Wind scoops
Wind scoops and keeping boats cool are a topic that comes up regularly on cruising forums so I thought I'd add my tuppence worth with some pics of how the skipper made ours. Hope it helps, if you have any questions just give us a shout in the comments below.
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| Image: hatch cover and title on background of hand drawn diagrams |
We used our wind scoops quite a bit over the summer. They are a very simple design from the Skipper that he ran up on the sewing machine a few years ago in France. They are made from bright orange rip stop nylon (parachute material) left over from making a canoe.
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| Image: bright orange scoop on an open hatch |
The basic shape is two triangles an a rectangle, stitched together. An elastic loop around the base fits it snugly round the rim of the hatch. We use the rigging to suspend the upper strings giving it the shape.
These diagrams by the Skipper show how he cut the material and how these pieces were then constructed to form the scoop shape.
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| picture: hand drawn diagram of measurements and shapes |
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| picture: hand drawn diagram of construction of scoop |
They are easy and quick to fit on to the hatch rims and literally scoop any passing breezes down into the boat. By having hatches open front and back and letting the air travel through it does cool the boat down effectively. They can be fitted to the hatches in any direction which is helpful for quaysides, pontoons or indeed land - we have used our several times over our unusually hot British summer.
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| picture: orange scoop on open hatch, blue sky |
And that's it, wind scoops to keep you cool.
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