The interior of my kayak smells like.....

[vash]

Whoa! I opened up the hatch to feel around and plan my wire routing strategy for the fish finder.

A kayak being 100% watertight is an illusion. I must have had a teaspoon of water inside from climbing in and out. I dried it up, best I could but holy kamolee! It smells like a dirty moist gym locker room. Nasty. It’s the perfect environment for mold. Hot, dark, MOIST!

Going from one body of water to another, I will be subjected to quagga mussel inspection checkpoints. My boat needs to be dry. Plus I dint want to spread that around. We all know how I feel about invasive species. ( I’m looking at you bamboo!).

What do you think? Ducted fan? Run a flex hose into the dark confines and push air thru? Like the utility companies venting a confined space?

Right now I have a small desk-fan inserted up into the hatch. Moving air should help.

[vash]

Like this?

[rwest]

Friend of mine leaves the hatches open when he stores his and keeps a spray bottle of bleach water nearby and gives them a spray after each outing- seems to do the trick.

[Tobra]

What Rutager said, bleach is a killer.

[Sooner or later]

I am disappointed. I just knew the kayak was going to smell like fish and there would be a picture of Vash holding up a 10 lb bass.

[red-beard]

If you are concerned about black mold, bleach may kill, but Borax is forever...That is what was supposed to be used on timber framing post flood.

[Evans, Marv]

I would think drying it out and leaving the hatches open during storage should do the trick. Another thing I did with my kayak was wash it down with fresh water and spray the hardward with WD-40. I exclusively used it in the ocean though.

[rusnak]

Sani-94 or ZEP-7. They have a hospital grade one that comes in a 20-gallon drum and is VERY strong.

I mean, you ain't gonna do it, but that's what I would use. Bleach is good if you want to make a WWI chemical bomb.

[Bigtoe32067]

Now you guys want me to go out a smell my kayak storage areas. Scary
Tony

[craigster59]

At around the 9:00 mark this guy explains his wiring strategy for his fish finder.....

[vash]

This oscillating up in the overturned kayak appears to be working.

Just the tiniest of air movement is making a difference. Die mussel larvae!

[onewhippedpuppy]

You can also buy desiccant drying packs that help suck up the moisture. I use them in my boat during the winter.

[jyl]

open hatches and store boat upside down. rinse out the worst of the crud.

[J-Mac]

Well “little man in the canoe” always smells like like gash. Google it. Nuff Said.