[Rhodes22-list] Anchor tray

[Mary Lou Troy]

We have a Nicro Day/Night solar powered fan in the deck opening. 
Helps keep the boat ventilated. Doesn't leak. There should be a 
standard deck plate fits the opening as well.

Mary Lou
1991 R22 Fretless
Rock Hall, MD


At 03:10 PM 7/7/2008, you wrote:
>Have you sealed it up? I always kept my anchor and rode in the line tray.
>Early spring, I pulled it out to properly dry out on deck for a few weeks.
>When I opened the tray a month later - a great big bird's nest was in the
>tray!! Sure enough, it seems a warm, comfy place for a bird family to make a
>home.
>MarkS
>
>
>On 07/07/08 3:04 PM, "Mary Lou Troy" <mtroy at atlanticbb.net> wrote:
>
> > Vindication! 10 years ago, we made the decision to keep the anchor
> > and rode in a bag in the lazarette because, we speculated, the bay
> > water and mud on the rode would just fester in the line tray in the
> > v-berth. We use our anchor a lot. It doesn't smell up the lazarette
> > because we often leave it in the cockpit to dry a bit before putting
> > it away. Glad to have the real-life experience.
> >
> > Thanks for posting.
> >
> > Mary Lou
> > 1991 R22 Fretless
> > Rock Hall, MD
> >
> > At 12:19 PM 7/7/2008, you wrote:
> >> We had a cowl vent but don't use it anymore. Even with throat of
> >> vent pointed toward mast to prevent over the bow spray from
> >> entering, base of vent tended to leak with heavy rains even when
> >> sealed with silicone. Water in anchor line well made line slimy and
> >> smelly for V berth occupants. So we keep anchor,  rode and line
> >> under cockpit seat but don't use anchor very much anyway.
> >> Bigal
> >>   ----- Original Message -----
> >>   From: ibewgeorge at verizon.net<mailto:ibewgeorge at verizon.net>
> >>   To: Rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org<mailto:Rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >>   Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 3:31 PM
> >>   Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Anchor tray
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> >>
> >>   Friends
> >>
> >>   I reciently visited Stan's facility and got a variety of new and
> >> used equipment. One of the items was a cowl vent but I didn't look
> >> inside one of the newer boats at the anchor storage. Now that the
> >> subject has come up are there any pictures of the setup inside? I'm
> >> sure I could make somethin up but it would be nice to see what the
> >> real thing looks like.
> >>
> >>   odat
> >>
> >>   George
> >>   76 Rhodes #39
> >>
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