[Rhodes22-list] Head ventilation

[ROGER PIHLAJA]

Hi All,

Unfortunately, we don’t have Stan available anymore to ask.  I would like to ask him if he did anything to reinforce the cabin roof when GBI implemented those 2 opening hatches.  Those 2 hatches together represent a lot of cabin roof structure removed around the area loaded by the mast.  Was the cabin roof so over designed initially; that, 2 big holes can be cut into it without compromising the structure?  If Stan had to reinforce the cabin roof with something like C fiber; then, he never mentioned it in any advertisement that I saw.  I wish there was someone to ask re this issue because my “calibrated engineer’s eye” says “too weak”.  Scott, I advise you to proceed cautiously, because the cabin roof would be hard to fix if you weaken it too much.

Roger Pihlaja
S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
1978. Sanford, MI

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> On Jul 28, 2024, at 6:05 PM, Scott Andrews via Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
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> Here’s my friend Don’s hatches
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>> On Jul 28, 2024, at 10:56 AM, Kenwood _ <kenwood364 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Stand up head sounds nice! I lowered my head floor by 1" when I rebuilt the
>> interior but I didn't go as low as silver heels cuz I have multiple bilge
>> pumps. More headroom would be nice
>>
>>> On Sat, Jul 27, 2024, 10:00 PM Michael D. Weisner <Mweisner at ebsmed.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> It's known as a "stand up head" for just that reason.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>> s/v Wind Lass ('91)
>>> Nissequogue River, NY
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>> On Sat, July 27, 2024 9:32 pm, Kenwood _ wrote:
>>>>> Hey all! As I'm starting to attack the quality of life mods that I want
>>> to
>>>> do in my boat I'm noticing that your more modern boats have some stuff
>>> I'm
>>>> really jealous of!
>>>>
>>>> I'm looking at a lot of ventilation options for the head but they're all
>>>> kind of undersized or made for RVs. The new boats seem to have a hatch
>>>> over
>>>> the head! That's really awesome, but I can't seem to find hatches that
>>> are
>>>> that small it's not a very large space to put in a hatch and I'm worried
>>>> about cutting away too much of the roof.
>>>>
>>>> Does anybody have hatch dimensions or perhaps know where they can be
>>>> sourced? A hatch that could be opened Right above the head would be
>>> better
>>>> than any RV fan ventilator I can think of and it might even give you some
>>>> headroom! Thanks!
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>