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Scott Vernon
 
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I believe vents, with proper dorades are more for air circ while the boat is
sitting (in the slip) with all hatches closed.

SV


"Jeff Morris" wrote in message
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Certainly a lot have vents - my Nonsuch did. The PDQ doesn't have any,

but it
does have 8 large horizontal hatches, plus 8 side hatches. I think the

early
boats were short on hatches, so they went around poking holes wherever

they
could.


"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
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don't most cruising boats have vents. I have 2 cowl vents.

SV


"Jeff Morris" wrote in message
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"Donal" wrote in message
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That means
hatches were probably dogged.

Hatches are always sealed when a sailing boat is underway.


Wow, your crew must suffer on a hot day. There are lots of boats, and

lots of
situations where its desirable and permissible to make way with a

hatch
open. I
would say that 90% of the time we have a saloon hatch open underway,

weather
permitting. Three of our hatches (2 in the galley, one in the head)

have
been
cracked open for all but a few hours in the last 5 years.

IIRC, the Tartan 37 has a hatch just forward of the companionway that

could be
left open in moderate conditions.