tag
my2fish
so a few months ago, I saw an small fan mounted to an inspection port cover for sale at Intensity Sails, but at $80, it was a bit out of my price range.
talking about it with a co-worker, he mentioned he probably had an old computer tower we could just take a 12V fan out of... and sure enough we found one. we also rooted through a pile of old cell phone type charger cords, and found one that was very similar in voltage and amperage to the fan, so I spliced the converter cord to the fan wires for plugging the fan into a normal house outlet.
I mounted the fan onto an extra inspection port cover, with the top cut away behind the fan. the dimples in the cover for the handle/grip are sort of in the way, so the cut-out doesn't match up exactly with the diameter of the fan, but it's good enough for a home-made 1st attempt. I also glued a piece of screen to the back to keep out bugs and critters when the fan is installed.
I just installed a new inspection port in my new(er) Sunfish this weekend, so this is how it all looks. now, after a sailing adventure, if I notice any moisture inside the hull, I can plug in the fan and let it dry out the boat for a while. when I am ready to go sailing, just unscrew the fan, and put back in my other port cover and go sailing.
what do you think? I only had to buy an extra inspection port (for the cover), so I'm only out $10 or so. not a bad deal at all.
cheers,
tag
talking about it with a co-worker, he mentioned he probably had an old computer tower we could just take a 12V fan out of... and sure enough we found one. we also rooted through a pile of old cell phone type charger cords, and found one that was very similar in voltage and amperage to the fan, so I spliced the converter cord to the fan wires for plugging the fan into a normal house outlet.
I mounted the fan onto an extra inspection port cover, with the top cut away behind the fan. the dimples in the cover for the handle/grip are sort of in the way, so the cut-out doesn't match up exactly with the diameter of the fan, but it's good enough for a home-made 1st attempt. I also glued a piece of screen to the back to keep out bugs and critters when the fan is installed.
I just installed a new inspection port in my new(er) Sunfish this weekend, so this is how it all looks. now, after a sailing adventure, if I notice any moisture inside the hull, I can plug in the fan and let it dry out the boat for a while. when I am ready to go sailing, just unscrew the fan, and put back in my other port cover and go sailing.
what do you think? I only had to buy an extra inspection port (for the cover), so I'm only out $10 or so. not a bad deal at all.
cheers,
tag