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  • 31 Dec 2025 13:22
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    Anonymous member

    Something like this maybe ?


    Last modified: 31 Dec 2025 17:13 | Anonymous member
  • 31 Dec 2025 09:16
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    Paul S. wrote:

    Arne,


    Where do you keep your wet cloth? 

    Paul

    Frankly, I didn’t go travelling in cold weather, and these days I only do fair-weather day sailing. However, when owning Johanna, I frequently visited her during winter, and then heated her up. I really recommend that 6W fan with a trunk on it to anyone who plan to sail or visit their boat when temps are below +10deg. In my present Ingeborg, I have a little gas-driven heater which radiates the heat directly on me during my short visits, so feel no need for that fan.

    Arne
  • 30 Dec 2025 22:35
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    Jan: 

    But - it seems to me that if it is to be some kind of electrical device - it would be better if it had its own battery. 

    Why? Because of risk to drain the main batterie?

    Maybe a powerbank could do. Or something more sophisticated: I am thinking about using a small microcontroller to drive the fan, with a humidity sensor installed in the "exhaust" line. This one could switch off automatically when humidity drops below a certain threshold - or after a timeout of maybe 3h.
  • 30 Dec 2025 22:27
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    Hi David,

    Very nice, I like your idea of not putting the fan at the lowest position but some centimeters higher. And the kind of water trap at the very bottom.

    Initially I preferred sucking to pushing, too. However, sucking would deflate the sewn wet locker, so that the "wall" might stick to the oilskin. On the other hand, these fans don't built up such a high pressure... Let's see!

    Cheers

    Paul
  • 30 Dec 2025 21:04
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    Your idea of using a fan to move air through the sewn wet "locker" is a good one, but I think that sucking the air out from the locker rather than trying to push it through would be more effective. 


    You could seal the bottom of the locker and have the fan a few centimetres up from bottom to allow drops to gather in bottom of bag and keep the fan above any droplets that might build up.


    Maybe an easy to open rolltop style bottom for draining any water out? 


    Or even just a couple of folds held by clothes pegs.
  • 30 Dec 2025 11:16
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    i.e.: Got a problem? Check Arne's files.

    But - it seems to me that if it is to be some kind of electrical device - it would be better if it had its own battery.


    Last modified: 30 Dec 2025 17:42 | Anonymous member
  • 29 Dec 2025 23:25
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    Arne wrote:

    Paul,

    I suggest you look up my ‘Early winter letter from 20081214’ (or hopefully here).

    [...]

    Arne



    Arne,

    That link did not work for me. I think I was able to find the pdf here.

    Scott.
  • 29 Dec 2025 22:28
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    Arne,

    thanks for the hint! I had a look at your letter from 2008 you mentioned. What I hd in mind is very similar to your "elephant", except that it would be much wider in diameter with the wet clothes stored within. Let's see! 

    Where do you keep your wet cloth? 

    Paul
  • 29 Dec 2025 19:51
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    Paul,

    I suggest you look up my ‘Early winter letter from 20081214’ (or hopefully here). Instead of my ‘elephant’s trunk’ to shift air from the ceiling to the cabin sole, you could make your suggested tent or skirt. I would make the top of it from a 3-4mm rectangular sheet of plywood, and fit it with one 6W or two 3W fans.

    Mounted close to the ceiling, the fan(s) would suck the warmest air and force it down through the skirt. The skirt/tent should end very close to the sole. If you run the stove/cooker on low setting, the hot air from it will soon be sucked down through the skirt and dry anything wet inside it. In addition, you get the same sort of mixing hot and cold air in the cabin, as with my ‘Poor man’s Webasto’.

    Just a thought.

    Arne


    Last modified: 29 Dec 2025 20:09 | Anonymous member (Administrator)
  • 29 Dec 2025 17:11
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    Hi Frank,

    I admit I am really jealous for you having a stove onboard! I miss my self-built pellet rocket stove onboard my former Scarlett... There's not much that beats the comfy heat and atmosphere of a stove, either diesel or wood! However, I won't fit one in Ilvy in the near future.

    Good point about the fast drying cloths! I use basic fishermen's oilskin in the sunny half of the year, which is ultimately watertight, thin and drys fast. Yet, for me it is highly unpractical below 10°C. I stumbled upon the "Aquafloat Superior" from the "Mullion" brand, who make marine work gear for low temperatures, oil rigs and the like. It doesn't cost a fortune, is really really really warm and dry inside and thoughtfully designed. However, also this one won't like it if stored wet...

    I think I remember where you stored your stuff beside the companionway, which is clever and you have the space for that in your beautiful David Tyler's SibLim design. But in Ilvy, I don't see that space :/

    Let's see.

    Cheers

    Paul


    Last modified: 29 Dec 2025 17:14 | Anonymous member
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