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Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 07-01-2022, 07:27
Replies: 55
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Posted By wingssail
Re: Water air vent location

I don't exactly understand the need for it either but I do know that blow back of air escaping out of a tank fill is common. A small vent (1/4 inch) some distance from the tank allows very little...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 03-01-2022, 19:22
Replies: 55
Views: 5,177
Posted By wingssail
Re: Water air vent location

Vents with long runs from the tank get fluid pooled in the low spots. You could carefully route your vent line so it has a gradual rise from the tank to the vent. I've had that problem.

To solve...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 02-01-2022, 11:47
Replies: 55
Views: 5,177
Posted By wingssail
Re: Water air vent location

Nope, the skinny side of Deception Pass is also called Canoe Pass. At its narrowest it is 100ft wide. Deception Pass itself is 300 ft wide at the narrowest.

Spent my formative years boating in...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 02-01-2022, 10:49
Replies: 55
Views: 5,177
Posted By wingssail
Re: Water air vent location

Yeah, well we were out in the Straits on a very windy day with too much sail up and we got water in the vent (didn't know it). We went through Canoe Pass because we thought it would be more exciting...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 02-01-2022, 08:45
Replies: 55
Views: 5,177
Posted By wingssail
Re: Water air vent location

Our water tank vents are in the cockpit. It might be a long run from the forepeak but we don't have any tanks in the bow. Typically the fittings we've used have a screen built in.

We used to have...
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