Adding a portlight to sliding cabin door?

[CliffA]

You are correct I may not stop them from opening the door but at least i can spy on them.

Your further idea is interesting. I suppose you are describing something like the rectangular portlight with a sliding glass above only able to open the entire cut out.

John

it could be a sliding unit or one with a totally removable glass panel......

cliff

[KP49]

I had not really thought of a slider but that may need to be the answer. I am still waiting to hear back from Newfound Metals but i suspect the dogs on a traditional portlight will be too thick to still allow the door to slide. I am not partial to rectangle or oval. I used the oval in the first picture since all the other portlights on the boat are oval and most commercial options i have seen are oval. There is a weird curved rectangular porlight that slides underneath the port side lounger so a rectangular one may look better in the cockpit.

Any ideas on a source for the slider you mentioned? I have not seen one available where I have looked so far.

John

Found that pic of the slider on eBay, I have had similar sized sliding/screened windows on different RVs and car trailers I used to have.

[Gofirstclass]

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