Lets try once more as there seems to be a typo glitch goin on. I was interested to hear from anyone re ventilation for lockers and also up for’ard. Dorades are great for the cabin however other spaces require venting too. How does everyone else address this issue.
Stewart,
Well there’s the cowl vent option like I have on Elizabeth, through the deck which vent into the head compartment and the lazarette. I have 4 4" holes in the bulkhead forward of the laz to help facilitate ventilation to the engine room and main cabin via the 1/4 berth.
-Ben
Hi,
I mounted a Nicro solar vent fan on a 1 foot length of 3" exhaust hose with hose clamps, which just fits over the port side hawse hole of our ABI windlass. We use this 24/7 solution all the time at anchor, at the dock, and when Galatea is on the hard, and it really helps keep the forepeak fresh.
Tom
Galatea, #117
Tom: Hi!
Wah! What a superb idea. You’re fantastic!
I’ll work on that for Zygote: I’ve a 4" Nicro solar vent, so I’ll need some hose to mate it to my port side foredeck fitting for the anchor warp (an ABI bronze deck pipe & cap, ABI product number 210012 see http://www.abimarine.com/AnchoringDocking/pages/210012.htm if you’re interested) for the secondary bow anchor.
Thanks for sharing the idea.
Bil
Nice idea, up for’ard is a problem to ventilate, and this sounds like a great solution. Thanks for the tip.
Check out RW Rope for ventilation grills
http://www.rwrope.com/traditional_rigging/davey&co.htm
Select “Door, Hatch & Interior Fittings.”
Rod
Nice site Rod, I see they use gunmetal a lot, not a material I have much experience with. I shall enjoy browsing…
Gunmetal is bronze, or to be more accurate, it is one of the bronzes and it a nice warm ‘browny-gold’ colour Its designation is LG2 and consists of copper (85%), lead (5%), tin (5%) and zinc (5%). Gunmetal is relatively strong and very resistant to salt water - from the Davey & Co Ltd catalog. Davey 8 Co. was established in 1885.
Gunmetal was used for the casting of cannon and for fittings and hardware on traditional boats. IDUNA is equipped with four rated guns. We had these cast from gunmetal and fitted to IDUNA just in case Ichen decides they can take us to the K-Ichen again.
In the US, most of the bronze seacocks, valves, fitting and hardware are manufactured with leaded red brass or semi-leaded red brass. Leaded red brass is similar in composition to gunmetal.
rod
As the weather is seriously heating up, I decided for the first time to fit the dorades to get some air movement through the boat while she’s unattended during the week.
I have one centre foredeck, and the other aft starboard, ventilating the quarter berth.
Once I’d screwed them in, it occurred to me that they were ideal entry points for mosquitoes, cockroaches, and the adventurous rodent…
I found some bronze mesh, and cut it into a circle bigger than the throat of the dorade, then folded it into a dome and forced it up from the bottom of the dorade.
Taking some sturdy plastic covered wire from a coat hanger, I bent it into a circle bigger than the dorade tube, and with a right angle bend at each end.
Forcing these bends together constricted the wire ring, making it small enough to fit inside the tube, and the mesh.
Releasing the two bends allowed the springy wire ring to push the mesh outwards, and into the recess at the throat of the dorade.
The outer excess mesh was bent inwards around the wire.
It’s made a practical barrier for all but the most determined of intruders, and isn’t easy to dislodge.
As the weather is seriously heating up, I decided for the first time to fit the dorades to get some air movement through the boat while she’s unattended during the week.
I have one centre foredeck, and the other aft starboard, ventilating the quarter berth.
Once I’d screwed them in, it occurred to me that they were ideal entry points for mosquitoes, cockroaches, and the adventurous rodent…
I found some bronze mesh, and cut it into a circle bigger than the throat of the dorade, then folded it into a dome and forced it up from the bottom of the dorade.
Taking some sturdy plastic covered wire from a coat hanger, I bent it into a circle bigger than the dorade tube, and with a right angle bend at each end.
Forcing these bends together constricted the wire ring, making it small enough to fit inside the tube, and the mesh.
Releasing the two bends allowed the springy wire ring to push the mesh outwards, and into the recess at the throat of the dorade.
The outer excess mesh was bent inwards around the wire.
It’s made a practical barrier for all but the most determined of intruders, and isn’t easy to dislodge.
For some reason I was only able to attach one photo the the last posting.
Here are the other two !
Good idea and nicely done.
IDUNA
The reason you are having a problem uploading images is that the are much too large.
Please see this message about uploading images: http://www.samlmorse.com/forum/read.php?5,7018,7018#msg-7018
where did you get the bronze mesh? Any other good ideas for screening the hatches, there must a simple way…
The mesh actually came from the States! We are using it for some decorative flyscreens on 100 villas in Abu Dhabi.
I’ll try to get the address of the manufacturer for you later - it’s easy to cut and form.
The whole job of the two Dorades took maximum 35 minutes - I can’t make it simpler than that!
Hey I suspect that may well be within my limited abilities, just need the address for the coathangers now… I guess its gettin hot with you! Five degrees at this time in Newfoun dland.