Quick Update from Baltimore!

[sparklegirl50]

Week two was ICKY. Four days of cold nasty rain, without letup. We're not ready to pack it in yet. Heat pump works fine, and we fired up the forced air heater to test it. That seems to work really well.

We'll keep plugging along. At least it's drier now. All the info on the forum about ventilation to reduce moisture boils down to one thing - crack those hatches open, even when it's really cold outside!!

[speciald@ocens.]

Left my boat and came to Florida for a week to get out of the terrible weather. Ten days and we leave for the Caribbean.

[sparklegirl50]

Originally Posted by speciald@ocens.

Left my boat and came to Florida for a week to get out of the terrible weather. Ten days and we leave for the Caribbean.

Lucky you!! The closest I got to running away was on Saturday, when we went back to our house. We needed to pick up some stuff, so figured we'd get some laundry done, and do some shopping while we were there. Surprisingly enough, though, we couldn't wait to get back to the boat!

I envy you your Caribbean trip - have fun and stay safe.

[YOGAO]

sparkle,

you might also try insulating the hatches. We were able to "seal" them with Glad "Press 'n' Seal" but that was before we had the full hatch screen/shades in place. A number of fellow liveaboards used the plastic stuff you can buy @ home depot for single pane windows. Some also added "stuff" in the air space to create a higher "R" value.

Fair Winds,
Mike

[sparklegirl50]

Thanks very much for the advice, Mike. I'll pass it on to Steve.

Toni