A simple to build fan setup to get your hulls bone dry. Convert a $ 7.99 fan, a $ 1.28 paint bucket and a few tie wraps in to a shrouded/ducted fan that fits perfectly in a 4" access port.
See album for detailed info., 5 photos:
http://www.thebeachcats.com/pictures?g2_itemId=113469
Note that if you use the paint bucket shown, the fan blade tip to shroud clearance is very tight (good for efficiency!) so check the blade for freedom of rotation (FAN UNPLUGGED) prior to powering it up.
BUILD AND USE AT YOUR OWN RISK
Three cheers for dry hulls = lighter cat = faster cat = trophy(maybe)
Edited by leeboweffect on Apr 30, 2015 - 10:12 AM.
That's awesome, I love some "hardware store engineering". Very nice and simple.
I've imagined ducting a large dehumidifier up as a closed loop so you could measure how much moisture came out. 😀
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Damon Linkous
Meant to mention leeboweffect if you go to your album
http://www.thebeachcats.com/pictures?g2_itemId=113469
and click on Edit Captions you can give all the photos descriptive titles (short), summaries (medium), and descriptions (long as you want) if you like.
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Damon Linkous
The dehumidifier would be much faster of course.
Thanks for the album tips Damon.
Sweet, I like, nice work. Please don't patent it before I make one of my own. 🙂
NO patent pending. Enjoy
I enjoy saving electricity as I'm the one paying the utility bills :-O Pending how quickly you need dry hulls I just cut a long piece 1" wide piece of towel. Wet it. Wring it and stuff some of it into the drain hole. Watch water run through the wick and onto the ground. Hull is dry in no time. No tools, No burning electricity. No air pressure to the hulls which might cause fissures in seams.
Absolutely no risk of damage to the hulls from a fan this small. Besides it's ported to atmosphere at the out access port. You would need a precision manometer to measure the delta P.
Simple draining with bows high, drain plugs out, will work with time. This is to speed up the process. I'm not sure why you feel you need toweling, but to each his own.
Thanks for looking.
Understood...about pressure differential.
But you did say bone dry...
I'm not sure why you feel you need toweling, but to each his own.
For the oz of H2O that can't make it up from hull bottom to drain hole. Mine sits about 1/2" or so off hull bottom and no water is climbing that 1/2" unless wicked... for the bone dry enthusiasts... not me, the only reason I mentioned wicking. A little drip can stay there as its only going to get wet again when I sail.
Nice DIY hull drying method BTW... It's fun figuring out innovative ways to accomplish a task.
Edited by goodsailing on Apr 30, 2015 - 07:54 PM.