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02-23-2017, 06:05 AM
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Guru
City: Houma, Louisiana
Vessel Name: M/V LUNASEA
Vessel Model: 45ft Bluewater Coastal
Join Date: Aug 2014
Posts: 529
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Drying Boat
What do you use to dry your boat after washing, morning dew etc., shammy mop, towels WHAT???
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02-23-2017, 06:13 AM
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Guru
City: Sydney
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 1,646
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Same as my car a leaf blower Give it a go it will amaze you the glass windows will be smear free
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02-23-2017, 07:03 AM
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Guru
City: .
Join Date: Aug 2016
Posts: 437
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Natural chamois leather
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02-23-2017, 07:18 AM
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Guru
Join Date: Jun 2014
Posts: 1,274
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I love natural chamois but we use synthetic chamois on the boat. It is far easier to live with on a day to day basis if not quite as absorbent as a well seasoned natural chamois. They last forever and if you screw up and they get dirty or smelly you simply wash them and roll them up in their container again.
We have a 10 year old Absorber brand that is still just fine.
At home I use a natural one for our cars.
Bruce
P.S. The leaf blower thing is way over rated in my opinion. I owned a shop that washed every customers car every time it came in for service and we tried everything. The blowers certainly work but a chamois is much faster and does a more complete job...
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02-23-2017, 07:28 AM
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Enigma
City: Slicker?
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 16,540
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Greetings,
Along the same lines as above...Shamwow
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02-23-2017, 07:40 AM
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Guru
City: .
Join Date: Aug 2016
Posts: 437
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To dry my teak decks, natural chamois leather mops
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02-24-2017, 08:46 AM
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Guru
City: North Charleston, SC
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 4,869
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Old towels.
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02-24-2017, 08:50 AM
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Wannabe
City: SF Bay Area
Vessel Name: Stillwater
Vessel Model: Kadey-Krogen 54
Join Date: Dec 2014
Posts: 782
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You dry your boats???
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02-24-2017, 09:30 AM
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Guru
City: .
Join Date: Aug 2016
Posts: 437
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Quote:
Originally Posted by WesK
Old towels.
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From what age ?
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02-24-2017, 09:36 AM
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Guru
City: Satsuma FL
Vessel Name: No Mo Trawla
Vessel Model: Hurricane SS188
Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 2,300
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gaston
Same as my car a leaf blower Give it a go it will amaze you the glass windows will be smear free
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I like that idea, specially, since we have a Ryobi battery powered leaf blower.
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02-24-2017, 10:23 AM
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Guru
City: Philadelphia, PA
Vessel Name: Revel
Vessel Model: 1984 Fu Hwa 39
Join Date: Nov 2015
Posts: 1,024
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God dries.
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02-24-2017, 11:31 AM
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Senior Member
City: Bellingham, WA
Vessel Name: Excellent Adventure
Vessel Model: 1995 Jefferson Ker Shine 45
Join Date: Apr 2015
Posts: 395
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sunshine and wind
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02-24-2017, 11:54 AM
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Wannabe
City: SF Bay Area
Vessel Name: Stillwater
Vessel Model: Kadey-Krogen 54
Join Date: Dec 2014
Posts: 782
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DHeckrotte
God dries.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by wwestman
sunshine and wind
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There we go.
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02-24-2017, 12:15 PM
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Guru
City: Carrabelle, FL
Vessel Name: Morgan
Vessel Model: '05 Mainship 40T
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 2,160
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I only dry the strataglass enclosure. I use a silicone water blade and get the corners with a chamois.
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02-24-2017, 12:21 PM
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Senior Member
City: Washington
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 265
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I must admit, I have never dried my boat. I squeegee windows when necessary, but I let nature do the work everywhere else.
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02-24-2017, 12:25 PM
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Guru
City: Windsor
Vessel Name: Keeper IV
Vessel Model: 44 Viking ACMY
Join Date: Nov 2013
Posts: 1,350
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Dry where required and let the rest take it's natural course. Boat is to stinking big to dry after a bath or rain.
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02-24-2017, 01:04 PM
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Guru
City: Cypress Landing Marina (NC)
Vessel Name: Heron (2)
Vessel Model: '88 Cape Dory 28 Flybridge #115
Join Date: Nov 2014
Posts: 1,305
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Britannia
You dry your boats???
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LOL..I thought that was what the sun was for...
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02-24-2017, 01:13 PM
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Guru
City: .
Join Date: Aug 2016
Posts: 437
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Since the boat has 28 windows (different sizes) I use Karcher windows cleaner which comes with a Cordless Lithium-Ion Handheld Wet Vacuum. It just takes a matter of minutes to clean and dry all.
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02-24-2017, 04:22 PM
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Guru
City: North Charleston, SC
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 4,869
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Pilou
From what age ?
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Just before they become rags.
Seriously, I don't dry the boat after a rain or after washing it, but if we're anchored, there will often be heavy dew on the helm console and other parts of the boat we might touch or put things on so I wipe these areas.
There are often dead insects as well as dew to wipe up.
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