Re: ventilation and mildew / moisture

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You could put louvers in the companion boards.

Maybe devise a way to open the fwd hatch just
a hair... put a piece of 1/8 or 1/16 line
between the hatch and the deck. 

On my boat there is a direct link (now 
bulkheads) between the aft locker and the
area under the cockpit, so leaving the door
under the step open and keeping the aft hatch
cracked open slightly (again, 1/8" line) should
let some air in.

A small fan to keep the air below decks circulating
might help out too.

--- In SJ-24@yahoogroups.com, "Gary Rust" <abrasivesspokane@y...> 
wrote:
> 
> I just checked on our boat sitting in water for the winter.  This 
is 
> the first year for the boat in freezing weather.  It had quite a 
bit 
> of moisture on the roof over the v-berth and none in the cabin 
area.  
> There was about 1" in the bilge below the v-berth (I had the v-
berth 
> cover open).  All cushions are removed.  
> 
> I had 2 small dehydrators in the cabin area and they had dissolved 
> all the crystals.  I moved them to the v-berth area to see if they 
> will help.  I have a blue plastic tarp over the cabin and cockpit.
> 
> I'm thinking of putting a ventilator on the boat but really don't 
> want to mount it on the deck.  Does anyone have an opinion if a 
> ventilator could be mounted vertically on the companion door?  That 
> would be the quickest and simplist thing I can do because I have 
> extra boards for the companion way.