My idea too. I plan on pluging it right away. I can't see any useful purpose for this. Now that I think about it, the PO had a Webasto AirTop Diesel heater in the Stbd Lazarette and I'll bet it was to allow combustion air to get in - just my guess but it sounds logical.Plug it. It's someone's add-on that has no function for you but to add another source of water entry.
Good idea Don. I'll either remove it and put some sort of blank in until I can glass it over or I'll cut it off and leave just enough for some sort of closure. Maybe I can thread a plug inside of it and cut it off flush with the inside nut. I'll figure something out.It protrudes too far into the locker just waiting for something heavy to hit it cracking the fiberglass. At the least, cut it off inside.
The black box is actually a speaker (you can see the wires in the picture from the inside of the lazarette.) The white opening is the thing I was referring to in my question.If we had a picture with the cockpit side cover up I would be more certain, but I think this is for a fresh water supply hose from the dock. I am suspecting that under the cover there's a male garden type hose connector. Inside the hull a potable water hose was probably to be clamped to the fitting then led to the cold water supply.
on the old army aircraft we had them they were called relief tubesUnder the cover looks to be a VHF speaker- there's a wire to it. I think it's for those times you just can't leave the cocpit, but you just gotta go.
Good idea. I'll see what might work. I like the idea of a plug in for a search light or some other 12V accessory. I'll have to make sure its properly fused, etc but that is a great idea!Could it be where a hole was drilled in error? A auxiliary 12V outlet "cigarette lighter" might work there to use for a spotlight.