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Window shade/vent

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kjg1951
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Window shade/vent

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I have a 1983 36 albin trawler ... The aft window on the port side leaks ... Can't find where the leak is coming from but is is brown in the bowel I have under the drip ... Any ideas of where it might be coming from ? Or has anyone put a vent/ visor over the window to keep some of the water from dropping down the window when it rains ....I have cleaned out the drain holes .. Thank you
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Re: Window shade/vent

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kinda like they have for car and truck windows ..... ventashade ????
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Is this the window on the side that opens, or on the rear cabin wall that doesn't open? Where are you catching the drips?
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Re: Window shade/vent

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Kevin, The color indicates it's been in the fiberglass for awhile. I'd suggest you look for the leak in the overhead. If it's just leaking around the window, the water stays pretty clear when it enters the cabin. You might have a leak at a handrail, a fitting etc. It's pretty common to have a cabin top with water in the sandwich. Could also be coming from the flybridge/ top joint. Good luck, you're gonna need it finding this one. I've worked on a lot of these. Ben
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Mike
It is the side window that opens
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Re: Window shade/vent

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I have a '78 36' and mine is doing the same thing. I'm going to pull the trim on both sides, clean the window channels, and reseal and rebed everything an see if that helps.
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Kevin, after I drilled out the bungs from the exterior side, I pulled the screws and then carefully removed the trim using various tools. I was very careful not to damage the wood. After removing the exterior trim, the trim on the inside was screwed from the back through the fiberglass. It looked like my window was repaired several times. Years and years of old caulk. I removed the Windows. Breaking one. The actual window frame was wooden and attached to the inside teak trim. Removing the inside trim pulled a lot of the veneer of. It was very brittle from the leak anyway and I was planning on replacing it. After removing everything, I was left with just the fiberglass opening. There were lots of screw holes and damaged fiberglass. I sanded everything well and repair the fiberglass and filled all the holes with West System 610 epoxy. This is where I am now. We had a big bout with a storm and it delayed me a little. After the 610 cures I'm going to give it a good sand and put everything back. While the trim if off, I'm redoing it to newish and had new glass cut. Hopefully putting everything back to like new will stop the leak.
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