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I think facing the front vents forward is a bad idea.
They could act like water scoops if you hit rough seas.
All my vents face aft and the bilge still gets plenty of ventilation.
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The chines deflect the waves aft of the forward vent. Those vents are just below the rub rail and if by chance your(you should not be) in seas that are so rough that your burying the nose of your boat so far into the sea that they are scooping in water your are in deep Doo-Doo regardless of which way they are facing