Cabin smells

luckydog

During these winter months I'm not using the boat as often So my cabin has a smell to it mildew like but I have no mildew Or maybe just The smell of stagnant air? I know there's no air circulation, It's not coming from the waste tank it was pumped out and cleaned, So my question is should I put a dehumidifier in the cabin? Or is there something else I need to do. Any suggestions would be appreciated

frenchship

The smell is probably from humidity you could used a few packs of desiccant  or a boat desumidifier  that should help 

MarkB

I leave my cabin closed during the winter, but use 2 large desiccant dehumidifier buckets. I have had no problems with musky smells.

aero3113

I use 2 buckets for winter storage, one forward and one aft. They work very well. Durning the season I use the hanging scented ones.

http://www.damprid.com/product/4-lb.-hi-capacity-moisture-absorber

http://www.damprid.com/product/hanging-moisture-absorberfresh-scent

Dream_Inn

I agree with others, get the damprid in there.  I'm assuming your plug is pulled (so no bilge water) and the bilge was cleaned before the layup?  I use a small bucket and a couple hangups below and the big bucket up top under the cover.

She Captain

We use two containers of damp rid in the cabin during winter storage. Changing the crystals at least once while it is on the hard. We are stored inside and I leave the front berth, head and rear berth windows cracked open so there is some air movement in the cabin (something we learned the hard way when storing our rv in the winter). We also have a bilge area under the rear berth cushions that we wet vac out when we pull it for storage. You might want to check and see you have any unknown bilge areas in the cabin that has water in it. Good luck!

Handymans342

You need to vent the boat. Crack open a vent or window, something.

luckydog

Dream Inn, I do keep boat high and dry and pull plug every time. Everyone saying to use damprid, I will be putting some in tomorrow. Thank you all for the suggestions

luckydog

We bought two small containers of damprid and it got rid of all the smell it's pleasant inside there now thank you

Dream_Inn

Glad damprid worked.  I keep damprid on my boat year round.  Just make sure there is no water sitting somewhere, or the damprid could be hiding something.

luckydog

I will keep that in mind thanks for the advice, But that damprid really works well

Cableguy Greg

Amazon sells the large damprid pails at a good price. That is where I got mine last fall.

Dream_Inn

I use one large bucket (like gallon size) for winter in the cockpit under my cover (buy at Walmart).  The smaller one works fine for all other times and in the cabin.  Just buy the refills then.

luckydog

Yeah while I was buying it I had my doubts that it would work but the stuff truly worked one week smell was gone  

cvmamarty

I have used a container with a sponge and vinegar in to get rid of the musky smell put it in a sandwich container drill some holes in it then place sponge and pour some vinegar on it. It also helps with mold too  

bella-vita

Damprid is cheaper at home depo than Amazon !!!