[C320-list] Thru hulls

[Scott Westwood]

FWIW.  We open our fridge after every use.  We leave a de-humidifier setup and have it drain into the galley sink.  That is the only thru-hull we leave open. The rest we open and close before and after every sail to "work" them.
Also for the fridge we freeze drinking water bottles and "before we turn the fridge on" we put all the frozen water, frozen/cooled food, etc... in the fridge to cool it down (we want some of the water to melt so we can drink it).  That cools down the fridge and requires less run time to cool it down.
Just another way to "float a boat".  Whatever works for you.
Thanks,
Scott Westwood scottwestwood at bellsouth.net H (919)-362-8538    C (919)-618-7185

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We turn the fridge on in the spring and off at haul out in the fall as it
takes way too long to cool the fridge each weekend when we come down.

Rod Boer
Odyssey, #688
Rock Hall

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I would also recommend leaving the fridge lid open while away. It is very
hard to completely dry it out after use. That's the only place we have had
mold in the past. No problem since leaving the lid up. 

Jerry
JellyRoll
Deltaville VA

> On Jul 21, 2016, at 11:39 AM, Brian/Carol McLamb <bjcnmclamb at gmail.com>
wrote:
> 
> In my humble opinion you are doing it correctly.  We keep our boat in NC
on the Neuse River in Oriental and are familiar with summer humidity.  All
of our sea cocks remain closed when we are not physically present, and keep
some damp rid containers in a couple of places throughout the boat.  Mold
has not been an issue for us except for the year we retired and took off in
the rv for an extended period of ten months.  
> 
> Brian McLamb s/v Serenity #1075
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
>> On Jul 20, 2016, at 8:57 PM, Troy Dunn <troutwarrior at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> So...we are new to the boat ownership thing.  Everything we have been
>> taught and read has led us to believe that boats in general are notorious
>> for sinking in their slips.  Usually because of some downstream failure
of
>> a filter, hose, or fitting that is attached to a thru hull below the
>> waterline.  Our interpretation of that information has been to close all
>> thru hulls prior to leaving the boat for an extended period of time.  
>> I suppose what constitutes extended is open to interpretation, but as 
>> weekend sailors (for now) we religiously close all thru hulls before 
>> we leave the boat for the week and go back to our jobs so we can find 
>> money to pour into the boat.
>> 
>> So imagine my surprise this past few weeks as various posts have 
>> surfaced with problems whose solutions including zip tying a thru hull
permanently
>> open.  Seriously?  Is this actually a good idea?  We are totally new to
>> this, but that sounds like a bad idea based on what we've been told 
>> by folks we think know what they are talking about. Key word is think.
>> 
>> On the other hand...our boat has one of those really nice A/C systems
which
>> has a humidity control function.  We've wondered aloud if it was ok to
>> leave the A/C thru hull open all week and keep the humidity out of our
>> boat.  Does the joy of knowing our clothes and bed linens won't mildew
>> outweigh the risk of arriving to a boat that has settled 4 ft. into the
>> Chesapeake muck?  Just don't know.
>> 
>> Curious about your thoughts.  We have 4 thru hulls that we have to open
and
>> close each week.  Our macerater thru hull is permanently closed and
wired
>> shut per regs for our location.
>> 
>> Troy and Kim Dunn
>> Hull #514.