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[77SceptreOB]

Check these out. Flushmount rears!! No more broken plastic vents! These are flush mount SST. I primed them and then panited them black.

[thehermit]

NICE...I like those "flush mounts". Those are West Marine off the shelf?

FYI. My standard black are West off the shelf plastic.

Chuck....the boat looks great

[77SceptreOB]

NICE...I like those "flush mounts". Those are West Marine off the shelf?

No. I got them from CSC member "Deuce". Not sure where he found them, but glad he did!

The standard front ones are in stock at West Marine though.

[MasterBaiter]

I replaced mine a couple of years ago. I bought them from Mesco and they were like $8. Nothing fancy, just like the ones that came out - well not broken like the ones that came out.

[abl1111]

Every year I have to replace those aft vents. Dock rash from broad side docking. It only takes one friend to say " I got it... " to hold the boat off the dock - and he doesn't have anything !!!

A hassle because a new one needs to ground down in the back of the vent to make it fit just right.

I have an i/o and like the idea of air circulating in my bilge even though I have fuel injection.

Do your vents recess the same distance as the stock ones or further in ? My vent box is fairly original, maybe a little thicker from when I re-did the transom. Can you find out the manufacturer of them ?

This season I have to pull off the forward vent frames and refinish them - so I would consider doing vents at the same time.

[strick]

Original SeaCraft vents came with a metal housing that protected the vents from damage. Back when I was a young SeaCraft buck and I was restoring my my first SeaCraft a 23 cc I had decided to glass over the vents because I thought they looked ugly. Immediately one of the older and much wiser SeaCraft seasoned vets asked if he could have my metal housings... I said sure and sent them to him. At some point I decided that it would be better to let the bilge get some air so I installed the plastic vents without the metal housing and it seemed like every other time I went out I was breaking a vent. Moral of the story is to keep the metal frame that protects those vents! That flush mount vent is the way to go. Find out were it came from.

strick

[abl1111]

Hey Strick!

I think the metal vent frames were only installed on the forward vents. I have never seen a SC with the vents on the aft... I think any tin knocker/welder could manufacture them easily. My pair need some sanding and a powder job. (9) years ago I Awlgrip'd 'em - I got my $'s worth - just a little oxidation here and there.

If you need the dimensions, I could either mail you one of mine, or I could try to measure it up to STRICK't specifications ...

But, as you mention, the recessed is nice if it were not too recessed....

[MasterBaiter]

If I remember right (that is asking a lot), they were Sea Dog. I seem to remember a small fit issue on one side - but it was because the lifting eye bolt was in the way.

Will the metal frames fit on the aft vents? That might protect them.

[77SceptreOB]

Original SeaCraft vents came with a metal housing that protected the vents from damage.

Yes, but only in the front. Never seen a metal protection housing on the BACK. Anybody else?

Sorry....someone beat me to it, but I agree....

[Old'sCool]

Do the front vent openings on a 23' match the "opening" inside the hull that appears to be a "vent channel"?? This located at rearmost casting deck but does not enter the anchor locker.