Re: 3" Solar Vent
Eric Pederson (eric@winternet.com)
Wed, 28 Jul 1999 10:50:30 -0500 (CDT)
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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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It has been rumored that Ted Duke said:
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> Bought a Nicro Solar vent 2000 from BOAT/US this week because
> I had been considering it and when I went in to buy other
> things they were on sale for $89.
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> Still considering where to install it (on the forward hatch or
> just forward of the forward hatch?) and while scrubbing the
> boat yesteray had an inspirational thought 'I wonder if the
> cowl vent come out and if the solar vent will fit". Today I
> tried, it does, and it does. I don't want to use that
> permanently as I use it for my anchor line, but it will work
> until I do something permanent.
Sorry it took so long to answer - first day online after our Apostle
Islands trip. More about that in a few days...
We installed our Nicro vent in the forward hatch. We also added a chainpipe
(as Judy suggested to you) so we could keep the cowl vent in place with
a screen to keep out the bugs.
Pictures of the arrangement at:
http://www.winternet.com/~eric/boatmods/
--
Eric L. Pederson
P-19 #970, Necessity
Bloomington, MN