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Greg Dawson recently replaced his plastic ports with bronze ports manufactured by Newfound Metals in Port Townsend, Washington. He has prepared an Adobe Acrobat file showing the steps required for installation. Click on the link to the left to begin downloading the Adobe Acrobat file.
Greg's information covers 17 pages and includes 23 images showing the various installation stages. Click on the link to the left to download his installation instructions.
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NEWFOUND METALS
In the past, a 1979 Flicka owner purchased ports from Newfound
Metals:
Two 8" x 22" ports 1.5"
Four 4" x 10" ports 1.5"
Note that the large aft ports may not be on your Flicka. Some Flickas have smaller ports.
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Replacing Large Plastic Ports
Date: 08/18/1999
My Flicka #67 has the large black plastic fixed ports (22 3/4 by 8 1/4); one has been deteriorating slowly for about five years. Does any one have a replacement or knowledge of who might still be manufacturing them? Pacific Seacraft told me five years ago that they do not even know where they got them; it was ancient corporate history. They did sent a replacement to see if it would fit, but is was white plastic and way too undersized. Any ideas, other than using the existing port as the original for a bronze casting?
I would contact Dennis Pratt, of "Flicka Friends" newsletter fame, and previous owner of Prince of Whales. He had a bronze casting done of these ports and they work quite fine. I know that these were custom, as he did a lot of work, based on the ideas in Sailor's Sketchbook.
These castings are wonderful, but one word of caution as you piece things back together, polysulfide and Plexiglas do not mix.
Chuck
Rod Bruckdorfer
©: copyright 2000 Rod Bruckdorfer
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