60"s-70's Engine room vent louver alternative

[bostonhatteras]

I tried for years to come up with a functional, attractive and relatively damage proof alternative to the fiberglass fish gills louvers on the side of our boats. This is my interpretation. Aside from the shaping of the stainless steel cloth and the laser cutting of the stainless sheet, all was done by me. The embossed stainless cloth had a custom dap created to make the shape. All stainless is 316 but I still rinse the hell out of it. No insects have tried to make a nest inside thus far. There is bronze screen at another location in the assembly as well. I tried to get T-Rex Custom Grills in CA to make this but they considered it too much a niche and the production run too small, anything under a couple thousand they said isn't worth their time.