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I used one - a regular house-grade one that I placed on my boat during the wet NW winters. Worked well - only thing is you need to have heat as well (I had an oil filled radiator) for it to really draw out the water.
There are smaller ones - but their server seems to have died - so I have no idea if they're still in business:
http://www.mightydry.com
Good Luck!
//sse
I used one - a regular house-grade one that I placed on my boat during the wet NW winters. Worked well - only thing is you need to have heat as well (I had an oil filled radiator) for it to really draw out the water.
There are smaller ones - but their server seems to have died - so I have no idea if they're still in business:
http://www.mightydry.com
Good Luck!
//sse
Stanly,
My recommendation is to avoid any dehumidifier which does not require emptying. In other words if it dosen't actually fill up with the water it removes, then it didn't really remove any water. There are any number of heating devices which claim to reduce humidity but all they do is heat up the air thereby lowering the "relative" humidity. Electric units like the one Sean recommended and the crystals sold in many boat stores are the only units that actually remove the moisture.
Don't know where you are located but I am in the Florida panhandle and we do have our humidity problems. I have found that using two solar powered Nicro vents drastically reduce any little mold or mildew problem. I am aboard quite often so the boat does not sit closed up for weeks at a time so that might also help.
Ray Rhode
S/Y Journey
E35-III, #189
My recommendation is to avoid any dehumidifier which does not require emptying. In other words if it dosen't actually fill up with the water it removes, then it didn't really remove any water. There are any number of heating devices which claim to reduce humidity but all they do is heat up the air thereby lowering the "relative" humidity. Electric units like the one Sean recommended and the crystals sold in many boat stores are the only units that actually remove the moisture.
Don't know where you are located but I am in the Florida panhandle and we do have our humidity problems. I have found that using two solar powered Nicro vents drastically reduce any little mold or mildew problem. I am aboard quite often so the boat does not sit closed up for weeks at a time so that might also help.
Ray Rhode
S/Y Journey
E35-III, #189
Thanks!
Thanks, guys,
we are sailing the SF Bay, so the humidity in the winter is not terrible, but not pleasant either. Main dorade box in front of the mast leaked (good threads on the problem on this site), so PO closed it for good. We purchased the dorade/cowl vent combo, so I will be installing it soon. If it is not enough, we will go for darstic measures - dehumidifier or something.
Thanks again,
Stanly & Tanya,
Ericson 32-3 "Fire Eater"
Thanks, guys,
we are sailing the SF Bay, so the humidity in the winter is not terrible, but not pleasant either. Main dorade box in front of the mast leaked (good threads on the problem on this site), so PO closed it for good. We purchased the dorade/cowl vent combo, so I will be installing it soon. If it is not enough, we will go for darstic measures - dehumidifier or something.
Thanks again,
Stanly & Tanya,
Ericson 32-3 "Fire Eater"
Mike.Gritten
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I can't speak from personal experience, but my neighbor on the dock has a Gulfstar 44 and he swears by them. He uses a standard house model (Kenmore, I believe) and says that his lockers and cushions, and all those nooks and crannies you can't easily get to, are now nice and dry and mildew-free. He claims that he has to empty the removable container every 24 hours (3 or 4 US gallons) during our cool, wet winters here in Vancouver, Canada.
Uh huh...
Yep - you'll be amazed what it will do. What I did was have the heater and dehumidifier on the boat during the winter (warm and dry - it was a little vacation house) - and then I made sure the boat was well vented during the summer - with the diesel furnace set to go on if the temperature ever sank below 55 degrees...
That mold (what was left that I could not get my hands on) just disappeared... Basically, the more water you remove, the less water vapor - dry the air out then, and you're done.
Now I wish I could do the same for my car - which is just about ready to sprout mushrooms!
//sse
Yep - you'll be amazed what it will do. What I did was have the heater and dehumidifier on the boat during the winter (warm and dry - it was a little vacation house) - and then I made sure the boat was well vented during the summer - with the diesel furnace set to go on if the temperature ever sank below 55 degrees...
That mold (what was left that I could not get my hands on) just disappeared... Basically, the more water you remove, the less water vapor - dry the air out then, and you're done.
Now I wish I could do the same for my car - which is just about ready to sprout mushrooms!
//sse