[Rhodes22-list] For John Lock's Eyes

[bobmellor]

thanks... i put my order in last thursday... (with beckson).  glad to hear
you had success with them.

Hank-5 wrote:
> 
> 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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