[Rhodes22-list] Opening port cover dimensions?

[Mary Lou Troy]

The port covers snap flat to the outside snaps. When you want them 
open, you unsnap the bottom corners and snap them to the inner snaps 
bending the batten between the two inner snaps so that the forward 
edge is arched over the port. It acts as a mini-windscoop and will 
keep out a very light rain. Even with the covers snapped closed, the 
ports will collect water in a steady rain. I do think the covers also 
help protect the ports against UV damage.

Mary Lou


At 12:22 PM 1/20/2012, you wrote:
>Dern, have my boat just up the street and measured but forgot the 
>diagonal measurements when I was just up there.  Oh well, it's close by.
>
>Attached is what it currently looks like.  I can see the remains of 
>the plastic material that Mary Lou discussed.
>
>So, they snap at the top and to the outside snaps at the bottom?  Do 
>they somehow roll up and snap when open?  Thanks - rob
>
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>I would measure. There is no guarantee that the snaps are in the 
>same place from boat to boat or that the covers remained the same 
>size over time. I'd just make them so that they lie flat on the 
>outer snaps. Ours have a fiberglass batten that rests against the 
>inner snaps and is attached to the cover with some sort of rivet. 
>There was originally a chunk of some sort of plastic material under 
>the inner snap that the batten rested up against. That's long since 
>disintegrated from UV so now tht battens just rest up against the 
>stem of the snap.
>
>Best,
>Mary Lou
>1991 R22  Fretless
>Rock Hall, MD
>(due to get our first 1/2 inch of snow/sleet/slop by tomorrow morning)
>
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