<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_2760"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_2933">If you can surround your ballast vent valves with the sail, then you can</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_2760"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_2932">flood it by keeping your vent valves open. How long this will take???</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_2760"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_2935"> Then you could buy several cheap self draining valves & put them in.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_2760"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_4183">However it is really a wave splash guard so you don't get several gallons</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_2760" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_4186">of water down your hatch in one shot.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_2760" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_4463">You could just drill some holes at the base of the sail & any water from a wave</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_2760" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_5069">that enters will only be a thin layer that won't cover your deck to the height of your</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_2760" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_5189">hatch. If you made the holes an appropriate size, you could fit one way valves</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_2760" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_5676">in them if you found it necessary.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_2760" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_5677">Cheers Alan</span></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_2931"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_2767" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_2766"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_2765"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_2764"> <font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_2763"> <hr size="1" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_2936"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Personal Submersibles General Discussion <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> <br> <b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_2762"><span style="font-weight: bold;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_2761">Sent:</span></b> Monday, February 29, 2016 8:29 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [PSUBS-MAILIST] sail<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_2927"><br><div id="yiv0287380409"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_2929"><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_2928"><div id="yiv0287380409yui_3_16_0_1_1456687551889_2951" dir="ltr">I just laid up the fibreglass for my sail and I am not sure what to do about water entry and exit?</div><div id="yiv0287380409yui_3_16_0_1_1456687551889_2951" dir="ltr">Hank</div></div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>Personal_Submersibles mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org" href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_5678">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a><br><a href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles" target="_blank" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456690712054_5679">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</a><br><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>