water damage

snooker

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My boat ggot alot of water in it due to heavy storm here in florida,,, carpet is all wet. Im worried abour wood floodboard and mildew also.. is still storming nothing to do for 2 more days... have boat tilted so water drained out .. not sur e ho w it got flooded , it has a tarp on it,, what should I do....cjwnow@yahoo.com thanks... null
 

12Footer

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Re: water damage

From what I gathered, the tarp is holding the water in pocket-like tubs, and you want to get water out. A 6ft length of garden hose will siphon it out. I just found out the hard way that this werks (I live in Lehigh Florida)..Some weather, huh?<br />I werk for the City here, and yesterday, the Caloosahatchee River left it's banks, flooding out a whole subdivision.<br />Your boat will dry out by monday afternoon....Just in time for the afternoon thunderstorms. Ah, the joys of the "sunshine state"! But don't worry too much about her.She will dry out, then you can re-cover it. And as for water damage,it is a boat. Boats are built to withstand getting wert inside and out.Carpets used are also quite mildew-resistant.Anything that rots-out, or otherwise deteriorates,was not constructed properly in the first place, and it gives you the opertunity to correct those "flaws", using the proper materials and boat consrtruction.<br /><br />I hope your area gets a break..We had 6in overnight Thursday!! Glub-glub.
 

snooker

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Re: water damage

attn 12 footer,,,,, thanks for the advice... I have the cover off, drying it out as we speak, we also got 5 inches of rain,,,
 

yensid

Petty Officer 3rd Class
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Aug 6, 2001
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Re: water damage

They also sell 'dryer' components at boat stores, for people who leave their boat covered. Basically a can of something water abosbent, and you leave the cap off and it helps absorb water out of the air so more will evaporate. Kind of like those little silica packets in some bottles of medicine....<br /><br />Putting one of those in any places that won't air out easy couldn't hurt. Never priced 'em though so I don't know if it's worth it.
 

Rex

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Aug 12, 2001
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Re: water damage

TO SIPHON THE WATER OUT TURN THE HOSE ON FULL<br />PUT THE OTHER IN THE DEEPEST PART OF THE<br />WATER. THEN UNDUE IT FROM THE HOUSE <br />AND IT WELL START BY IT SELF.<br />THE EASY WAY TO DO IT.<br />GOOD LUCK REX A. HUBBLE<br /> :D ;) :)
 

MGuckin

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Jun 10, 2001
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Re: water damage

I live in Summerfield, Florida. Got 8" between Friday and Saturday and lost power for 2 days. First thing I did with my boat was to install a bilge pump on a float switch. Nice to have for the days when you might forget the plugs also.<br />Any water in the boat should not hurt it; but who likes wet shoes.<br />Michael :D
 
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