It’s mostly the smell. Fans of ventilation universally don’t notice the ”boaty” pong when they reopen their boat and are in denial (I’ve seen it often) when people with them point it out. ”What do you mean, smell? It smells fine in fact it doesn’t smell at all”. Put it this way I wouldn’t trust them in a wine tasting to tell the difference between a fine wine and a dead rat.
If your boat would smell without a dehumidifier then by all means dehumidify. Or fix the leaks. Up to you.
Yeah, I do. Old Skoda doors leak so I dry it out occasionally!
Have the similar DD1 Simple - restarts fine after power switched off and on. Keeps 34' boat at 50% over winter. Used for three winters now.
yes its called Air Con & is used to demist
My point proved
dont forget sinks, w/c bowls too
Proved that you would deny or not notice the smell, but of course I can’t prove that your boat is really the incredible exception that gets through a UK Spring, Autumn and Winter by ventilation alone without a smell, so you can leave your cushions and towels and clothes on board without an issue. If it is, then well done but until the internet has found a way of smellyvision then I will keep believing my experience and you will doubtless trust your nose. On another note, do you often have women sailing with you as crew?
As a matter of interest, how many boats have you actually been on when they were opened up after the winter and why?
Endless examples of my own, but I’ve also done a lot of crewing on other peoples over the years and it doesn’t have to be opened after a whole winter - just a fortnight outside high Summer in the UK seems to do it for that horrible and unnecessary pong - and that’s the boats with dry as a bone bilges.
Under "normal" circumstances use the boat throughout the year, we have to pay for the marina so might as well make use of it! This means the water tanks are full, water pump is full and primed, all the beding and food is still on board. This is only practical with a dehumidifier and heater on board. As CBL says if you cannot get power the ventilation is the next best thing but why let damp/cold winter air in you living accommodation. When there is snow on the ground and blowing around i am glad that we have frost protection, a dry boat with the hatches closed.
+1 to that,have used one at home and another on boat, for 27 years. both ebac, home one failed last year, so bought another for home.
It's a compressor dehumidifier, about the same capacity as my Seago Smart Dry 2, which I talked about earlier in the thread, but lower energy consumption.
