Re: ventilation and mildew / moisture

["sirstopher" <sirstopher@uzjJ9GYHHxeVTPud8cUHgVKrNvfAe4BeXCusyMldMxiAZEOuTJ9gGStV0ViS_yYq_hr_r8QoTZkksTBLkQs.yahoo.invalid>]

My simple fix. I have a plexiglass companionway hatch board that i 
have mounted a solar panel on. I bought a 12.00 12v dc fan and wired 
it directly to the solar panel. It seems to work great. (when it is 
sunny). the best place for this panel would be under the plexiglass 
front hatch that Gene Adams sold me.

Chris
--- In SJ-24@yahoogroups.com, m_kanzler@y... wrote:
> 
> 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.