Checked Your Boat Recently?

[Lakesailor]

In the summer the bloke with this boat is there every day.

Come the bad weather he's not to be seen much. But it's just when his boat needs looking after.

Why do people do this? It's making so much work for themselves.

 

[cameronke]

I check my baby (boaty one) every week.

She is in our boat store, indoors with lighting and power and has had a dehumidifier running since pull-out in October. Roll on next spring!

Cameron

 

[Helina]

A little advice pls, dehumidifier , what is it ? Haven't heard anybody using it in Finland . /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

 

[PuffTheMagicDragon]

I've never been to your part of the world LS but seeing these shots (and the previous ones of the other red sailing boat), it seems to me that you have an excellent opportunity to do salvage or gardiennage as a sideline! /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[aitchw]

Has she been tied down in some way preventing her from rising with the water level or has she just filled with rain water?

Ah.well. It will give him something to do, won't it?

 

[cameronke]

A dehumidifier will dry out the air within the cabin. It has the added advantage of keeping her a little warmer to but (i think) can have difficulty if it is too cold. It works by condensation

Some illustrations here

Regards
Cameron

 

[Helina]

Thanks Cameron. Now found them in Finland as well. Never heard anybody using them in boats. The practice here is to use the chemical ones. Maybe they don't work when 20C below ?

br Jukka

 

[ColinHuggins]

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Has she been tied down in some way preventing her from rising with the water level or has she just filled with rain water?

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It seems to be a popular misconception that there are no tides on Windemere. . . .

 

[mainmarine]

They don't have rain or tides in the Lake District do they

 

[bigwow]

But I heard that they have a prolific formite there!!

 

[Sui Generis]

Sadly, it's not just in your part of the world

 

[graham]

I always wonder what human stories lie behind boats you see like that.Previously loved and looked after then suddenly the owner loses all interest.

 

[Lakesailor]

Nope. One day of Northerlies will produce big enough waves to swamp a small boat resting on the shore.

At the moment the lower jetty is submerged and the higher one is just above the water.

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A few days of Northerlies effect the moorings like this. (My last boat)

 

[mainmarine]

those pics remind me of our first night on Windermere, wife two small kids, new to us boat, frustrating trail from Derby, two flat tyres on launching trolley when we got to Ferry Nab, hired a mooring at top end of lake, spent that night rocking and rolling tied to the buoy, rain for rest of week.
Happy days.

 

[penultimate]

Viewed from my bed this morning

 

[ValleyForge]

What a delightful craft. I think you should post this on 'classic boats' It will I am sure be highly appreciated and possibly drooled over. There may even be a rescue party willing to take her over & restore her to her original prime.

I do think her name is perhaps a little, err, abrupt. Perhaps you can think of a new one ?

'Dunee owr't'watter' perhaps ?

 

[DeeGee]

Hi Helena, nobody picked up on your last post, so I will have a go...

Dehumidifiers are effectively fridges sort of inside-out.

A pump pumps refrigerant round, water vapour condenses forming ice. Pump stops, ice melts, water caught in chamber or out through pipe.

Two types: first relies on ambient temp to melt the collected ice, second has heater to melt. First no good where you are, second a bit more expensive.

Chemical types: useless in damp old UK.

Effect: boat stays smelling sweet, no mould, nice..... /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

BUT, BUT, BUT... Surely Finland enjoys dry air? I thought Finland was a giant dehumidifier in winter?

 

[VicS]

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BUT, BUT, BUT

[/ QUOTE ] They are not effective in very cold conditions either are they? Don't they tend to ice up?

 

[DeeGee]

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Two types: first relies on ambient temp to melt the collected ice, <span style="color:red"> second has heater to melt </span> ...BUT, BUT, BUT

[/ QUOTE ] They are not effective in very cold conditions either are they? Don't they tend to ice up?

[/ QUOTE ]Umm, I put a bit back into your quote of my last post, read the red bit /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif