Bavaria 33 Cruiser 2007 Cabin Air Vent?

[paulstein]

Can anyone please advise where I could purchase a new main cabin air vent
Is has a plastic cover on deck aft of the mast that is sun damaged.
Around 200 mm in diameter.
I think it might be a Beckson Vento Mate
The seem to do a stainless steel version according to their web site
Appreciate your assistance.

[Salty]

Which country are you in Paul? It helps to know that in order to narrow the search a little. I put "Beckson Vento Mate" into my search engine and it came up with several possibilities including Walmart in the USA who appear to stock both plastic and stainless versions at 32 and 62 dollars respectively. Otherwise start off with your local Bavaria importer, and then broaden the search if they are too expensive. I have a similar vent on my boat, and would look at getting something different if I needed to change it.

[Nigel]

Paul is registered in Australia, so I guess his boat is there also. Surely the Beckson web site would be place to look?

I think this is the official site http://www.becksonmfg.com/products.html

[battuta]

Both mine discoloured from UV and then broke on our (2009) Cruiser 31. Same happened with a similar vintage B34 out here. I couldn't figure out how these universally break in a "shattered" manner until I realized it was from jib sheet flogging and that ours had happened during some reefing drama. Anyway, I upgraded to stainless steel covers bought from Beckson Marine (C6-rs). They're great and you can put them on without doing any modification to the vent structure that goes into the cabin. Here is a pic:

http://www.beckson.com/images/c-6rsat600.jpg

Riyad Abu-Laban
s/v Battuta
B31: Vancouver Canada