A25 Forward and Aft Window Replacement

[hetek]

I used the same size seal for all the windows, including the glass windshield.
All except for the pilot house side windows. A previous owner replaced them with Diamond Seaglaze aluminum sliders.

[WillieC]

Check out Steele Rubber Products. I just redid some windows on the “new” boat. Not cheap. Call them, you can spend days on their website. (Hint: their price for locking strip is borderline outrageous. It can be found elsewhere.)

But they will have or can make exactly what you want. I had all the parts on hand, old windows out, body scraped and cleaned, you will have new plexy on hand properly sized to fit. A can of spray foamy window cleaner and a good attitude on hand when the mobile auto glass repair guy shows up and boom! Bob’s yur uncle!

[WillieC]

(Never understood that phrase. Maybe one of our Canadian friends can explain it.)

[normalboat]

I use that phrase sometimes and I'm surprised how often someone says "I do have an uncle named Bob".

It looks like maybe Perfect Fit doesn't carry this products anymore as I couldn't find them on their website. I'll call them next week and I'll also check out Steele products.

[hetek]

Got some info for you…

I bought mine retail from DK Hardware, 208 NW 6th Ave, Hallandale Beach, FL. 33009, according to the return address label.
It is from CR Lawrence Co, Inc. (CRLawrence.com), the weather seal is P/N AS-1456, Cat #75001209. It comes in 50’ rolls.
Since I have a deluxe model A25, I purchased the chrome filler/locking strip #713080, again a 50’ roll.

I’ve heard CR Lawrence only sells wholesale so that explains the DK Hardware retailer route.

CR Lawrence has installation instructions posted on its web page for weather seals. It is also strongly recommended that you purchase the locking strip installation tool. I bought the cheap one. It worked ok but I wished later that bought the deluxe one.

My weather seal is 3/16” on one side and 1/4” on the other. Can’t remember which is the glass and which is the boat window opening but, as mentioned previously, I did find variance in the thickness of the boat fiberglass around the opening. I sanded the high spots and filled in the low for the best chance of getting a consistent seal. I also reshaped the radius of the openings in the cabin and windshield area. It looked like Albin cut them out with a sawzall and “colored outside the lines” in some spots.

Unless you are crazy about getting the chrome locking strip (like me) I would go with the simple black one. It might be more forgiving. The chrome can scratch easily. I replaced some chrome strip because I didn’t like how it came out the first time.

I did ALL my window seals. Good news: No leaks!

I must have bought two rolls of each because I have 32’ of the rubber seal and 27’ of the chrome strip (and the inexpensive tool and instructions) left over.

Take a look at the CR Lawrence web site and if what I have works for you, PM me and let me know what you need.

[normalboat]

Thanks so much Jon, I'll get in touch with DK.
I'll be hauling out and moving the boat to may shop in June. I'm going to build a hard-top and quite a list of other things. The front and back windows look like hell, but apparently they looked like that when the previous owners bought the boat 30 some years ago. The house and deck need to be painted, so all the windows will come out for that. The other thing that must happen is a good boat trip to BC, so we'll see what gets accomplished and what doesn't.
I look forward to seeing what the openings look like. I'm hard to please, but so far I'm quite impressed with the quality of the workmanship on this boat.