To All,

When I got the ole girl up on the hard & started to do the routine decommissioning thingamabobs like hang the anchor line on the bow railing to dry out over the off season I noticed there was a exceedingly amount of mildew - mold on the anchor line especially the tie off end, I know how to clean the mold off the line ( soak in a bucket with a solution of water & woolite ) there was the same in the anchor line locker also cleaned that out with mildew remover. Now to eliminate this from reoccurring, been thinking of boring a couple of holes one each side one near top the
other one at the bottom of the line locker for ventilation & drainage than applying a couple of S.S. Clam Shell vents on the outer side of the hull. Now before I bore any holes in the hull I was wondering what the members pros & cons are on this idea would be. AnyWho all opinions welcome.

Norm,

Bigs Live On

I carry 100' of chain for the 15 kg. "Martian Hand" anchor in the locker, but never put line in it. Chain is needed around coral heads (not a problem most places) and it stores in the locker and drains into the bilge, not overboard. I store line on deck.

I have been thinking of building a couple of deck boxes for the foredeck to store line in, you see them on yachts from the 50's and 60's, and also to provide some seating. Sadly, I have windows and not the nice seat at the forward edge of the cabin.

Has anybody built such boxes? It would be nice to neaten things up forward. I have the Bruce, one of those aluminum sand hooks of about 35 pounds, a 60' folding yachtsman to allay serious paranoia, a small lunch hook, and a couple hundred feet of line. Needless to say, there isn't a lot of extra room.

In Florida and the Bahamas it is common to anchor using two anchors, and the bottom varies from mud to sand to hard marl to coral, while the weather can go from bright sun to 50 knots in 15 minutes, which is why so many hooks. If you don't believe me, ask sorrydog.

Hey guys thanks for the input I’ve thought about getting one of them pancake fans they sell for
around $5 / $10 & let it run while tied up to help out. I installed one in the head what a relief that
turned out to be works well.

Norm,

Bigs Live On

In a frend's fiberglass boat his bathroom vent is a round vent for an aircondisher with a bilge blower to a louvered vent on the side just like his bilge vents.

Mike

Roger,

No I don’t have any pix of the head fan it simply one of those pan cake fans mounted on the
partition bulkhead with a hole bored in it large enough so as the blades clear. With the forward
slider glass cracked open a bit it ventilates better than with just the slider opened. My look into
something like Mike’s buddy has hooked up with inner & outer louvered vents minus the bilge
blower

Norm,

Bigs Live On

Peter,

Thanks for the idea! It never occurred to me, here I've been cruising surplus places looking for a rocket box the right size.

Doug

Small rockets, like stingers, often come in aluminum boxes that are about 2' by 2' by 4' and have sturdy latches and hinges. They make the best tool boxes. But I can't find any, just some steel ones, not intended for airlift. Perhaps the name is only used in the industry.

This is the way we vented the anchor locker door. We did this to the lower galley cabinet doors as well.



Rob

Rob,

I second Joel’s opinion great idea on ventilating those areas.


Norm,

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