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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>The A30 is all laid up for the winter and now is
the time to</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>start on a few winter projects. </FONT><FONT
color=#000000 size=2>The first one I'm considering is </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>to install a window (maybe </FONT><FONT
color=#000000 size=2>window isn't the right nautical term </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>here) in the hatch cover above the v-berth.
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>I </FONT><FONT color=#000000 size=2>don't want
to install a new modern hatch and ruin the beautiful </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>& </FONT><FONT color=#000000
size=2>traditional look of </FONT><FONT color=#000000 size=2>the A30.
</FONT><FONT color=#000000 size=2>The </FONT><FONT color=#000000 size=2>hatch
cover on my A30 has, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>where it seems a window would fit in
</FONT><FONT color=#000000 size=2>nicely, an </FONT><FONT color=#000000
size=2>area that is </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>finished in chopped-strand mat (CSM) fibreglass
</FONT><FONT size=2>of a beige color </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>without any gelcoat over it. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Were all A30s built like this or was it optional </FONT><FONT
size=2>to have a window </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>installed there ?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>My initial plan is to cut that CSM portion out and install
an</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>acrylic or lexan window</FONT><FONT size=2>.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>I'd be interested to hear from anyone who has undertaken such
a </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>job and how you went about it.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>I'd also like to know if this was available from the factory
and if so, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>how </FONT><FONT size=2>did they go about installing it ? Is
there a metal trim ring </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>around the </FONT><FONT size=2>window, on the inside and
outside ? How is the window</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>held in place ?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Cheers.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Guy Cyrena #466</FONT></DIV>
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