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Super Scoopers
by Chris Caswell
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Sitting at anchor, my boat naturally faces into the wind, which makes all the opening portholes along the hull and cabin useless for gathering the breeze.
To cool the interior, I turned each porthole into an "air conditioner" by adding flexible plastic air scoops. Each scoop consists of a curved sheet of plastic that covers about one third of a porthole.
It took a bit of cutting with scrap cardboard to find the right shape and fit. Then, I transferred the shape to pieces of thin white plastic sold in hobby shops, cutting them with an X-Acto knife.
Each one popped snugly into place in the ridge of the porthole frame -- and you would be surprised at the amount of breeze it provides.
The white plastic allows plenty of light to enter, and you can use it with screens in place. If your ports don't have a ridge to help hold the scoop in place, you may want to add a safety line, in case a gust of wind pops the scoop out.
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This article first appeared in the September 1, 1996 issue of Sea Magazine. All or parts of the information contained in this article might be outdated. |
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