[Rhodes22-list] For John Lock's Eyes

[Hank]

I highly recommend beckson ports.  I replaced the ports in my Islander 36
with them.  See http://www.beckson.com/opening.html

Hank


On 4/9/07, bobmellor <rhmello at aol.com> wrote:
>
>
> john..
> in mine there was indeed a square plastic dome light there with a built in
> switch...  the voltage was a bit intermittent (the old wiring i believe...
> i
> have disconnected since, but i think the wires went back and tied into the
> power/ground wires behind the starboard sidelight....  pulling off the
> sidelight revealed the splices.  the wires to the light are sealed in foam
> above the liner so i don't think there is much you can do to replace them.
>
> I am being a rebel and replacing my aged opening front ports with new
> opening front ports...  i believe it was rummy that is a firm believer in
> the opening ports there.. install them correctly and treat them well and
> they should be fine.   Put a bucket under them to open if they have water
> in
> them.  I also saw a post that seemed to indicate a bit of carefully placed
> "wicking" material draped on the outside of the port can quickly "self"
> wick
> water out of the ports when they do collect water.
> bob m
>
>
> jlock wrote:
> >
> > At 04:56 PM 4/8/2007 -0700, john Belanger wrote:
> >>some pics  john, please.
> >
> > OK... see attached.
> >
> > Photo #1 is the cabin top from the inside.  On the right is a post
> > that is acting as a compression post directly under the mast.  Just
> > to the left of that you can see where the VHF antenna lead comes
> > in.  6 inches more to the left you see the wires in question.  Closer
> > inspection revealed some screws holes that have been filled in a
> > square pattern around the wires.  So I'm guessing there used to be a
> > dome light there.  I need to put a meter on it to confirm.
> >
> > Photo #2 is the exterior cabin top.  You can see that the two forward
> > ports have been glassed over and there is only a single small
> > hatch.  The cut-outs for the ports are still visible inside, so it
> > shouldn't be too difficult to use some creative hackery to saw the
> > openings out again and install some new ports.  Stan recommends fixed
> > ports, but I'm inclined to think opening ports.  Any opinions?
> >
> > I don't think it will be practical to rebuild the cabin top to accept
> > the two large opening ports (as newer models are equipped).  But then
> > again, I don't know much about how that's constructed so maybe I'm
> > just chicken.
> >
> > But it looks like a pair of dorade boxes on either side of the hatch
> > might be helpful.  Maybe even a couple of solar powered fans to help
> > things along during the day?
> >
> > Cheers!
> >
> > John Lock
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > s/v Pandion - '79 Rhodes 22
> > Lake Sinclair, GA
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