My cockpit stinks!
 

Is there anything I can do about the overpowering smell of swamp water and
feet that hits me every time I take off the cockpit cover on my kayak?

--
Paul Tomblin http://blog.xcski.com/
Here in the US, we are so schizoid and deeply opposed to government
censorship that we insist on having unaccountable private parties
to do it instead. -- Bill Cole

My cockpit stinks!
 

Paul Tomblin wrote:
Is there anything I can do about the overpowering smell of swamp water and
feet that hits me every time I take off the cockpit cover on my kayak?

Maybe wash your feet? ;-)

It's usually not the kayak but the occupant of said kayak that smells
like feet! :-)

--
Wilko van den Bergh wilkoa t)dse(d o tnl
Eindhoven The Netherlands Europe
---Look at the possibilities, don't worry about the limitations.---
http://kayaker.nl/

My cockpit stinks!
 

"Paul Tomblin" wrote in message
...
Is there anything I can do about the overpowering smell of swamp water and
feet that hits me every time I take off the cockpit cover on my kayak?

--


Wash it out...

My cockpit stinks!
 

Micheal Artindale wrote:
"Paul Tomblin" wrote in message
...
Is there anything I can do about the overpowering smell of swamp water and
feet that hits me every time I take off the cockpit cover on my kayak?

--


Wash it out...


....at the carwash http://www.jango.com/music/Rose+Royce?l=0

My cockpit stinks!
 

Steve wrote:
Micheal Artindale wrote:
"Paul Tomblin" wrote in message
...
Is there anything I can do about the overpowering smell of swamp water and
feet that hits me every time I take off the cockpit cover on my kayak?

--


Wash it out...


...at the carwash http://www.jango.com/music/Rose+Royce?l=0

Perhaps a mild soap solution... course that'll probably give you a soapy
smell... do you clean it out? Maybe if you have a pool session near you
swamp it for a bit in the clorine...

--
John Nelson
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My cockpit stinks!
 

And once you get it clean, leave the cover off until it's dry.

Steve

My cockpit stinks!
 

On May 16, 2:44*am, Steve Cramer wrote:
And once you get it clean, leave the cover off until it's dry.

Steve

Put it on the roof of your car rightside up, dump about 5 gallons of
water and some biodegradable soap in it, put the spray cover over the
cockpit, and drive it around for a week or so*. Then go to a carwash,
dump it out, and rinse it with the high-pressure spray (don't blow
your padding and bracing off).

If that fails, put a car freshener inside. :-)

--riverman

*Not TOO much water....it will affect your car's handling in corners
and braking. Experiment first.

My cockpit stinks!
 

In a previous article, riverman said:
water and some biodegradable soap in it, put the spray cover over the
cockpit, and drive it around for a week or so*. Then go to a carwash,

I'm supposed to go a week without paddling? I've got a race in three
weeks!

--
Paul Tomblin http://blog.xcski.com/
With M$, as far as I'm aware, the stupidity comes bundled with the software.
-- Meg Thornton

My cockpit stinks!
 

On May 19, 4:36*pm, (Paul Tomblin) wrote:

Wash with detergent and chlorine bleach. The bleach will put and end
to the mocrobes who
are producing the gases which cause the odour. Any time you come
accross mould just
wash with a bleach solution to kill it off.

OTOH, I thought mould was all part of the kayaker's aromoatherapy
experience.
Ther's somehting to be said about the open canoe. Ventilation and
sunlight also
kill moulds.