I just purchased a 25, my girlfriend spent our first night of hopefully many on our boat, any suggestions on keeping the cabin cool? Are fans the only thing you can do, and if so, what are the best kinds. Thanks
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Big $10 Walmart fan for dockside, lots of 12v fans for on the hook. The cockpit is not an option at my dock...too many bugs, okay at anchor.
Big $10 Walmart fan for dockside, lots of 12v fans for on the hook. The cockpit is not an option at my dock...too many bugs, okay at anchor.
airflow
Some use a nylon scoop that attaches to a halyard and fits over your front hatch. It's designed to funnel a breeze down into the hatch. If you use mesh netting in place of your companionway doors, the airflow through the cabin is increased. Of course, if you are tied up to the dock and the wind is coming from the beam, it's not as effective.
Some use a nylon scoop that attaches to a halyard and fits over your front hatch. It's designed to funnel a breeze down into the hatch. If you use mesh netting in place of your companionway doors, the airflow through the cabin is increased. Of course, if you are tied up to the dock and the wind is coming from the beam, it's not as effective.
Try the portable AC unit
Yeah, are'nt these humid summer nights a bear? If you anchoring, the fans will eventually take your battery down, but if you have two and your outboard it not electric start and has an alternator, your in luck. Twelve volt fans are in various configurations and the most popular are the bulkhead mounted units that oscillate to move the air around better. That and the "windscoop" forward hatch wind catcher are your only means on the water. If however; your at the dock and have AC power. Your cheapest way to get cold is using a 5,000 BTU window AC unit. That can be set up in the cockpit on a stand letting the condensation flow back into the cockpit scuppers and fabricating hatch boards that will fit to seal in the AC unit. The biggest complaint is getting in and out, but think of the absolute comfort you will enjoy below. Bob '88 30 Catalina
Yeah, are'nt these humid summer nights a bear? If you anchoring, the fans will eventually take your battery down, but if you have two and your outboard it not electric start and has an alternator, your in luck. Twelve volt fans are in various configurations and the most popular are the bulkhead mounted units that oscillate to move the air around better. That and the "windscoop" forward hatch wind catcher are your only means on the water. If however; your at the dock and have AC power. Your cheapest way to get cold is using a 5,000 BTU window AC unit. That can be set up in the cockpit on a stand letting the condensation flow back into the cockpit scuppers and fabricating hatch boards that will fit to seal in the AC unit. The biggest complaint is getting in and out, but think of the absolute comfort you will enjoy below. Bob '88 30 Catalina
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