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    John Karklins

    John Karklins’ finished portlights above. He recommends against using polycarbonate. It gets cloudy, as the illustration shows. The teak spacer he added to compensate for the additional thickness of his “armor-plated windows” shows around the edges of the frame.
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    Armored portlights

    A patient sailor learns the hard way how to bulletproof his ports Issue 34: Jan/Feb 2004 I DO NOT RECALL READING ABOUT A DETAIL I encountered while replacing the ports on my Allied Seawind, Zvirbulis ...

    John Karklins
    September 18, 2026
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    Ulysses, a Nationale Kreuzer 45, sailing in recent years.
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    Wrapped in plastic

    Sheathed wreck of the wooden Ulysses still going strong Issue 29 : Mar/Apr 2003 Since becoming a subscriber to Good Old Boat in 1999, I have enjoyed two articles on the subject of sheathing wooden boa...

    John Karklins
    September 18, 2026
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