[Rhodes22-list] hatch on foredeck

[Mary Lou Troy]

We had the solar vent forward and a single hatch over the head. we 
always thought it was enough ventilation for sleeping but we slept in 
the narrow double berth in the cabin rather than in the v-berth which we 
used for storage when cruising.

I think the boat in the picture was Bill Gallant's and while it's 
possible he had the work done locally,  I seem to remember that the work 
was done at General Boats before the boat was delivered. It would have 
been in the late 1990s or around 2000. I don't know where that boat went 
or where it is now but don't recall any complaints about the hatch in 
the couple of years Bill was on the Rhodes list.

Mary Lou
ex R-22
now Rosborough RF-246  Tara
Rock Hall, MD

On 11/29/2019 9:34 PM, Peter Nyberg wrote:
> That photo is probably pretty old, and it’s unlikely that anyone currently on the list will have personal knowledge of that installation.  (But I could be wrong!)
>
> Speaking as one who usually sleeps in the v-berth, I think that adding this hatch for ventilation purposes would be unnecessary.  I do have one GB installed hatch on the forward cabin top, and a solar vent on the deck near the bow, and that seems to be enough.
>
> Peter Nyberg
> Coventry, CT
> s/v Silverheels (1988/2016)
>
>> On Nov 29, 2019, at 3:50 PM, Jesse Shumaker <jesse.laten.shumaker at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I was browsing through the rhodes22.org website and happened to stumble on a
>> photo of a hatch in the middle of the foredeck.  This is clearly a different
>> design than the hatches towards of the front of the cabin roof that are
>> installed by GB.  I assume that the normal hatch placement in the front of
>> the cabin roof was purposeful just like everything else, but I wasn't
>> certain about the reasoning.  Many other boat models do place a hatch on the
>> foredeck so that is not unusual.
>>
>> It seems like the placement in the middle of the foredeck would be good for
>> air flow, but it seems like sealing it would be challenging, particularly
>> with the raised middle portion of the foredeck and the recessed grip area on
>> either side.  Perhaps there could be structural support concerns as well.
>> My boat doesn't have a hatch but that could be a future project.  Does
>> anyone know how the hatch placement from this photo worked out and what
>> model hatch may have been used?  Thanks
>>
>> http://www.rhodes22.org/rhodes/pics/Gallant2.jpg
>>
>> <http://rhodes-22.1065344.n5.nabble.com/file/t907/Gallant2foredeckhatch.jpg>
>>
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