Both of the vents on this boat face backwards. My bass boat has one forward and one backward. The v20 will be an ocean boat though and I think I'd rather keep them facing the way they do so salt water spray doesn't get channeled into the engine compartment.
The way this boat will be used it will be started multiple times a day and the thought of lifting the engine hatch each and every time just doesn't appeal to me. I've seen a few pictures of what can happen when there is an explosion. Not a pretty site. If we are going to put one in now is the time as I can't use the boat anyway.
Of course the first I/O my family had when I was young didn't have a blower (not sure any boats did back then) and it didn't blow up. Easily could have though as I did have an uncle pump 30 gallons into the bilge through a rod holder once.
-Robert
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