External mounted portlights - what about inside?

[zachduckworth]

Hi everyone,

I'm planning to remount the four big cabin portlights on my Islander Bahama 30. There are unfortunately non-standard, oversized portlights. There is a guy who makes new versions of the originals in California, but I like the look of externally mounted portlights, so I'm going to go that route.

That said, I sort of want to redo the portlight frame on the inside. Once the portligth is externally mounted the interior frame no longer has a purpose. I'm having some trouble picturing what I can do back there. I was thinking of having custom brass frames made, or custom moulding to match the corners, and then paint it white. I also thought about having a piece of white acrylic cut to that shape, but low rise, and simply epoxy it in place. Or maybe some custom cut brushed aluminum. Those are just a few options. Has anyone else ever face this issue after externally mounting portligths?

[tamicatana]

You can build your own trim rings from PVC sheet

[coopec43]

Why not make up some fiberglass trim? (I had to do that for my deck hatches and X4 of the cabin windows)


This is f/g trim I made up to go around the window in the shower/toilet