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Like many other projects on this boat the previous owner had already started this one.... fortunately he hadn't gotten very far with it.  When I first bought the boat it had some sort of plastic covering the portlight holes, looked to be maybe cheap shower panel or some other home depot type material. Certainly not marine grade! I'm not sure how long it was there before I found the boat, and the first time it touched it, it cracked and broke. Obviously ultra violet rays had been eating away at it for some time. Luckily it lasted through our trip home before I scraped it off for good. The original bronze portlights were stowed below in a cardboard box when I found the boat. Sweet! I thought...   they have already been restored and just need to be installed.  Simple, right ? First I wanted to paint the cabin top portion of the deck prior to installing the portlights to give them a super clean line when finished.  This was easier said than done. I ran into a few snags w...