[Rhodes22-list] Condensation

[David Bradley]

For anyone interested in how this turned out...

The problem was the anchor rode tray, which was blocking the air flow.
Duh.  Getting that out of the boat before "the rains" come (in Seattle
that's pretty much November through May) allows the Nicro fan to adequately
vent the boat.  Only minor condendsation since removing the tray and getting
the rest of the junk out of the vee berth.

Hope you all had a nice Thanksgiving, survived Black Friday (damn
marketers), and are geared up to do lots of holiday shopping and boost the
economy.

Dave

On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 7:42 AM, David Bradley <dwbrad at gmail.com> wrote:

> Has anyone experienced condensation forming inside the cabin to the extent
> that it produced a few gallons of water in the bilge?
>
> I have been hoping to get some more sailing in before stripping the boat,
> but we've had about a month of rain and some windy storms.  Have been
> keeping an eye on the boat throughout but didn't go inside until this
> weekend.  Found the ceiling beneath the pop top and bow covered with
> condensation and about 4 gallons of water in the bilge (after being bone dry
> for a couple of years).  It may be that the wind blew water in around the
> pop top but I didn't see signs of that much water on the companionway step.
>
>
> Just mopping the condensation off the ceiling produced about a gallon of
> water, so I guess a month of that could produce a few more gallons.  But I
> didn't see signs of it having saturated the cushions or PFDs stored on the
> vee berth or the carpet below the pop top.
>
> I had the anchor line tray installed and and a bunch of stuff stored on the
> vee berth, so the circulation was poor.  Got all that out now and hopefully
> the Nicro fan can keep it vented for the rest of the winter - it has worked
> fine in past years.
>
> Any similar experiences or speculation to help solve the mystery will be
> appreciated!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave
>
>



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