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Gene Morris

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Help..we're taking on water. What can we do about the condensation? We are drowning inside the boat. Everything is wet! We are confined to our quarters and the rum is almost gone. Why is the rum always gone?! Please send kelp....I mean help!
 
Open the windows, run a fan. Run the Wallas. Cooking, washing dishes, showering... heck, just breathing adds to the condensation. Be sure to open the hatch over the v-berth whenever you can and lift the cushions once in a while to make sure you don't get mildew around them.

Regarding the rum: easy - buy more rum. You can dilute it with Coke to make it last longer. :wink

It could be worse... you could be at home doing yard work instead of being out on your boat! :mrgreen:

Best wishes,
Jim B.
 
Sound's like us a week ago. Out of Whittier, lots of rain and when I ran into the folks on "Bidarka" at the dock I mentioned our head was knee deep in soaker towels.
Being some of the intelligent folks who have done the Mascoat insulation thing, they told us it cut down condensation in the V berth by 90%!
Why is it the project that needs done the most is the one you will put off till next year?
Oh well, we'll just keep moping through this year but truly do intend to get the cabin insulated this fall BEFORE next season.
Mike
 
Sound's like us a week ago. Out of Whittier, lots of rain and when I ran into the folks on "Bidarka" at the dock I mentioned our head was knee deep in soaker towels.
Being some of the intelligent folks who have done the Mascoat insulation thing, they told us it cut down condensation in the V berth by 90%!
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We were out in it too...Whittier, Wednesday thru Friday of last week that is...and ended up holed up in Goose bay waiting out the blow and enduring the liquid sunshine. I haven't seen so much rain on the outside and inside of my boat since I swamped a canoe during a hurricane! My hands are still sore from wringing out those soaker towels and the house looked like a rummage sale after we unloaded the C-Biscuit with all the bedding and equipment strewn around drying out. Isn't it funny how the weather report kept changing every day and that partly cloudy day never did show up until we hauled out for home.

Mascoat for me too! Anyone know where to get the stuff here in Anchorage?
 
I saw these defrosters on the Albin 31 I was on for the sailboat race I helped with yesterday. They looked very efficient, small and tidy. Says they draw 8.3 amps -- can we cope with that draw while underway?

Warren
 
Warren,
Don't know about that particular model but I did try one that looks like it from West Marine and it was the most useless piece of junk I have ever bought. Took about 30 minutes to clear a space that you could wipe in a millisecond.

Merv
 
Grumpy":1614fqk2 said:
Don't know about that particular model but I did try one that looks like it from West Marine and it was the most useless piece of junk I have ever bought. Took about 30 minutes to clear a space that you could wipe in a millisecond.
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That would make sense because, when I went back to look at the description I noticed that there is no fan/blower. It's just a heater. So I think I will go with the fans that people here have had good luck with.

Warren
 
For serious humidity problems, consdier a "Mighty-dry" Marine dehumidifier. http://www.mightydry.com/

We have one for the boat and one for the RV--makes a world of difference, and worth the cost difference from that of the "sears" models--of course you need 110V to run that puppy!
 
Mike,

I just ordered 5 gallons of the Delta-T Marine spray insulation from the Mascoat rep in Seattle along with the sprayer. Should be at my house as I write.

Cost of the Delta-T coating was $47/gallon and it comes in a 5 gallon bucket. Don't know if Dick Stratton who is the Mascoat sales rep in Seattle will sell less than a 5 gallon pail.

I don't think I will need all 5 gallons and since I got the sprayer, lets have Delta-T party in town!

If you want to contact the Mascoat rep, he is Dick Stratton and his email address is: "dstratton@mascoat.com". Dick is easy to work with and knows about our C-Brat group.

Right now as I write this, I an sitting in Nikolski on Umnak Island in the Aleutian Islands. It is blowing 30 and this is considered a good day out here. We are awaiting a barge from Dutch Harbor to deliver our construction materials so we can Get-R-Done and go home. I hope to be home around the 21st of June if all goes well.

Jim
 
That 12,000 Btu , portable A/C , ATP? unit from Pep boys has a dehumidifier setting. it'll take 65 pints of water a day out of the air and evaporate it thru the air exhaust tube. 'Makes things dry out really fast!

Otherwise, just keep the air circulating so your breath and cooking vapors can exhaust. We kept the head window open, the door cracked with a bungy cord, the windows cracked, the cabin door open with the canvas back up while up there before we got the A/C dehumidifier.

John
 
Dick Startton sent me 3 gals of the stuff in 1 gal cans. I used on full gallon on the v-berth and it works well. MY compressor regulator was not regulating or I probably would have used less.

I sold 1 gal to another CD owner and still have one gallon. I don't know how much it would cost to ship but would sell it for $25 + shipping. Or if you are close just pick it up.

Steve
 
I always figured that a person could buy a dehumidifier like this: http://www.air-n-water.com/product/CFM25.html, leave the tank out and place the dehumidifier in the sink. As it sucked water out of the air, it would just drop it into the sink and gravity would send it outside as gray water.

In concept it is a good idea. :wink: It requires shore power.
 
Sarge,

The new portable A/C, dehumidifier units have an evaporative air exhaust so you don't have to drain actual water. Of course, you'd have to exhaust the air... oh well. Anyway, I have one and it really dries out the interior rapidly.

John
 
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