[Public-list] Cowl vents

[Roger L Kingsland]

Ed wrote "Thanks, Roger. These Albergs were not really cookie-cutter repeats 
were they? Ed."

Ed,

Sure seems not but I have to take your word for it.  Except from a distance, 
I have only seen one A30 but, man, have I seen every inch of that one.

Roger

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "edward schroeder" <eddiediver at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all" <public-list at alberg30.org>
Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 4:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Public-list] Cowl vents


> Thanks, Roger. These Albergs were not really cookie-cutter repeats were 
> they? Ed.
>
> Roger L Kingsland <r.kingsland at ksba.com> wrote:  Hi Ed,
>
> Relative to ventilation at the pointy end, good old #148 has a cut out in
> the bulkhead at the forward end of the V-berths (no door) which I always
> thought was to allow air from the cowl to circulate aft. What I couldn't
> figure out is where any water from the cowl vent and wet rhode goes. The
> bottom of the locker is below the top of the water tank and it looks like
> this wedge shaped volume will contain about a quart of water before it
> overflows onto the top of the water tank. The tank is about an inch below
> the plywood bottom of the storage area under the bunks so who knows where
> the water goes once it reaches this cavity.
>
> I ended up fiberglassing a plywood floor at the base of the locker a 
> little
> above the plane of the V-berths. At least this will contain the water
> before it has a chance to migrate to strange, mysterious places between 
> tank
> and plywood. It is above the water line so, if any water accumulating
> there doesn't evaporate in a reasonable time, I can drill holes through 
> the
> hull at the aft, outside corners for drainage.
>
> With the drain holes, one could add some clamshell vents at the top of the
> bulkhead and create a giant dorade box which could drain water from the 
> cowl
> and/or the solar vent you mentioned. If the smell is a problem, I suppose
> an internal dorade box could be installed at the upper aft side of the
> bulkhead with drainage into the locker. This would require relocating the
> cowl. Lastly, the overly ambitious messer about on boats could make an
> anchor locker by adding a wedge shaped deck hatch.
>
> Roger
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "edward schroeder"
> To: "Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all"
>
> Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 1:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [Public-list] Cowl vents
>
>
>> Thank you all for the info and, yes, I will keep all informed about what 
>> I
>> decide. Since I wrote, I have considered that the vent enters the usually
>> smelly chain locker. However, we are in fresh water, use nylon rode that
>> is seldom used at all, and there is a thin piece of decorative plywood
>> between the chain locker and the V-berth which stops the flow of air thru
>> the boat. No place for a solar-powered vent under the water coming over
>> the bow; the cowl vent not really venting the rest of the boat. Still
>> investigating. Ed. Schroeder #303
>>
>> John Birch wrote: 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"
>> To:
>>
>> 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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