A simple airflow control
Issue 79: July/Aug 2011
Dorade vents are great. They supply water-free air belowdecks even in a pouring rain or when spray is soaking the deck on a beat to windward.
We have two Dorades, one over the head and the other over the settee in the cabin. In the off-seasons, when we’re sitting at the cabin table and a cold wind is blowing outside, the airflow from the Dorade can cause a draft on the backs of our necks. To solve this problem we have installed small sliding doors on the overhead under each of the vents. This allows us to temporarily reduce or close off the air supply when we find it annoying, without having to go out on deck.
Don Launer , a Good Old Boat contributing editor, built his two-masted schooner, Delphinus, from a bare hull and has held a USCG captain’s license for more than 34 years. He has written several books, including Navigation Through the Ages and The Galley: How Things Work.
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