[Rhodes22-list] Cowl Vent

[BenCittadino]

Folks;

My recycled Rhodes came with the neat cowl vent which I keep turned aft to
minimize spray and the occasional wave from inundating the bunk area. I keep
the anchor in its bow mount with the rode attached and threaded through the
vent attached to 150' of anchor line which is tied off to the convenient bit
located on the overhead just inside the opening. I never let the boat ride
at anchor with that bit as the attachment point as it would chaf and destroy
the cowl. I keep a second anchor in the lazarette attached to a spool of
another 150' of anchor line. Whatever else I do I am not running or drifting
this baby up on any rocks.  Maybe I need a third anchor.

Fair winds,

BenCittadino
s/v susan kay

David Bradley wrote:
> 
> Chris, I put the NIcro solar fan in two years ago and have been
> pleased with the results.  It fit into the existing deck cutout,
> though it was a tight fit.  I needed the ventilation while at the
> slip.  I don't mind walking the anchor rode forward to the bow from
> the laz.
> 
> Dave
> 
> On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 2:01 PM, cowie<ccowie at cowieassociates.com> wrote:
>>
>> I have a 3" cowl vent on the bow and like the functional quality of it
>> but
>> have a couple of questions.
>>
>> The cowl vent slips onto a plastic ring that slips into a deck fitting.
>> Looks like the plastic ring and cowl vent are removable and can be
>> replaced
>> with a plastic cover that seals the deck opening while the deck fitting
>> remains in place.  Recently the cowl vent has come loose from the plastic
>> ring. Is the cowl vent supposed to be able to turn around the plastic
>> ring
>> in order to face the prevailing wind or is the cowl vent supposed to be
>> glued to the plastic ring and the ring is supposed to turn in the deck
>> fitting?  The cowl vento portion is so loose I worry it might go
>> overboard.
>>
>> I found Nicro makes a 3" solor day/night fan.  Has anyone installed this
>> and
>> can it be easly replaced with the cowl vent?  I like the idea of being
>> able
>> to use both options but don't know if they are easily interchangable.
>>
>> I also see that Nicro makes a standard 3" screen.  Can this be insterted
>> while the cowl vent is in place?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>>
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