[Public-list] Cowl vents - addendum

[John Birch]

Fico or Nicro Fico (not sure if these are the same company) - one of them 
was the OEM.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Birch" <Sunstone at cogeco.ca>
To: "Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all" <public-list at alberg30.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 12:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Public-list] Cowl vents


> Hi Ed,
>
> The screw vents you are speaking of were made by Fico who have since 
> dropped
> the screw fitted type production line in favour of the inferior, in my
> opinion, snap on type. I can suggest two solutions 1) shop the used boat
> part chandleries for another one, Or 2) buy a new snap on, take off the 
> snap
> on base and have a bronze threaded male part manufactured at your local
> machine shop and affix it to the cowl.
>
> If you are successful finding an off the shelf screw in replacement, 
> please
> let us all know as I'm sure many of us might want to replace some with the
> like design.
>
> Best of luck.
>
> Cheers,
> John
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "edward schroeder" <eddiediver at sbcglobal.net>
> To: <public-list at alberg30.org>
> Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 8:22 AM
> Subject: [Public-list] Cowl vents
>
>
>> Emotional Rescue #303 is used by Sail Chicago, a volunteer sailing group.
>> One of the activities is to take out under-priviiliged kids.
>> Unfortunately, one of the disturbed kids, unscrewed the bow cowl vent and
>> threw it overboard. I have looked thru West Marine catalog to try to
>> determine which of the many shown would fit. Those few in the store that 
>> I
>> can measure seem to have a slightly larger base that would require me to
>> enlarge the hole in the deckand epoxy seal the edges of the hole. It 
>> would
>> be very nic
>> e if I could find a replacement.
>>
>>  Has anyone knowledge of what model cowl vent Whitby was using on the 
>> 1968
>> models?
>>
>>  The base plate is cast bronze, chrome-plated, 4 screw holes. The inside
>> diameter of the threaded portion is 3-1/16 inches, the screw pitch is 
>> 1/16
>> inch (16 threads per inch). Any help would be appreciated.
>>
>>  Ed, Schroeder
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