Porthole replacement Part 3

This is what was left of the porthole assembly in the head after we cut, drilled and used a cut-off saw on it. That thing just didn't want to come out but once it did, it was obvious why it leaked from time to time. No sealant anywhere.

This weekend, we continued with the project by bolting down the new porthole in the starboard side of the v-berth and then went after the old porthole on the head.  This one was almost worse than the other two and we had to use a little more effort to get the old one out

Note 1 "Effort" here means that Bill ran up and down two ladders at least 25 times in one afternoon.

Note 2: Bill will go to bed early tonight.

Things like these old ports are to be expected when owning an older boat.Not a big thing to make the boat more comfortable.

But as you can see, we got the damn thing out.

Weather this week looked like typical spring in Connecticut.

After 2-3 inches of rain, the river came up and invaded a little of the boatyard. Nothing bad. We've seen it many times higher than this.

At this point, we have two of the four new portholes installed and a third half-way done. Next weekend, we'll bolt the third one down and then head back up forward to last bad boy, the porthole in the starboard side of the v-berth. From what we've seen, that one won't be easy but since that's were Frances sleeps it better be nice and dry.