[Rhodes22-list] For John Lock's Eyes

[bobmellor]

john..
in mine there was indeed a square plastic dome light there with a built in
switch...  the voltage was a bit intermittent (the old wiring i believe... i
have disconnected since, but i think the wires went back and tied into the
power/ground wires behind the starboard sidelight....  pulling off the
sidelight revealed the splices.  the wires to the light are sealed in foam
above the liner so i don't think there is much you can do to replace them. 

I am being a rebel and replacing my aged opening front ports with new
opening front ports...  i believe it was rummy that is a firm believer in
the opening ports there.. install them correctly and treat them well and
they should be fine.   Put a bucket under them to open if they have water in
them.  I also saw a post that seemed to indicate a bit of carefully placed
"wicking" material draped on the outside of the port can quickly "self" wick
water out of the ports when they do collect water.
bob m


jlock wrote:
> 
> At 04:56 PM 4/8/2007 -0700, john Belanger wrote:
>>some pics  john, please.
> 
> OK... see attached.
> 
> Photo #1 is the cabin top from the inside.  On the right is a post 
> that is acting as a compression post directly under the mast.  Just 
> to the left of that you can see where the VHF antenna lead comes 
> in.  6 inches more to the left you see the wires in question.  Closer 
> inspection revealed some screws holes that have been filled in a 
> square pattern around the wires.  So I'm guessing there used to be a 
> dome light there.  I need to put a meter on it to confirm.
> 
> Photo #2 is the exterior cabin top.  You can see that the two forward 
> ports have been glassed over and there is only a single small 
> hatch.  The cut-outs for the ports are still visible inside, so it 
> shouldn't be too difficult to use some creative hackery to saw the 
> openings out again and install some new ports.  Stan recommends fixed 
> ports, but I'm inclined to think opening ports.  Any opinions?
> 
> I don't think it will be practical to rebuild the cabin top to accept 
> the two large opening ports (as newer models are equipped).  But then 
> again, I don't know much about how that's constructed so maybe I'm 
> just chicken.
> 
> But it looks like a pair of dorade boxes on either side of the hatch 
> might be helpful.  Maybe even a couple of solar powered fans to help 
> things along during the day?
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> John Lock
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> s/v Pandion - '79 Rhodes 22
> Lake Sinclair, GA
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