Keeping a wooden classic in a hot climate

[PaulM5555]

Need advice. I have just recently purchased a 1967 Dragon and have moved it from the UK to Spain. It needs to be stored out fo the water for sometime. I have Gortex covers and also storage will be undercover in a shed (not a/c) The boat has been dry sailed in Plymouth for 5yrs.

What is the best solution to prevent the wood from drying out?

Thanks for any advice

 

[Kukri]

You are doing everything right; since she has been dry sailed she will have a lower typical moisture content anyway.

Boring old white paint, above and below the waterline (eg white hard racing a/f) , is a good idea - it's quite OK to have a contrasting boot top stripe.

Much depends on how hot the shed gets - if air can circulate through it it should be fine.

Wooden Dragons have been raced in hot places for many, many years - even on the Equator!

 

[PaulM5555]

Thanks minn, forgot to mention though she is a varnished hull no paint expect for the waterline which is epoxy.
Might set-up a fan arrangement and check the moisture levels from time to time

 

[Peterduck]

Melbourne has a very similar climate to Spain, and Dragons which came here for the 1956 Olympic Games were dry-sailed here for many decades afterward. That includes beautiful bright-finished ones, too. The boat is obviously already dry, so let it stay that way. It will also be lighter, too. Worry less and enjoy more!
Peter.

 

[PaulM5555]

Peter

thanks.....on with varnishing then