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djn
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Initially Posted - 12/15/2006 :  16:51:49  Show Profile
Hi All, I have taken all the cushions out of the boat, all the compartments are dry, the new port-a-potty is empty and clean and I have been running a good dehumidifyer for the last two weeks, and the boat still stinks. It smells like maybe must or mildue....I don't know. I do know that all the compartments are blackish and there was standing water in the boat for a couple years. What can I try next? Cheers.
Dennis
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Brooke Willson
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Response Posted - 12/15/2006 :  17:07:55  Show Profile
"Blackish" = mildew. If "there was standing water in the boat for a couple years" you have a blue ribbon mildew farm. Bleach is the most effective mildew killer. Mix some bleach with water and start scrubbing. You'll know the concentration is right when the black disappears.

Then, make sure you have plenty of ventilation. I've had little or no mildew since installing a solar powered exhaust fan in the v-berth.

Brooke
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djn
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Response Posted - 12/15/2006 :  17:20:52  Show Profile
Thanks Brooke, I will give that a try. I did install the solar vent this past spring but throughout the sping summer and fall, my portlights leeked like syves, so I battleing the water issue the whole time. This winter's project is replacing the portlights. Cheers.
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ClamBeach
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Response Posted - 12/15/2006 :  17:49:17  Show Profile
Get into the bilge areas under the floor and check them out.
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djn
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Response Posted - 12/15/2006 :  18:04:00  Show Profile
Hi Clam, I can't figure out how to get under the center isle floor. I am certain there is water under there. Can I cut a hole there? I have the Dinette model. Cheers.
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Leon Sisson
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Response Posted - 12/15/2006 :  19:07:21  Show Profile  Visit Leon Sisson's Homepage
Dennis,<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by djn</i>
<br />...I can't figure out how to get under the center isle floor... Can I cut a hole there? I have the Dinette model.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">In my 1979 C-25 w/dinette I cut two access openings in the cabin sole. One is centered above the stbd swing keel pivot, the other is in the fwd stbd corner of the dinette footwell (i.e. over the aft bolt of port swing keel pivot).

I tried to make them large enough to (I hope) provide access to change any of the swing keel pivot hanger threaded inserts without having to commit additional butchery to the cabin sole should that unhappy situation ever arise. I was careful to make these cuts with a thin jigsaw or hacksaw blade, so the cutout could be reused as a cover.

While planing such a cutout, try to imagine the worst case access requirement, such as getting your arm in there to do fiberglass repair or install a bilge pump. Then cut the hole 1/2" to 3/4" larger all 'round to allow for adding a lip to support the reinstalled cutout panel.

-- Leon Sisson
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Happy D
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Response Posted - 12/15/2006 :  19:20:50  Show Profile
Dennis, have a look at my web site and click on the link for Limber Holes. I did exactly that. I cut a hole for access under the center floor and also under the dinnette floor as well as under the floor where the head sits. There was standing water traqpped in all those areas on my boat. I flushed those areas out with a garden hose and good shot of bleach.
I'm seriously thinking about naming her waterlogged, cuz that's how it was when I found it.
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aeckhart
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Response Posted - 12/16/2006 :  07:14:08  Show Profile  Visit aeckhart's Homepage
Dennis,

Two years ago we had some serious rain all summer and the boat was closed up a lot. As a result I had a bad mildew problem in the interior lockers, especially where stuff was stored. I scubbed as much of the hull interior surface as I could reach with a bathroom mildew cleaner - the name escapes me, and painted the hull with a good quality topside paint with a mildeside (sp?) mixed in. You can buy the mildeside in small bottles at most paint stores. I got mine at ACE. Everything turned out clean, fresh, and nice smelling, and has remained so.
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Arlyn Stewart
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Response Posted - 12/16/2006 :  07:53:06  Show Profile  Visit Arlyn Stewart's Homepage
It doesn't take a lot of bleach to kill the mildew... one half cup to a bucket of water.

I hope it goes without saying that you want to protect yourself from the chlorine while doing this... Place as much fan as possible to move air through the boat and work only in short segments, apply some solution to an area, don't start scrubbing right away, give the chlorine time kill it, takes about fifteen minutes. Get out and let it set for that time and then scrub it off with a stiff brush and rinse lettin the bilge pump take it out.

I'd avoid any spray cans of bathroom cleaner so as not to breath the stuff in the confined area. Wear a mask to avoid possibility of breathing any of the mold particles that might become airborne.

Use patience, if the task is great spread it over several days to limit long exposure at a given period to avoid burning lung tissue. Excess chlorine inhalation can also produce a doozie of a headache.

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sweetcraft
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Response Posted - 12/16/2006 :  13:59:01  Show Profile
I did the same as Leon and also in the port compartment closest to the galley drilled holes for clear tubing fittings to each side of the lowest points of the compartment and connected them. Black water had showed up in compartment after a weekend of strong wind racing and healing. Didn't have any smells until a lost bottle of wine froze.
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