Another excellent Wifey Project.

[dottieshusband]

Tennessee is a temperate climate, and we semi winterize boats. Wifey made these 4' thick fabric covered foam plugs for the ER vents.. keeps the chill out.

 

[racclarkson@gmail.com]

Very nice touch!

 

[Jammin']

Very nice. How do you hold them on? Mine are much more ghetto. 1/2" ISO board with stainless tie wire around the vent louvers.

 

[Sadey]

That looks fantastic! And what a nice touch to have the name on as well. I noticed you have the same fender hangers on the tracks as I do. I just spent numerous hours polishing mine up. I’m having a hard time even here in Fort Lauderdale finding out who manufactured these. I need to replace the plastic glides that are on the inside of those the hangers. Would you or anybody else know who manufactured them and where to get replacement parts from?
Sam's didn't know who's they were.

 

[Freeebird]

Y'all too good for duct tape?

I mean it even comes in black.

Seriously, that looks really nice, and I'm sure it does a great job. My 41 actually has sliding styrofoam panels beneath where the intakes feed in that keep the cold air out. Not sure if that was factory or if a PO added it.

 

[dottieshusband]

Very nice. How do you hold them on? Mine are much more ghetto. 1/2" ISO board with stainless tie wire around the vent louvers.

They are compression fit into the opening. The 4 inch think foam blocks are a little bigger than the opening and compressed to fit in. Not seen in the pic is paracord that runs from the plug handles to the traveler hook. So if they do blow out, they won't get far!

 

[dottieshusband]

That looks fantastic! And what a nice touch to have the name on as well. I noticed you have the same fender hangers on the tracks as I do. I just spent numerous hours polishing mine up. I’m having a hard time even here in Fort Lauderdale finding out who manufactured these. I need to replace the plastic glides that are on the inside of those the hangers. Would you or anybody else know who manufactured them and where to get replacement parts from?
Sam's didn't know who's they were.

I've heard them called Genoa tracks, and seen similar in blow boat catalogs.
https://www.shopsoundboatworks.com/...Ru0S52Ye1vCRCytddUy6XnMswK4hYbJxoCQGcQAvD_BwE

 

[Sadey]

I did a deep dive into the blow boaters world trying to find the exact model we have but at this point I’ve been unsuccessful.
Thank for the suggestion.

 

[Capt Chad]

Those are nice! We as well are a little low class. I cut up the god awful egg crate padding they had on the master stateroom berth. I just cram it in there and so far (7 years) it has done the trick. Must work pretty well, if I light both 8-71s before I pull them out I get a slight whistling noise around the salon entry door.

 

[oscarvan]

Interesting.... Wouldn't work on my boat as the louvred registers are not recessed and stick out proud of the hull. So I'm ghetto, but you can't tell from the outside. Does allow some intrusion for critters....

 

[Sadey]

Looks like you have the beginnings of a wooden ram or sheep infestation.

 

[oscarvan]

Looks like you have the beginnings of a wooden ram or sheep infestation.

Lol, that's a stranded mermaid that needs mounting. Yes, in spite of an ironclad agreement she is trying to decorate the engine rooms......

 

[eze2bme]

I took a large pool "noodle" - cut it to length - pushed it into the vent opening with a pull string to get it out - then made covers that snap on - removed some of the screws holding the vent in place and replaced with snap bases - screw size was the same.

 

[oscarvan]

removed some of the screws holding the vent in place and replaced with snap bases - screw size was the same.

I like that.... thanks!