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David Lewis
A good project for all boat owners is to epoxy seal every single hole drilled in the deck since none of the boat builders go to this trouble and cause a lot of rot problems. Remove each deck fitting screw and bore the hole oversize and then epoxy fill in the hole and redrill it. Many ways to do this but it is a good thing to do if you want to keep your boat for a long time and avoid problems.Another drying technique is to use a vacuum pump. Vaporization of water is based on the vapor pressure of the ambient atmosphere. It is a classic thermodynamics problem involving pressure, temperature, and saturation levels of the ambient air.Evaporation will increase dramatically with reduced pressure so duct tape some plastic to the deck, duct tape over the inside of the deck to seal it, then run a hose to a vacuum pump (like a wet vac) and duct tape it to the plastic enclosed area. Turn it on and let it run until you are happy. Increased temperature will also help as will the dehumidification previously posted.