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Bob, thanks. I have debond and will try it; the problem is getting it behind the frame and onto the sealant itself. I cannot even drive a thin metal putty knife behind the frame. It can't hurt to try soaking the area with debond, though. I hate to destroy the frame. Here is one more dumb...

I wonder if anyone can address the thickness of the cabin in front where the windows are installed. As close as I can measure it with the window in place, I get 1/4" Is that right? Seems to be solid glass. If I could get the window out, I could put calipers on it, but so far no luck. I have...

That is timely advice, Bob--thanks, I have ordered a tube. Any suggestion for glue to hold the latch on the sliding side window? Epoxy? Super glue?

C-wolfe and ssobol, thanks for the heat gun tip--it helped with the window latch and I will try it on the forward window frame. Steve, that is good advice about the hatch lens Could I ask what sealant you used? Thanks all. Sam

I have three "windows" to replace on Runt. One is the lens on the hatch--that came out easily. Second is the center forward window, which is fixed--I am going to put in a top-hinged window. I have not been able to remover it--I am having a heck of a time getting whatever it is bonded in to...

Thanks for all the help. I will report beck this spring once I have the weather to open the transom, via a new thread, if there is any interest in what I find. Sam

Arrgh--this is a loss. "Someday soon (Blow you old blue norther)" was a heartbreaker, along with "four strong winds.," and many more.

On Runt, the screws at the bottom of the transom for the tabs went into something woody--maybe balsa, maybe soft ply, but the top brackets of the tab went into a void. As I pushed down into it with a coathanger, it felt like there was foam below the hole, not rotten ply. I am wondering if the...

Bob, that is interesting. what was inside the hull on the sides of the transom, if the ply did not run all the way across? Balsa? Foam? I am wondering if that is what I have hit with the trim tab installation.

I would use epoxy--I have pretty extensive experience with glass over ply construction and it is easy, if not cheap, to use. The well/transom joint seems tight, so hopefully the outside approach is OK. I am hoping to avoid Clay's Homeric exercise. Given that the core of the transom of the...

Thanks, Dr. Bob and Clay. What a job on Hammerhead! Makes me afraid of what I am getting into. I am not sure I want to know what is under the deck, which feels 100% solid. I was hoping to address the transom from the outside, to avoid removing tanks and other gear. I would love to get this...

I got Runt a few weeks ago, and this weekend put trim tabs on her. The interior of the transom was pretty soft down at the bottom where the tabs go. Where I installed the top bracket, above the waterline, it was downright punky. I could use some advice. The motor mount bolts are not pulled...

Wow-interesting topic for me--I just drove halfway across the country and back to buy a boat that by many measures--cost per unit length, beam, displacement, horsepower etc, was priced above the local market. Notwithstanding which, I feel like I got a great deal. Logically, this is because the...

Thanks SRB--that will be very helpful. Looking forward to the pm. And as always thanks to Bob for the good advice. Sam

The lens on my cabin hatch cracked from the weight of the (not heavy) previous owner steping on it. I am considering replacing the lens with 1/2" mdo ply, and adding small opening portlights on the cabin sides. Has anyone else changed out the hatch lens for ply? Easy/cheap to convert back, if...

Thanks both. The pics of the camber relief are particualrly helpful. As Bob forsaw, my boat came with a near-new raw water A/C, which will have the occlusion problems he mentions as well as not being conducive to anchoring out. I will be considering opening ports of various kinds going...

Hello. I am about a month into my C-dory 22 ownership and enjoying cold-weather cruising in the Chesapeake region. It will be hot before I know it, and I am trying to find an opening center window to replace the fixed forward center window on Runt. I have contacted Diamond Sea Glaze but have...

Greatlakesmann, I am a new 22' owner and am learning the boat as I go. Running her in lower Delaware Bay, so lots of chop. I have a new permatrim, which helps a lot in a chop. I will put on tabs this winter. It is great to be in the cabin and comfortable in cold weather. As others have...

Got a chance to try her with the permatirm--no tabs--today. 2' chop--the permatrim let me get the bow down, and plane at lower speed, both big helps. Ran comforably across the chop at lowest plane circa 12-13 kts. Directly into the chop, she (that is, I) was much happier at displacement speed...

Good enough for me--thanks both!