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Interior Tips
Depending on the size and style of your boat, there's plenty to do to
preserve the inside of your vessel, to keep it like new. The
biggest concern is keeping the moisture out. If you keep your
boat in covered moorage, the concern is not as great but it's always
wise to assume the worst and know moisture is everywhere, always
working into every absorbent part. Always do your best to
encourage as much ventilation as possible. During warmer months
just leaving windows open slightly may be enough to prevent the main
culprit in interior deterioration: mildew. During colder
months forcing warm air around the inside will help. An extra fan
moving air and just one electric heater will work well on even large
vessels. Make sure and open cabinet doors and drawers to promote
circulation in those areas, too.
Keeping the inside
clean is important, as well, since it only takes a little left over
food or drink not cleaned up to promote another culprit: mold.
And what about smells? There's all kinds of potential bad smells
inside boats, but the most offensive is the chemical smell from a
poorly maintained sanitation system. Always keep your holding
tanks pumped out and during down times fill them with clean
water. Adding a little bleach into each toilet when not in
use and flushing them will not only help the tank remain clean, but
also keep the toilet and plumbing clean, too. Most vessels could
use larger or multiple vents in the holding tanks to promote the
aerobic breakdown of waste which, under ideal conditions, emits no
smell at all. Another common problem found on many older vessels
is the chemical reaction of the sanitation hoses with the waste passing
through it. The only fix for this problelm is to replace the
hoses with high quality sanitation hose or switch to PVC or ABS plastic
plumbing.
Another common smell in diesel yachts is
fuel and exhaust smells. Both kinds of smells are strong and
permeate through all absorbent materials. Fuel smells are always
a factor of a leak somewhere between the tank and the engines.
Find them, repair them and the smell will go away over time.
Diesel exhaust is another story and is harder to get rid of.
Sometimes just a very tiny exhaust leak from a manifold, riser , turbo
or hose connection will cause this kind of smell. Other times it
is the exhaust coming out the back of your boat that makes it back
inside. Check to make sure all windows and doors that may let
exhaust in are closed. Rerouting exhaust outlets to the sides
outside of the transom slipstream may be the only way to
eliminate this problem.
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