Hi Peter,

You will find there are similar openings port and starboard into the cabin under the benches at the forward end of the cockpit.  Depending on your boat’s model year, you may also have insect access via the vent port above the head and the anchor rode port at the bow.  I close those ports off with solid plugs during winter storage.

Roger Pihlaja
S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
1978  Sanford, MI

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> On Apr 18, 2024, at 11:55 AM, peter beckerman via Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi All,    My boat has come out of the storage barn and so begins my 2nd season as a Rhodes owner.     I was having a pretty bad issue last year with mud daubers in my lazarette.  I thought they were getting in through the hatch, so I purchased several kinds of weather stripping over the winter with an eye to seal up the hatch before they can set up shop.  When I went to take a look yesterday I realized that there's a huge area under the cockpit seats that's wide open into the lazarette.  (Apparently I never looked last year, possibly because I didn't like to get stung).   While I work on blocking off that entrance to my boat, I'm wondering if there are any other hidden ways into the boat that I should be aware of?  Has anyone else had this issue?  How did you solve it?
> Thanks,
> Peter