This place is amazing! The owners Pauline, Alfred and their son Tony, of this boat yard got it all figured out! From, hauling boats, growing an amazing garden, running a coconut farm and raising pigs and chickens. All our compost, we give the pigs and we collect (buy) two eggs a day for breakfast! Alfred runs the tractor (and oversees the haul-out), while two to three workers situate the boat on the trailer. Tony does boat maintenance, weld and repair fiberglass! While Pauline runs the office! Pretty cool place!
And now the work begins…
Sails need to come down, chain inspected and remarked, all safety gear packed away, through holes plugged, top up engine fluids, cover hydro-vane, clean fridge, things away from the walls, lubricate window seals, open all cabinetries and floor boards … I have heard lots of stories about people coming back to boats with a thick layer of mold inside. The boat yard provides a service where they open hatches and portholes x times a week, to get the air flow. I’m considering having them do this.
But I also swim in this lagoon and I have it all to myself!
Oh I almost forgot, I petted a 7 foot long Nurse Shark today, while swimming! They are so tame! They just sit on the sand beside you while you pet their heads! This is why they call them “their dogs”!
Just another regular day at the beach!
Sailaway Sarantium 
We placed damp rid throughout our boat and it worked well. We left it for 7 months in the south and came back to zero mold. https://damprid.com/
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Ok good to know. I have something similar… and just hope it will work!
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I highly recommend that service as when I returned to Singapore after a summer away it was an ugly story! It’s amazing how fast mold grows. Go for the service as it sounds like it’s worth it’s weight in gold.
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Yeah, except that I know that the boat next to me paid a lot of money for this service and I haven’t seen anyone go into the boat for ten days…
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I seem to remember that when they put SV Delos on the hard, Brian and Kazza use a solar powered exhaust fan (or maybe two?) that run all day when there’s sun, to continually exhaust air out of the boat. Not exactly sure how/where the vents are, but they always do it, and say it helps a lot. If you search for “solar powered vent fan for boat” you’ll see what I think they use. Looking at Sarantium on the hard like that – have to say it always scares me to see a huge heavy boat standing upright with on only 3 supports on each side 😳 What if a big storm comes? Do they have ways to strap it down more securely? No need to answer, am sure they know what they’re doing, probably me just being paranoid. 😁
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Yes they will be strapping them to cement blocks this week.
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Nice to know, and I’m sure you love answering all my useless questions, apologies! 😄
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I sure do!!!
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I have four dorades and absorption of moisture… should be fine…
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