Larry wrote:


Buy a small dehumidifier, the one that's a little self-contained air
conditioner that runs off 115VAC. Be SURE the one you buy has a DRAIN
HOSE you can drop in the sink so you won't have to manually dump the
tank, which will fill up in a matter of a few hours on a damp boat.

Close the boat so the dehumidifier can pump all the water out of the
swamp air inside the boat. If anything is left open, new swamp air that
you are now letting into the boat (sea air in the tourist brochures)
will never let it pump the boat dry and stop the condensation.

If you think the boat is too hot with a dehumidifier, install an air
conditioner, which will both dehumidify the boat and pump the heat
outside.

Leave the AC run all summer and the dehumidifier running all winter to
keep the boat dried out. Your problem goes away as soon as the air
inside the boat is DRY, not like a North Carolina swamp.

The other crap from West Marine is just that, crap. Damprid will work
inside a plastic bag.....but not in an open boat. It's made to sell.

You will simply be amazed at the CONSTANT stream of water that comes out
of that condensate drain hose of the little dehumidifier. 20 gallons a
day isn't unusual. The whole boat will smell lots better, once the
mildew and bacteria growing from the swamp air loses its water source
and they die.

Thanks....I was almost getting ready to run the AC with the heater in
desperation...on way to Lowe's now to see what they have in stock...