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  1. 02-26-2013, 04:49 PM #1
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    Boat product info. please....

    A good while back I saw a product advertised for eliminating the moisture from underneath the canvas canopy of a covered/stored boat or pontoon....just can't seem to remember where I saw it.

    A couple of weeks ago, when I removed the cover on my pontoon, there was a bit of mildew on the tops of the seats, along with a musky odor....we got all of that cleaned up with very little effort.

    However, I know that after the next time the pontoon is taken onto the lake, the carpet always gets wet from kids climbing on and off, outta the water from swimming/skiing....I try to let it dry out before replacing the cover, but we are usually in a hurry to leave for home, and the carpet never completely dries out.

    Anyone ever seen a product like that advertised, or got a more simple solution???

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  2. 02-26-2013, 05:30 PM #2
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  3. 02-26-2013, 05:39 PM #3
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    I have a buddy with a similar challenge, he wound up putting a small fan under the cover and putting it on a timer to keep it from running 24/7, Other than moving air thru, nothing else he tried worked.
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    Geez. I spend hours and hours looking for a 110v a/c alternating timer, and your buddy has one.

    Ed, I don't know how to handle that one. That's a new one on me.

    I keep my boat under carport. I got to thinking about this new pop-up and taking my boat to a campground for days on end. My boat is my 'fishing storage system'. Everything I own and use is in it. I suppose I'd need to haul my boat cover (used one time) when I go camping.......but I hate that thing. And yeah, it did same thing yours did but worse, the ONE time I used it.........it got condensation inside my Sonar/Depthfinder. Ticked me off.

    I don't know the answer, but I'm monitoring this to see what you find.
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  5. 02-26-2013, 05:49 PM #5
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    Niner, I left myself wide-open for that one, didn't I???
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    We have the same problem with our ski boat. It's docked at my Mom's house and there are times when it goes for a couple of weeks without being uncovered. It gets really bad if there has been a lot of rain, since she's not able to uncover it and run the bilge pump after the rain is done. I'd like a solution to this too!
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  7. 02-26-2013, 07:28 PM #7
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    Okay, I've done the research from several boating websites, and I think good ole WalMart has the least expensive solution...I'm gonna buy several of them before going the fan route:

    http://www.walmart.com/ip/15033111?w...l5=pla&veh=sem

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    http://www.overtons.com/modperl/prod...r-Dryr&i=20425

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    http://www.automotion.com/catalogsea...-z-air&x=8&y=9

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    http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs...e+moisture+bag

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    That Damp Rid stuff might be just what I need for my safe until I can get one of those plug-in thingies like Cap'n posted on my thread. Everybody's back-ordered on them right now.
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    I was thinking the same thing Conine....

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    I have a ski boat that sits out of the water and I don't have this problem.
    3 things......

    1: I let it dry out before putting my cover on (after we have had it out on the water. Since we live 290 feet from a 40,000 acre lake that's pretty much every weekend.

    2: I keep the plug out and keep the bow wayyyy UP. That drains everything naturally running the right way.

    3: I bought a 590$ custom boat cover. Not only keeps it dry but protect all my vinyl from uv rays.


    In the winter ( like now) I throw a tarp on top of the cover and that's added protection.
    No issues.
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  11. 02-26-2013, 09:35 PM #11
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    I betcha you have no electronics under that tarp.........
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    A garmin and a transducer.
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    Transducer is not electronic, is it?

    When I put on a tarp, it put condensation in my depthfinder. How does yours not? Isn't that the issue Ed is having?

    If I could figure that out, I could leave the boat outside and under a boat cover.
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    Well, I'll just be darned....my local Walmart didn't have any DampRid, so I was fixing to just order it online, and guess what I found???

    It also comes in an RV and Boat formulation....just what I need!!!!!

    http://www.walmart.com/ip/DampRid-RV...orber/16627481

    DampRid RV and Boat Moisture Absorber - $9.82

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    I had no idea.

    Thanks so much!!!!
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