMHO needs to be filled. I opted for fiberglass cloth and thickened epoxy.

3) This gives you some idea of how they look installed

4) And an exterior view. I expect the exterior to go green fairly quickly; I intend to keep the interior shiny.

Alma:
Fine work. Now you can remove the big ones and install more like this very special 323 that had opening ports from the factory-

Jammin:
Hi there. I have a P39 yawl and I'm looking at replacing my oval opening ports with SS option from NFM. Slightly larger than existing, but that shouldn't be an issue.  The question I have is whether anyone has considered replacing the fixed main cabin ports with opening ports? They would be the same overall dimensions, but rectangular, so would lose the distinctive curved shape of existing openings. Any thoughts on this welcomed!

Jammin:
This is what the boat looks like currently (original portlights):

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