Reuben,

My 1976 Rhodes 22 does not have a hatch over the head.  So, the solar vent is the only ventilation in the head.  It’s thru-bolted thru the cabin roof.

Does your Rhodes 22 have the slide-in drawer up in the bow for anchor rode storage?  Early versions did not have a drain.  So if your drawer doesn’t have a drain, you should add one that drains overboard.  Then, you could install several small deck inspection plates in the aft face of the drawer.  Two or three of these small inspection ports together would have as much vent area as the solar vent.  Then, if you installed the solar vent in the foredeck such that it drained into the drawer, the drawer could function as your dorade box vapor/liquid separator.  If you also keep your anchor rode in there, I would set up the solar vent to exhaust.  This way, you would be drawing cabin air into the drawer and you wouldn’t get the unpleasant smell of wet, muddy, moldy anchor rode in the cabin.

Roger Pihlaja
S/V Dynamic Equilibrium

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From: Reuben Mezrich<mailto:reuben.mezrich at gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, February 12, 2021 5:42 PM
To: The Rhodes 22 Email List<mailto:rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] gasket for mounting solar vent

Roger
Thank you for the heads up.
Did you mount the solar vent in the plexiglass lens in the hatch over the
head?
--Reuben

Reuben Mezrich
Pelican Cove in Sarasota
Cell: 410-499-8922

On Fri, Feb 12, 2021 at 3:06 PM ROGER PIHLAJA <roger_pihlaja at msn.com> wrote:

> Reuben,
>
> I have a (6” diameter I Think?) stainless steel Nicro Fico solar vent in
> S/V Dynamic Equilibrium.  But, mine is mounted on the cabin roof above the
> head.  Despite the vent being on top of the cabin roof and several feet aft
> of the bow, in heavy weather, the vent leaks to the point where I keep a
> bucket under it.  When we start taking spray over the bow, we routinely
> pull the vent and install the solid cover plate in the deck fitting.  I
> would expect a solar vent on the foredeck near the bow would be even more
> problematic.  It really needs a dorade box vapor/liquid separator to work
> properly.  But, a dorade box would tend to foul the genoa sheets.   Be sure
> you always have the solid cover plate ready in case it’s needed and make
> certain the O-ring is in good condition.
>
> Roger Pihlaja
> S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Feb 12, 2021, at 2:39 PM, Reuben <reuben.mezrich at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > ?Jesse
> > I too am planning to put a solar vent at the bow but I noticed that the
> > Marino Day Night vents require a 3 3/4” hole   Currently on my rebuilt
> > Rhodes there is a 5” plate with a 3 1/4” hole. When you removed that
> plate
> > what diameter hole did you find?
> >
> >
> >
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