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delliottg
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Initially Posted - 09/22/2008 :  16:14:50  Show Profile  Visit delliottg's Homepage
Does anyone have [url="http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/producte/10001/-1/10001/31744/377%20710/0/sail/Primary%20Search/mode%20matchallpartial/30/0?N=377%20710&Ne=0&Ntt=sail&Ntk=Primary%20Search&Ntx=mode%20matchallpartial&Nao=30&Ns=0&keyword=sail&isLTokenURL=true&storeNum=5000&subdeptNum=24&classNum=487"]one of these[/url]?

I went to go get one the other day, but after looking at it, couldn't figure out how you're supposed to attach it to your hatch, and the guys at WM didn't know either. There are just four cords with clips on the ends, I was expecting a draw string or bungee arrangement.

Do you have one? How do you use it, and do you recommend it?
David
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Response Posted - 09/22/2008 :  16:31:19  Show Profile
If I recall right. There should be a 1/4" dowel that runs through loops at the two front corners. It is long enough to stick a good six inches or so past the opening of the hatch on each side. The back simply blows back to fill the hatch opening. Hoist it tight enough to hold the dowel. The originals were called Wind Scoops
http://www.defender.com/product.jsp?path=-1|6880|301241&id=48974
and they seem to have been redesigned to use battens somehow. The old instructions are here.
http://www.davisnet.com/product_documents/marine/manuals/291_WndScp_Ins.pdf
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SailCO26
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Response Posted - 09/23/2008 :  08:44:12  Show Profile  Visit SailCO26's Homepage
I have one of these that's probably 6-8yrs old that I used on my CP26 at anchor. While the "dowel" arrangement was somewhat kludgey, the device itself actually worked rather well and provided great ventilation/breeze in the cabin.
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britinusa
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Response Posted - 09/23/2008 :  08:58:36  Show Profile  Visit britinusa's Homepage
Similar item, not the same brand. Ours has lines at the bottom that we attach around the back of the open hatch and then down to the hatch locks. Works pretty good, but must admit that we have not used it since we installed A/C

Paul
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delliottg
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Response Posted - 09/23/2008 :  11:00:57  Show Profile  Visit delliottg's Homepage
Want to sell it?
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SCnewbie
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Response Posted - 09/23/2008 :  17:17:59  Show Profile
We have one for our 250. Works very well. Mounting is a bit iffy still at best. We put the bottom of it inside the hatch and run the 4 cords to anything I can find. It has been a bit since we slept on the boat but that was the last time we used it. I wedged the hooks into the spot where the rub rail joins over the hull and deck joint. There is a bit of a nook there and I could wedge them in and they stayed put. Made it cofortable for us to sleep on the boat in Charleston Harbor on July 4th if that is an indicator of its effectiveness.
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John Russell
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Response Posted - 09/23/2008 :  17:28:52  Show Profile
Can't tell from the photo, does it have a bug screen?
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Response Posted - 09/23/2008 :  18:44:04  Show Profile
No
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