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Bass Boat Maintenance & Repairs => Bass Boat Maintenance => Topic started by: Curt on February 06, 2015, 02:23:00 PM

Title: Drying Your Boat After Fishing in The Rain
Post by: Curt on February 06, 2015, 02:23:00 PM: After my garage was built, I wanted to figure out a way to dry the boat if I happen to go fishing while it was raining. When the boat was stored outside under a cover, I would simply remove the cover when the rain stopped and let the sun dry it out. Now that it was going to be stored inside, I would no longer have that option (unless I pulled it outside and let it site for a while).

So... after looking at it and thinking about it, here's what I came up with.

Boat-Drying Fans!!

These babies are all connected to switched outlets, controlled by a single switch.

Come home from fishing, back the boat into the garage, plug in the charger, flip the switch for the fans and walk away ;D

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One other thing I'll do if the rain was heavy is to quickly run the shop vac across the carpet to get the majority of the water out of it. After that, the carpet is bone dry by the next morning (yes)
Title: Re: Drying Your Boat After Fishing in The Rain
Post by: ring fry on February 06, 2015, 02:35:16 PM: I just set a box fan on the back deck and let it blow. Your setup looks good. Nice garage too.

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Title: Re: Drying Your Boat After Fishing in The Rain
Post by: Curt on February 06, 2015, 03:06:36 PM: Thanks @ring fry :D

I designed it specifically so I could back my boat and truck in, end-to-end :)
Title: Re: Drying Your Boat After Fishing in The Rain
Post by: Bullet3119 on February 06, 2015, 03:27:47 PM: Good idea. I have an industrial fan mounted on the wall beside mine.
Title: Re: Drying Your Boat After Fishing in The Rain
Post by: RedAllison on February 21, 2015, 05:12:45 PM: Curt we must be "fellow geniuses"! (giggle) I likewise put fans up on the wall at each end of my rig to dry it after a day of bad weather.
Title: Re: Drying Your Boat After Fishing in The Rain
Post by: Curt on February 21, 2015, 06:31:04 PM: Quote from: RedAllison on February 21, 2015, 05:12:45 PM
Curt we must be "fellow geniuses"! (giggle) I likewise put fans up on the wall at each end of my rig to dry it after a day of bad weather.

(giggle) (giggle)
Title: Re: Drying Your Boat After Fishing in The Rain
Post by: getfished on February 21, 2015, 09:47:31 PM: I keep several portable fans in the cabinet. I just set em up and plug em in. Most of the time mine sets in the garage with the cabinet lids open.
Title: Re: Drying Your Boat After Fishing in The Rain
Post by: GotMyAlly on March 12, 2015, 04:54:34 PM: I've got a commercial grade wall fan that I bought on Woot.com at a steal of a price years ago. Really overkill for boat drying, but it was priced right. It'll about blow the hair off your head on HIGH. I pretty much leave it running on low all summer long to keep air flowing in the garage.