[ruby]

I am curious what could have made the salon windows on the port side of a 46 post crack, and what is involved in removing the windows to replace them.

[Capt J]

Rotton wood around the window frames most likely or loss of a support. The weight of the flybridge above them then was bearing on the windows and they finally cracked under the weight.

[RT46]

does the 87 Post have a wood house?

[Ave Maria]

I do not know what would have caused them to crack the tracks are teak and I am sure they could rot but I have not heard of the problem in that vintage Post did the crack start at the top or bottom or on the side edge that might help also were you in some really rough seas

I can tell you how to replace you have to remove the top valance and the corner in the rear where the cables and wires run also the trim that runs underneath where the rope lights run if you have them when you get that done there is a apprx. 6x2 heavy piece of Mahogany with about 20 large wood screws that runs the full length of the windows it is also glued in with dolphinte or some similar product, that is the difficult part you have to carefully pry / work that long piece off with out cracking the good windows when you get that removed the windows will tilt in from the top then lift out of track and remove, what I did at that time was to then to place all the windows in the outside tracks and seal with windows urethane I live in Fla and never opened the windows any way also this is the way Post started doing it in the early 90s if you are interested I can tell you how to do it

[ruby]

I appreciate any and all help you guys can give me. Are the screws that hold the upper wood trim in place easy accesible?

[42hatteras]

Originally Posted by RT46

does the 87 Post have a wood house?

No it is fiberglass............Could be the cat whiskers are rotted or worn out and the impact of a heavy sea cracked the window.

[Ave Maria]

Originally Posted by ruby

I appreciate any and all help you guys can give me. Are the screws that hold the upper wood trim in place easy accesible?

yes
first you need to remove the front of the box that the wires and cables from the port engine run up to the hardtop in the left rear corner of the salon then once you remove the panels where the track lights are mounted under the valance you ( look up between the windows and the valance) you will see the screws that hold the valance in remove them and move valance out of way then you should see the screws that hold that trim in place it runs the full length of windows in one piece and and is difficult to get loose it is heavy and you will probably need help to remove if that piece has not been removed before it is really stuck to the cabin side it fits really tight if all your windows are broke not a problem but if you are trying to save one or two panels get help and try to work free very slowly or you will break the other windows as it seems old safety glass gets brittle with age then the windows just tilt in at the top and lift out hopes this helps it has been a few years but that is how I remember it as I said earlier I would consider cutting
the aft window smaller have some trim pieces made and stack all windows to outside and seal them up less problems later if you do decide let me know and will give you some pointers

[BEAU]

Wait a second guys. The OP needs to give us more info on when and where the glass broke. Running in heavy seas. On the hard. At the slip. During a windstorm??? Did my son hit it with a baseball? There are hundreds of reasons why that glass may have cracked or broken. We don't even know what it is he's describing as a crack? Is it shattered. Is it a centerline horizontal crack or vertical. Is it in the corner ? Just my 2 cents

[Ave Maria]

The one thing I forgot to point out is that heavy piece of trim that you have to pry off also has the window track attached that is why if you wish to save the windows you have to be careful and do not twist it you have to work it from end to end with that said the windows in the Post are really put in well as you will see, that trim piece straddles from the aft of the salon to the front and is attached in multiple places and is quite sturdy and will support that span quite easily it is built like a brick ---- house, I do not know what broke your windows but I do not think it was structural unless the boat yard dropped your Post or really twisted it when blocking I would think something must have hit your window or windows but you should be able to determine when you disassemble