Keeping damp/frost at bay

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I intend to keep my boat on the water this winter what heaters/dehudidifiers/timers would you deam minimal for a 32 boat, the marina i,m on has only got electricity 6pm to 10pm any advice will be appreciated

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Hi

Theres been loads about this topic recently and if you go to index then type 'dehumidifiers' into search box, you will get loads. A bit limited with your evening 4 hours would mean leaving heater/heaters on and dehumid on all the time. Make sure your engine blocks are emptied of water and water tanks/loo bowl/holding tanks etc. Because of shortage of leccy time, you may want to lag the engines with some old carpet and some bungees or cable ties in addition to heater below? - that is if you get serious frosts like we can do up here. Roy

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Left mine in the water last year and put a heater only in the engine bay - didn't really need it because the ambient temp of the water was always above freezing so the engine compt was the same, even when there was snow and ice around. I did cover the engines and use the heater but it was belt and braces really.

Real issue was damp - bulk standard de-humidifier from B&Q cica £80 to £100 should do the trick. Bit of heat will help this work better as I understand it

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I live on the boat during the week and have just bort an Argos Dehumidifier and a small oil filled radiator to add to the tube heater already on board. Both work a treat with a total cost of £100.

Best way of course is to use the boat every weekend /forums/images/icons/crazy.gif


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Our boat stays in the water all year cos we still stay onboard everyother week or so. Never used a dehumidifier or left a heater on a timer and never had a problem with damp. I think that as long as you leave some port holes open and all the cupboard doors open ensuring plenty ventilation then everything should be ok. As I say our boat has never suffered in the past. I should add that we do have engine heaters as a matter of course, however as a previous forumite states it has to be bloody cold cos the water the boat sits in akts as a heat sink. Theoretically the water around your boat would have to freeze for any harm to come to your engine. This is theoretical of course and I certainly sleep better knowing I have engine heaters fitted.
Ian
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'Theoretically the water around your boat would have to freeze for any harm to come to your engine. This is theoretical of course and I certainly sleep better knowing I have engine heaters fitted.'

Of course Ian - this is the case - however, in the event of a power outage due to bad weather, combined with hard frosts, then things can be really bad - 5 years ago, at our marina, the temp went to minus 10 for a few days and the power went off. More than 12 boats had frozen engines, and burst blocks and so on due to not being drained off. The water (fresh) in marina only had a skin of ice in places, yet damage to baots was severe. Roy

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