putting her to bed

[redneck joe]

with a canvas cover. a bit early but it needs a shaft seal and i've got enough things to do until next spring. Had one good day and one ok day on the water this year so calling it good. Winter will be building a deck down at the river ....


Never not had a covered place to put the boat. Thankfully this one came with the cover just never had a need to use.

Plan is to put two small fans underneath - one on each side of the center console with one facing forward and one to the rear. 12v, will hook to battery and have a small solar panel coming (with a BMS) hopefully to keep topped off and not have to use charger.

Question is this - i've seen solar powered fans that get put thru the canvas. Are these worth the money and effort?

 

[99yam40]

at least you would know the fans would not run the battery down if they just ran off the solar panels

 

[redneck joe]

true but will have two batteries hooked together so should be ok.

also, should i remove the fuel tank?

 

[99yam40]

If it is a small one and easy to remove I would,
are you just going to move the air around inside, not replace it with fresh from outside?

Fuel fumes could build up under there if no fresh going in