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.................................--- Hatch Covers for Boat Yard --

......................................................................-- No More Mold ---

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Ruth and I bought the Endeavour in the spring of 2011 and worked on her a little and left the boat in the yard closed up until the next spring when we returned about 8 months later. There was some slight whiteish mold starting to form inside and we wiped the whole inside of the boat down.

While we were there I build the covers below that go over the hatches while we are on the boat in the yard and while gone. They are nice even when we are there as we can leave the 3 hatches open 24/7 since they are screened. When we left in the summer of 2012 we left the covers on (tied to the inside of the boat) and the hatches open. We again returned about 9 months later (2013) and no evidence of mold at all.

Remember the boat is in the yard on the west coast of Florida so all results are from there. Also the boat takes on some rain water and there is always some water in the lowest part of the bilge that area wise is about 18 X 24 inches. The pump there is connected to a battery/solar panel so keeps the bilge at least that dry while the boat is there but still some water all the time.

Next after working on the boat in 2013 we left and I didn't return until January of 2015, 18 months later. Again no evidence of mold at all and I was worried there might be some. So in this situation natural ventilation with the hatch covers has resulted in no mold in an area where many complain of it.

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