"French Knight" wrote in message
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Can anyone help us?

We have a leak, but not through the porthole from outside in.

It would appear that the water is finding its way in to the salon via
the porthole.

We want to take the porthole out so that we can reseal it.

We have removed all screws inside and out but it is holding fast without
any leverage.

Are the more screws inside? Is it glued on?

Does anyone know. Any help offered is much appreciated.

French Knight




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French Knight
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It's probably bedded (sealed) with a marine bedding compound or silicon.
Might check with a Searay owners group and see what other owners recommend.

If the port has a frame I'd use a long, thin, flexible, sharp blade like a
snap blade knife or fillet knife and try to slice through the bedding. Put a
layer of masking around the port frame first to protect the gel coat from
the knife blade.
Once you get an area cut, get some pressure on the port, like a flat
screwdriver tip and keep cutting the bedding compound while maintaining
gentle to moderate pressure.
Try to cut as much as possible of the bedding compound and don't just try to
lever off the fixture as the compound may adhere to gel coat better than gel
coat adheres to the fiberglass and rip the gel coat from the boat.
When you go to rebed the port, find out what is recommended for the material
it's made. Whatever you do, do not use 3M 5200!