[Rhodes22-list] Front Ports

[KUHN, LELAND]

Tom,

I use a sponge that quickly picks up any water.

The canvas port covers that Stan gave me have a flexible metal bar at
the bottom that bends and inserts into notches at the bottom of the
port.  It shapes the bottom of the canvas into an arc that allows air in
but keeps the rain out.

A friend of mine told me to remove the canvas port covers while
underway.  Her genoa took one off while tacking. 

Lee

-----Original Message-----
From: Tatflies at cs.com [mailto:Tatflies at cs.com] 
Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 10:54 AM
To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Front Ports

I have been discovering alot about my new boat. Most good, some bad.

On the bad side.... The forward looking ports collect water. When they
are 
full of water, you get doused below when opening. Also, this prevents
use on 
rainy days or while underway. What have you guys done to alleviate this
problem?

Thanks,
Tom
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