Storing boat in hot climate - bad for interior?
Jul 22, 2019 16:11:55 GMT
Post by rdubs on Jul 22, 2019 16:11:55 GMT
Hi everyone,
Hope you're all well.
I have a 2013 SO469. Although I live in Texas, I moved the boat a few months ago to the Bahamas in order to fly out a few times a year for like 4-5 days at a time and actually enjoy going/exploring nice places as opposed to Texas where there's really no where to go. Anyway, since it is hurricane season and the marina I had the boat at is not well protected, I moved the boat up to the Abacos (a north island chain) and have it currently up on the hard with hurricane straps. I also have dark covers put over the horizontal and vertical companionway doors to help keep the sun out, but only have the regular shades drawn for the other windows.
The main thing I'm concerned with is the interior temperature. The average daytime high temperature is 90 in the summer and 80 in the winter. But as you know it would get much hotter inside the cabin because it basically turns into an oven. What I've heard is that if exposed to prolonged high temperatures, the glue used on the interior can start losing its adhesive quality and stuff starts becoming unglued / coming apart. Has anyone experienced this? Or know what the interior temperature would need to get up to and for how long for this to start happening? I'm thinking next year I will find a more protected marina where I can keep the boat plugged in but for this year I'll probably have to keep it where it is until November.
One thing is that the yard does have helpers who go around and check on the boats. So I could ask the yard to crack open some of the windows and if it starts to rain or a storm, shut them. Not sure if that would make much of a difference though.
Thanks for any thoughts.
'Dubs
Hope you're all well.
I have a 2013 SO469. Although I live in Texas, I moved the boat a few months ago to the Bahamas in order to fly out a few times a year for like 4-5 days at a time and actually enjoy going/exploring nice places as opposed to Texas where there's really no where to go. Anyway, since it is hurricane season and the marina I had the boat at is not well protected, I moved the boat up to the Abacos (a north island chain) and have it currently up on the hard with hurricane straps. I also have dark covers put over the horizontal and vertical companionway doors to help keep the sun out, but only have the regular shades drawn for the other windows.
The main thing I'm concerned with is the interior temperature. The average daytime high temperature is 90 in the summer and 80 in the winter. But as you know it would get much hotter inside the cabin because it basically turns into an oven. What I've heard is that if exposed to prolonged high temperatures, the glue used on the interior can start losing its adhesive quality and stuff starts becoming unglued / coming apart. Has anyone experienced this? Or know what the interior temperature would need to get up to and for how long for this to start happening? I'm thinking next year I will find a more protected marina where I can keep the boat plugged in but for this year I'll probably have to keep it where it is until November.
One thing is that the yard does have helpers who go around and check on the boats. So I could ask the yard to crack open some of the windows and if it starts to rain or a storm, shut them. Not sure if that would make much of a difference though.
Thanks for any thoughts.
'Dubs