Changing your multihull’s portlights is a job within the reach of any handyman... The main difficulty will be finding a source of Perspex not too far away from your boat. For the rest, follow our advice!
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Publié le
16/12/2016
Par
Emmanuel van Deth
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145
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We all know that the average life expectancy of a sailing boat is 40 years... A lot longer than that of its portlights! What slowly but surely destroys your ‘little windows’ is of course the sun. Not the winter sun, which is low on the horizon, but the scorching midday sun... Under the combined action of the phenomena of expansion and ultraviolet, the portlight deteriorates, crazes and sometimes breaks. As for the watertight joint, it more often than not ends up by letting in a few drops. The portlights most affected are the biggest ones, oriented at an angle close to the horizontal. The darke…
