Just heard from Paula at www.seaworthygoods.com.  She informed me that, due to lack of interest, they are discontinuing their round PortVisors and the remaining 9-RO (for 6" ports) would be discounted.  We installed PortVisors on our 6" ports a year ago and like them a lot.  Our only regret is that they didn't make any for our 4" ports.  Anyway, this might be your last chance to get them if you ever wanted any.

Thanks for posting that Seaworthy Goods were ceasing production of the 9" PortVisors. I was not going to purchase them until later in my refit, however I could not let them pass and I now have 10 in a box awaiting fitment.

Paula only had nine for sale but when I explained I had 10 portholes she found one that was used as a cover for the mold and threw it in as a freeby as it had a scratch on it. Great service!

Thanks again for the tip - Jeff

Stephen Wylie wrote:

Jeff Graham wrote:

Thanks for posting that Seaworthy Goods were ceasing production of the 9" PortVisors. I was not going to purchase them until later in my refit, however I could not let them pass and I now have 10 in a box awaiting fitment.

Paula only had nine for sale but when I explained I had 10 portholes she found one that was used as a cover for the mold and threw it in as a freeby as it had a scratch on it. Great service!

Thanks again for the tip - Jeff

Hi Jeff,

Could you send me some pics of what the port lights look like?

I am trying to get an idea of how much they will stick out over the portlight.

I have been emailing Seaworthy Goods about the molds for the round covers, and I was advised that they would do round covers again, if there were an order of 100 +.

Thanks,

Stephen

Stephen,

I have made my own version of the portlight covers - not as elegant as the ones Seaworthy used to make, but they seem to do the job.

The plastic is 2mm vinyl, the same material used in the hanging door strips in industrial freezers. It was a few $/ft.

Basically I wanted to go around half the circumference of each size portlight, and I only wanted it to stick out 3 inches from the wall. I tried just cutting 3" rectangular strips, but it didn't look very good.

The shape of the vinyl is an arc, not a full half circle, 13" long and 3" tall for the 8" portlights. Cutting that exact curve was the tricky part. And finding the right tool to do it.

I found trammel points at a tool store and mickey-moused a set-up to cut the vinyl. I think it worked well and looks ok. Next time I'd use a cutting board instead of cardboard - the knife sunk into it, slowing it down.

The vinyl is pliable enough that it won't pop out of the hose clamp if you hit it (and it won't hurt a bare shin either), and rigid enough to hold it's shape as a cover. They kind of stick up at an angle, instead of covering half the portlight like the seaworthy ones do. In a real blow with sideways rain they won't do much, but for the average downpour they should be fine.