Cheap opening port windscoop

[hamburking]

Originally Posted by smj

No Jeff, actually broke down and spent a buck a piece!

No doubt increasing the value of your boat!

[smj]

Originally Posted by Zoidislander

Great idea, and nicely executed. Are there other colors available?

I think there was only white, but I’m sure different buckets would work as well

[Tayana42]

Is your wife selling them? With a label that says they are for marine use they should go for hundreds.

[smj]

Originally Posted by Tayana42

Is your wife selling them? With a label that says they are for marine use they should go for hundreds.

No but she will lend you one for use as a pattern!

[travellerw]

As with most inventions, you are not the first. We use them every night down here in Caribbean and have for 2 years.

Caribbean's Leading Chandlery - Budget Marine

LOL.. Budget Marine has carried these for years. We paid $10.99 USD in Grenada. In Grenada it would be WAY cheaper to buy the "breeze booster" than a garbage can to cut up.

[smj]

Originally Posted by travellerw

As with most inventions, you are not the first. We use them every night down here in Caribbean and have for 2 years.

Caribbean's Leading Chandlery - Budget Marine

LOL.. Budget Marine has carried these for years. We paid $10.99 USD in Grenada. In Grenada it would be WAY cheaper to buy the "breeze booster" than a garbage can to cut up.

As you can see I stated I'm sure it's been done before, but you paid 11 times what we did. Paying for the marine name!


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[Boatguy30]

See, what you got there is a "universal air conveyer"

[travellerw]

Originally Posted by smj

As you can see I stated I'm sure it's been done before, but you paid 11 times what we did. Paying for the marine name!


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LOL.. Ok marine name.. The $11.00 version I bought floats, has a built in retainer and is UV resistant. I don't feel ripped off!

[smj]

Originally Posted by Boatguy30

See, what you got there is a "universal air conveyer"

I like that, write that with magic marker on the side and on the market for $1.25+tax and shipping!

[smj]

Originally Posted by travellerw

LOL.. Ok marine name.. The $11.00 version I bought floats, has a built in retainer and is UV resistant. I don't feel ripped off!

Ok, attach a floatie and some uv paint, price is up to $1.45[emoji16]

[Steve Bean]

I like it! I bet one could make these out of regular 5-gallon buckets. In my area these are tossed out by restaurants all the time - dishwashing fluids, bleach, soy sauce... Some that are intended for one use are not very resistant to UV radiation from the sun. I call it ultra VIOLENT radiation. The best are the colored ones used for motor oil, hydraulic oil, paint, etc.

[JSLExplores]

Love the genius in your wife... She's a keeper! But, I love my Breeze Boosters with screens to keep the bugs out. They even keep the rain out unless it's 30Kts or more.

[smj]

Originally Posted by JSLExplores

Love the genius in your wife... She's a keeper! But, I love my Breeze Boosters with screens to keep the bugs out. They even keep the rain out unless it's 30Kts or more.

Really nice but almost $50.00 ouch! Above my pay scale[emoji30]

[Sojurnr]

Originally Posted by smj

I will keep her! In fact I don’t think I have a choice as her head has swollen up so much over the comments here she’s unable to push through the companionway[emoji38]. Got her where I want her[emoji1303]

If I was you, I'd be verrrrry careful about hinting in any way, shape or form that my wife had become too large in any respect to fit...just sayin'

Take it from one who only occasionally opens his mouth to switch feet.



Sojurnr