Help identify ventilation part on the top of cabin

[vallkor]

Please help me to identify how this white plastic ventilation thing is called in the top of the boats cabin? Mine is falling apart and I can't find how it is called to order new

Thanks!

 

[Ralph Johnstone]

And a happy belated April Fool's Day to you too. From the look of that excellent photo, I'd say it's a white toadstool which is growing out of your cabin roof.

Barring that, it could be a cowl as shown here :

The SS is a little more pricey but the vinyl ones don't last more than a few years.

 

[vallkor]

Thanks!

 

[vallkor]

Here is a better picture

 

[Ralph Johnstone]

Now we're off in a whole new direction :

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What you're showing is simply a vent with a weather cover. It allows stale air to be released from the cabin below it.

A cowl uses the kinetic energy of the wind to force air down into the cabin below. Two different devices for two different uses. Your call.

 

[jssailem]

It is a dorade. It may be one of these.

Marine Town Dorade Dome Vent 175370. Marine Town Dorade Dome Vent 175370



or may be one of these I posted about in 2021. They are a popular dorade in the Mediterranean.

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[vallkor]

You're the best, guys!!!