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I need to replace the four plastic vents mounted in the hull sides fore and aft on my 23 seacraft savage inboard. Are these a standard size? I am not able to get to the boat and measure, it is in the shop being re-powered.

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I believe that they are a standard size and are readily available at West Marine.

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Yep. That is where I got mine.

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I'm planning that now.I believe the correct vents are WM white 280800 and black 280811. I looked through the literature section and have determined they are meant to be mounted opening facing rearward. I would like feedback on this though.

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All 4 of mine are facing rear on the boat I just bought.

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My father's '82 Sceptre had the forward vents facing forward. He decided to flip them around to minimize water intrusion. No idea how much of a negative effect this has on ventilating the bilge though.

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forward vents are supposed to face forward and rear vents face rear for max hull ventilation.

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Perhaps the Potter clan could chime in here?? Looking at the literature section it looks like the original pictures were all facing aft.

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Mine are forward-forward back-back. Means nothing as I just bought the boat though.

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Forward faces Forward
Aft facing Aft

I had a problem with these standard vents getting whacked because they stuck out way past the rub rail. (I guess I can't dock very well) Anyway they had to be cut and shaved to fit :mad:

I grabbed a set of the smaller (width wise) ones. They have a flush back and glued them to 1/4" PVC board and then painted them. They are just shy of the rail now. The fronts are the same.
Just another idea here you can try....

Chuck

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