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How to renovate crazed browned ventilator cowls with flexible linear polyurethane paint. 1 page with list of materials required.
[Sail Magazine, December 2001]
Evaluation of low-profile vents from Nicro and Plastimo, along with comments on cowl vents and their maintenance.
[Practical Sailor, 1 September 1999]
Tests of four wind scoops for deck hatches measures wind velocity and ease of installation.
[Practical Sailor, 1 September 1999]
[Vendor]
Assembled teak Dorade boxes with baffle and drain. For DIY installation with 3- or 5-inch diameter vents and cowls.
[Thai Teak Marine Company Limited, Bangkok, Thailand]
Bronze or aluminum cowl vent boxes. Choice of cowl paint exterior and interior.
[Paul E. Luke, Inc., East Boothbay, ME, USA]
Stainless and plastic exhaust vents, both powered (two speeds) and wind-driven.
[Beckson Marine, Inc., Bridgeport, CT, USA]
Large four-sided wind scoop that catches wind from any direction.
[Sunshine Maritime Ltd., London, UK]
Low-and high-profile cowl vents of stainless, bronze, and carbon fiber with matching deck plates. Dorade boxes of teak and fiberglass, and tubular Dorade guards.
[Mariner's Hardware, Petaluma, CA, USA]
Selection of cowl, dome, and shell vents in brass. Includes a brass version of the solar-powered Ventilite.
[Classic Marine, Woodbridge, Suffolk, the UK]
Because its chambers face four directions, this wind scoop picks up wind from any direction. Useful if your are docked or anchored so you can′t swing with the wind. Attaches inside the deck hatch; held up by a halyard.
[Best Marine Imports Inc., Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA]
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