rigging hull vents to bilge

[captsuperfly]

Restoring a 23SF and am planning on keeping my hull vents. When I broke the boat down, there were two boxes glassed to the vents with round holes in the bottom, but nothing attached. Can I assume these went hoses or some kind run into the bilge proper?

How do those who keep the vents rig them. I'm converting an I/O to a bracketed Outboard.

[FLexpat]

Those were for air inlet to bilge and exhaust from bilge blower

[Old'sCool]

You won't need anything additional if they're in the stock location. Mine were originally covered and I opened them back up. The bow vents fall in the vertical "channel" that meets the under-deck area outside of the stringers at the rear of the casting platform. The stern has no channel but rather is wide open. If you're using plastic vents I suggest making or have someone make a picture frame type border from aluminum. This has saved my vents when fenders are deployed.

[captsuperfly]

Got it. So do you still have the boxes installed inside the hull? Or nothing at all?

[Old'sCool]

Mine never had a "box". That may have been an IB thing and not an OB thing.

[SnafuFishTeam]

Take a look at the white hoses coming out of the boxes you were describing. My is a 23sf outboard. Hoses went down into the bilge.

[captsuperfly]

THanks for that pic.