[Alberg30] RE: Alberg30 window replacement

[RABBIT649 at aol.com]

Dear Jacque,
This is a huge issue that was the subject of a thread about a year ago that 
went on for months and even migrated into another thread about having frames 
custom cast for the association (which was never  done).
My interest stemmed from the fact that Ashwogh's (#23) needed replacing, so I 
considered several methods before finally replacing them with frames from 
another boat, whose owner(a friend of mine) decided to replace his with 
opening rectangular bronze portholes (which did not fit exactly and required 
major glass work to install, but ended up looking beautiful).
If I'd had to replace them from scratch, I would have cut them out of 1/4" or 
5/16" aluminum plate with a jig saw or a scroll saw and then, using a plywood 
pattern as a routing template, or with a hand file, cleaned them up and put a 
small bevel on the inner and outer edge of the side facing outward ( a 3 HP 
router with a carbide blade will cut aluminum). The good news is that then 
you can use a single pattern for ALL the frames, which means you can bolt 
them (all eight) together for scroll cutting, final finishing and drilling, 
all operations except the final beveling or the outfacing edges. If you cast 
them, you need two (inner and outer both sides which then reverse for to 
aft). There was a fellow in Annapolis who quoted me a price to do it this way 
(by cutting sheet material), but I have no memory right now of his name or 
the price. I will certainly post it if I remember. 
There is no place anyone has ever mentioned as a source for buying them.
Regards,
Paul Cicchetti 


In a message dated 9/17/01 3:04:03 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
dussual at attglobal.net writes:

> I would appreciate it if any of the Alberg 30 owners have information 
>  on what is involved in replacing the windows/ports in the my 
>  Alberg30 #446 Kilwinning (1970).  Thank you
>  
>  Jacques Dusseault
>  Jacques Dusseault
>  President, Synergem Management Inc.
>  2 de Menton, Gatineau, Québec,
>  J8T 5M6 CANADA
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