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Home Port: Tierra Verde Florida
Vessel Info: 2002 38 Open w/Cummins 6cta's 8.3 450 hp
Anyone have any experience removing and rebedding the ports on the hulls sides? My 38 has 3 on each side, and not only do I have rust stains down the hull sides, I have some staining on the vinyl liner inside underneath the ports.
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Home Port: Boca Raton, FL
Vessel Info: 2001
3500 Open
Cummins 6bta 370
G.G. Schmidt and Sons, (888) 252-5446, have just about everything you would need to repair your port lights.
Good luck.
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Vessel Info: 36 Open Hardtop, 52 Express Hardtop
I've done mine twice. Easiest with boat out of the water. Unscrew from the inside. Then from the outside use a razor blade to cut the silicone that seals the joint between inner and outer frames. Go back inside and slowly pry the frame away from the wall. Cutting the silicone all the way through is the key. Then push out the external frame. Once you have it all apart, it's pretty clear what to do next. Use something like 3M 4000UV for the external frame to hull joint, and clear Marine silicone between the frames.
