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10timesSaltier
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Initially Posted - 05/05/2003 :  18:01:23  Show Profile
I just finished installing this. It was easier than I thought it would be to install.

I used a zip saw to cut the hole through both the cockpit & interior layers at the same time, then made a temporary dam with blue masking tape, filled between the layers with closed-cell foam, let dry, then installed the port. The hardest part was finding the correct type of stainless fasteners.

No leaks either!
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Ed Montague
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Response Posted - 05/05/2003 :  19:36:33  Show Profile
Brian you will love the extra light and ventilation.
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I put mine in a couple of years ago. So far no leaks and it sure helps on those hot summer nights.

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Douglas
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Response Posted - 05/05/2003 :  19:41:22  Show Profile  Visit Douglas's Homepage
Now there are two very sano looking instalations. Nice Job and practical too.

Doug&Ruth
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dlucier
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Response Posted - 05/05/2003 :  19:51:06  Show Profile
Good job Brian. That mod is on my very loooong to do list.

Ed,

Is that teak trim just under the seat top purely decorative or functional or both?

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North Star SR/FK

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Response Posted - 05/05/2003 :  22:40:12  Show Profile  Visit luckystar's Homepage
I see the most important piece of equipment back there in that photo: the corona bottle! <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

Patrick Burnett, Little Rock, AR
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Ed Montague
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Response Posted - 05/06/2003 :  01:47:09  Show Profile
Don, The trim wood work allowed me to place 3 peices of plywood across the cockpit to form a large sleeping area. The boards rested on the wood and the edges were between the lip of the benches. My youngest would often invite a couple of friends along for over nighters and all three would sleep on this set up in the cockpit. It was good to get three giggling 12 year olds as far away from my wife and I in the V berth as possible. The youngest is now 15 and has lost some of her enthusiasum for over nighting so the plywood boards have been removed from the boat, but I liked the finished look of the trim so they stayed. The Good News is the youngest has a friend with a Hobie 16 so she wants to go racing in 2 weeks on our old Hobie 16. I don't know if I can bend down under the boom and crawl on my knees any more.

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