1965 Bristol 29 Restoration - Interior and Main Cabin Window Frames

[Woodwind]

Hello All!

Nice to find this group!!

I have a 1965 Bristol 29. All is restored and upgraded minus the interior and windlass.

 I sailed her for 8 years after the mechanical, engine, rigging, fuel tank and sail plan upgrade. This gave me time to sail her and have solid ideas and input and how I’d like the interior configured.  I’m getting my Saye’s Rig windvane set up and installing a transom ladder  this month.

Then I’ll be on to beginning an interior update/upgrade. Mostly paint and possibly a ceiling in the Vee, an alcohol stove/countertop/cabinet install, portable head install, head sole upgrade?,reworking the mast compression post supports and adding a mini chart table/storage to the port side under the switch panel. After all is finished I will install a dodger.

I’m now looking  at the main cabin windows, the frames are cracked and the windows are leaking a little bit, two of four are leaking. Has anyone out there been able to successfully find a vendor that will make the metal frames or found a source of these window frames? I do understand that they were custom contracted by the Bristol factory and the likelihood of finding a good used window frames might be pretty slim.

Also if anyone has any ideas on the interior upgrade and especially the window frames they would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Elizabeth

[Wes Scott]

Hi Elizabeth,

I have a 1973 Bristol 28.  The exterior portlight frames and glass inserts became a problem (cracks, glazing etc) so a replacement was made.  We kept the inside portion of the portlight frame, but put lexan on the outside using the inside frame to anchor the lexan to the outside with screws.  Broad borders and 4200 were used to make this watertight to the deck exterior surface.  Over the years (15+) this watertight seal has started failing and I'll need to take this apart and re-install with new caulk.  I'll probably also add spacer between the deck and liner as I suspect the main problem in the seal are that these two structures will give over time and under the stress of heavy weather.  Pairing them together with spacer may solve this.

Regarding structural changes the Bristol 28 is your traditional opposite-facing settees.  I have sliding-hatch storage units above the V-berths.  I'd like to shrink the height (or depth) of these units so as to free-up more vertical space for bodies to fit on the berths below them.  Presently it's a bit tight.

My Bristol was built with a full stack of drawers instead of a stove in the "L" shape galley space on the starboard side.  I'd like a stove below decks but not enough to give-up the drawers/storage.  If anything I've been thinking of altering this stack of drawers to exploit some of the wasted space between the cabinetry facing and the hull below the drawers which right now is an unused void.  Possibly changing the lower of three drawers into a hatch to access this space.  But for cooking I carry a camp stove for use at dock and a double gimbaled unit that is by size really only good for heating water for offshore.  I have used pre-cooked meals in a bag and heated them in a pot that fits.  I hang this unit in the companionway opening to allow for the escape of heat and fumes.  Pretty much offshore this style of heating is all that's needed.

I also plan to cut into the galley counter on the outboard end to install an open space into which to store bottles, canisters and maybe an insulated pumper thermos to make assembling cold meals easier off-shore without these items sliding around.  Presently I use a pumper thermos with either hot water or just coffee and hang it from a companionway handle with its bottom bracketed by the sink below to keep it from swinging too far.  It's a great way to dispense just your quantity of something hot.

I've been getting a bit jealous of those with electric motors.  I track the Uma YouTube channel and also have two other boats at my yacht club that already have electric motors.  It sure would be nice to harvest more room for other purposes by removing the engine and fuel tank and I'd love to shift the weight of batteries a bit further forward.  But I'm not sure there's enough room for an arch and solar cells and don't want to give-up the appearance and range my diesel provides.

Anyway there are some thoughts on my interior.

Here's my boat in SailBoatData.com.  I 'm pretty sure they have the displacement and ballast wrong (they are showing too light - I think it's more like 8500 lbs displacement):

https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/bristol-28

Love to hear from any other Bristol 28 owners out there.

Wes Scott - 440-666-3376
Great Scot - Bristol 28 1973 Hull #8
Home Port: Lorain, Ohio (Lake Erie)

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