Does pilot house get hot.

Even up here in the PNW on the rare days that the thermometer raises up into the high 70s low 80s the cabin can get a little stuffy and warm.
 
Buy a 5000 BTU air conditioner and a Honda 1000 generator. Both are small and light and will cool that cabin in a Florida summer, especially at anchor. Search the site for installations.

Boris
 
It depends... if you are moving, no. If you are stationary and there is no breeze, then yes. We have the type of a/c that Boris recommended in our boat right now, as we finish loading for a road trip. The a/c makes it very comfortable inside. I have never felt the need to have the a/c while moving... well, that and the fact that it would block your forward vision with the a/c in the center window. :crook

Some folks have mounted an RV type a/c on the roof, and run that with a generator... that is a good solution to having a/c while running. I like that solution better than the typical boat a/c that relies on a water intake below the waterline (which also means you can't use it while on the trailer).

As long as there is any kind of breeze, the cabin (and a bimini over the cockpit) provide shade and make it cooler than out in the sun.

Congrats on the new boat!
 
I don't think so, at least not for me. I had the same concerns about heat before I got mine but I have found it quite comfortable with everything opened up and a just a little air movement. The cabin provides great shelter from the sun and I also have a fan for additional cooling if needed. The added bonus is the protection you get during those torrential downpours that seem to pop up so often here in the summer. I must admit though that I wouldn't want to spend a summer night in that small berth (or any where else in Florida) without air conditioning.

Paul
 
Ya know, this was my number 1 concern when boat shopping. I have always had some kind of open center console type vessel. And, I have always run for the marina whenever it looked like a little rain. While I am yet to have my new CD22 out on a hot summer day, I have no regrets on my purchase. I live on the Long Island Sound. To me there are few things more pleasant than cruising The Sound in a small open boat on a lovely summer day. The sun, the breeze, the spray...its a great feeling.

On the other hand....there are few things more unpleasant than cruisin The Sound on a cold, rainy, windy day in a small open boat....no sun, the breeze, the spray.... Now, THAT is a miserable feeling!

Its one thing to be taking spray in your face when the air is 90 degrees and the water is 70...it is quite another thing when the air is 70 and the water temp is 50!

On those miserable New England days when the temps are in the 100s and the humidity is in the 90s, well, thats what the air conditioned club house is for!
 
It's Florida in the summer. You are going to be hot PERIOD. You will be much more comfortable inside or out on the back porch under the Bimini, than out in the sun.
 
Ok, I live in Alaska and it rarely gets hot on the boat. If I lived in Florida I would spend the money to tint my windows heavy, I would think that would help.
If we get hot, and that’s rare, we run over by a glacier and load up on ice. Glacier ice is so dense it lasts 10 times longer and melts off as steam, no water residue at all…nice! You’ve heard of taking a hot rock to bed, we take a chunk of glacier ice to bed and it keeps us cool all night. :mrgreen:
 
I get that question over and over at boat shows . The simplest answer is to open all the doors ,hatches, and windows and invite the person asking into the cabin . Without the sun beating on you and air moving its pretty much always cooler in the cabin . 12v fans make a big difference on hot still days . Then its really cooler inside with the artificial breeze than out side.
The rooftop A/C/Honda units are best , but if you are wanting to do it on the cheap, the 5000kBTU window unit is ok when at the dock.
Marc
 
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