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ilnadi
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Initially Posted - 06/02/2007 : 08:23:24

you get to go sailing.

Last weekend was the dreaded trip to the boat after 10 month absence. (fill in excuse, new baby, wife in grad school, too much work, dog ate my boat keys) Last year the boat stank to high heaven. we did a huge cleaning, spraying mildew cleaner into every crevice and wiping every surface 2-3 times. I even pumped out the holding tank twice, putting a bunch of clean water in it in between and then topping off with the good bacteria. I was sure I would have to repeat the process again, given the humidity and lack of any freezing weather this year in NC. But two good friends agreed to help clean in exchange for future sailing priviledges while the admiral, supreme commander and new deck hand were visiting the grandparents.

Anyway, the boat was astonishingly smell free. I can only think last time we cleaned a decade of mildew and left enough cleaner behind to survive the winter. We basically wiped the inside, scrubbed the decks and did some small maintenance and still had time for a quick afternoon sail to shake the wasp nests out of the sail. I got so emboldened I immediately made a fix, maintain and upgrade list (I am up to 35 BU's and 120 hours of labor so far, I have a feeling we will not do all of it).

Surprises:
1. no noticable smell. I know one contributing factor is that the boat is well-ventilated due to the fact that all teak is off the boat and there is a huge gap at the top of the hatchboards. first order of business is to install a solar vent.
<center> QUESTION: I am not quite ready to drill the deck. has anybody had
good luck putting a vent in the front hatch (ours is lexan)</center>
2. One battery was completely dead (zero volts, only jumped to 6-7V when I connected the charger and I could see the top of one of the mats before adding water). I mentally wrote it iff but I charged it up and it recovered enough to start the diesel. So I am assuming it was saved.

all in all, it was good to get the dreaded cleaning out of my hair so we can start visiting the boat again. of course now the admiral wants AC. I am thinking installing in the companionway if I can make it low enough to step over.

Nadi ex-C25
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Turk
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Response Posted - 06/02/2007 : 09:12:57

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by ilnadi
 you get to go sailing.

<center> QUESTION: I am not quite ready to drill the deck. has anybody had
good luck putting a vent in the front hatch (ours is lexan)</center>

<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

I drilled a lexan hatch several years ago on my catalina 22 and put a vent in. Best place for it. Lexan is very soft and very easy to drill with a hole saw. Does not crack or chip. As you cut the hole, the holesaw will throw off soft curls of plastic. Very easy! I believe my hatch was 1/2 inch thick.

Edited by - Turk on 06/02/2007 09:14:32

Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 06/02/2007 : 09:18:44

Best thing about using the hatch is if you change your mind....... The worst is that the solar vent is chirping (very slightly) over your head in the v-berth.

Edited by - Dave Bristle on 06/02/2007 09:19:55

Champipple
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Response Posted - 06/02/2007 : 20:11:31

We have one in both of our hatches on the new boat and 1 on each side of the cabin top.

They were very easy to cut, especially because when they were installed I didn't own the boat.

Edited by - Champipple on 06/02/2007 20:12:06

Jonathan Cuff
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Response Posted - 06/02/2007 : 20:25:40

My solar vent on the hatch on my C-25 is great. However sometimes the jib sheets get caught under it which is a pain.

Cheers Jonathan

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Tom Potter
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Response Posted - 06/02/2007 : 21:10:17

Just installed one yesterday in the forward hatch.

Edited by - Tom Potter on 06/03/2007 08:15:53

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Response Posted - 06/03/2007 : 11:07:49

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Jonathan Cuff
 My solar vent on the hatch on my C-25 is great. However sometimes the jib sheets get caught under it which is a pain.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
I can imagine that problem on the C-250, where the hatch is further back and there are no forward lower shrouds... Did you have it also on the C-25? I can't envision that.

Edited by - Dave Bristle on 06/03/2007 11:09:55

ilnadi
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Response Posted - 06/04/2007 : 12:36:47

Been checking prices on solar vents. Surprisingly WM has the cheapest prices for Nicro. Go figure...

Survey: 3" or 4" vent?

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Tom Potter
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Response Posted - 06/04/2007 : 14:20:17

I went with the Nicro SS day/night 4". Used a W/M coupon and got pretty good deal.

Edited by - Tom Potter on 06/04/2007 14:21:24

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