I see that there's a new blog entry, full of interesting stuff.

Annie well done another great blog entry and more great progress!

I recently did a search for dorado vents hoping something nice would pop up instead of making boxes and sourcing attractive cowls.

Is the white plastic vent your solution?  I see the base is ribbed which might be to let water run out?

Interested in what you found.

Anonymous wrote:

Bruno. So lovely to hear from you!  Thank you for your good advice: I shall remember to put a plug in the dinghy and to take it out when I put the dinghy in the davits.  I just hope I remember to out it back in before I launch it! :-D

I have forgotten to put the bung back in, more than once.  The first time it happened, I looked down and thought, "Why is there all that water in the dinghy?"  After that, I would just curse and haul the dinghy back up, drain the water out and put in the bung.  It always seemed to happen when I was in a hurry, adding insult to the injury.  I have two bungs in Blue Moon's dinghy.  I don't have davits on Blue Moon, as the stern is too narrow and I have a servo pendulum windvane mounted on the transom, but I intend to hang the dinghy from a halyard in sheltered anchorages at night.  I envy you your davits, Annie.  On Arion, I always snugged the dinghy up in the davits, ready to go, if the weather was unstable, yet it was available in a moment the next morning if I had not made a midnight escape.  On Blue Moon, if I fear I might need to make a quick departure, I will have to haul the dinghy up and invert it on the cabin top.  Davits are brilliant for coastal cruising.

Anonymous wrote:

Mark.  This is a JUNK.  You don't need to go on deck and you most certainly don't need to go along the lee deck.  If something has gone wrong and you have to go on deck, why would you walk along the lee side, ducking under the sail?  With a well-cambered deck, when the boat is heeling and you walk along the weather side, the deck is almost horizontal!

Ok, perhaps just  just have bad memories from dealing with sails on pointy rigs!

Mark.  This is a JUNK.  You don't need to go on deck and you most certainly don't need to go along the lee deck.  If something has gone wrong and you have to go on deck, why would you walk along the lee side, ducking under the sail?  With a well-cambered deck, when the boat is heeling and you walk along the weather side, the deck is almost horizontal!