Conference vicki::boats

    What brand of boat, does it have more than one windshield..
    
    JIm.

    Jim,
    	Its a 22' Aquasport Walk Around Cuddy type. The windshield is 
    kind of generic for that style boat. There are two swing out vent/
    windows at the bottom, two main glass pieces in front above the vents 
    and a triangular shaped window on each side. The frame is stainless and 
    extruded Aluminum.
        The mounting may actually be done from inside the cuddy, although I
    doubt it. That would result in the hardware being hidden by the
    headliner. More likely there is some way to remove the right piece of
    moulding and expose the screws/bolts or whatever.
    
    Paul     	 

    Here's one thing i've found as the best thing to do.
    
    Call the Mfgr. All i have called so far have technical people
    aboard, that speak in plain clear english...
    
    
    JIm

    FWIW hardware under headliner isn't all that rare. My Sea Ray cuddy has
    bolt that extend down through the deck. Nuts are attached from below.
    THe whole area is covered with headliner material, so the little nuts
    are hard to spot. The whole fuzzy mounting area is then covered with a 
    another board covered with headliner material which must be removed
    first before you can get to the nuts.
    
    john

    Hi;
    
    I had some problems early in the ownership of my boat with the
    windshield. Not leaking, but coming loose from doing 50 mph in 6 foot
    seas. I found that the windshield is mounted by screws in the base . To
    access these I had to disassemble the windshield from the top down. If
    there is a walk thru or an edge to yours you might try to remove that
    and see what that reveals. I am assuming that you are refering to
    something that is made of an aluminum frame and held together by sheet
    metal screws, the glass is held and insulated from vibration by rubber
    trim . Maybe I could offer more insight by talking live. I'm on the
    west coast therefore add or subtract for whatever time difference. I'm
    at dtn 533-7618/7607 or 714-360-1266.
    Good Luck

    
    
    The only windshield I am aware of that has swing out vents on the
    bottom is made by taylor. Every alum/stainless frame w/shield with
    Glass (not plastic) I have seen has ms/s machine screws that bolt right
    through the overhead and have teensy nuts and washers. THat is exactly
    what IU have on my North American. 
    
     On the less expensive boats, the spray the flocking (fuzzy stuff)
    right over the whole mess. In this case , getting the windshiels ou
    makes and even bigger mess .
    
     If you have a separarte headliner- get behind it and I'll bet you find
    the nuts- once you get to them, the windshield can come off and be
    reealed in a flash. I would use the white life -caulk or a good marine
    bedding compound. I would stay away from the silicone caulk- that stuff
    has never failed to fail me in a marine environment.
    
    Dick
    

    	Well I got the windshield off okay. As I suspected, I had to remove 
    some snap in moulding to expose the screw heads. It was attached with 
    wood screws versus machine screws. That was probably the cause of the 
    leak...screws loosening up over time. It had a rubber gasket under it 
    but it appeared to be inadequate. Anyway I laid down a nice messy bead
    of Life-Caulk and reattached it with machine srews and lock nuts. Since
    its raining up here I should have a good test of its tightness.
    
    Thanks for all the hints,
    Paul