Condensation SUCKS! Onboard Lifestyle ep.39 

What a great kid. She actually asked “can I help”.

Emma is growing so fast I thought she wasn't going to fit by the time it was finished!

looks so nice

Condensation under my queen bunks was a huge issue here in Portland Oregon on the Columbia. Way colder than Seattle. I used the Froli system. Solved the problem 100% and made the bed feel like a real mattress from home. It is the best solution I've found.

Teal, I that look you gave us when y'all were walking to tap..... that's the look of a dad that knows he is catching a moment..... good on you sir!!!

Just love the way Teal gets Emma involved in projects , a family that plays together ,stays together

Another great job. Think I'm going to steal your idea for my RV that likes to grow condensation in some areas

We are not watching videos in order, but still just amazed at your patience and your superior work. That included Emma! She's a trooper and a go-getter! What a great kiddo you've got!

Hello Basik! I saw your episode about condensation and moisture in the beds. The problem is well known to anyone who sails on higher latitudes and should be solved from above. Do like this. On the mattress you put a table blanket (diffusion-proof and washable) and then a cotton blanket that is washable in at least 60 degrees. Then you make the bed as usual. The table blanket will prevent moisture from entering the mattress and the blanket will catch the moisture that is generated overnight and let it evaporate during the day. I use table blanket with rubber on the underside and terrycloth on the top. It is often sold on running meters. 1. Make sure that the mattresses are dry, let them dry for several days 2. Lay the tablecloth on the mattress 3. Put on the cotton blanket 4. do as usual. If you do like this, the problem with moisture in and under the mattresses is solved. If not You will have mold and damp in Your beds. Hope I explained in a understandable way. If not, please let me know. Lots of sailor greetings from Stockholm and thank You for great movies Peter

What is so cool about your videos is that they will help REGULAR people fix problems/come up with solutions to common things that ORDINARY people will come across.... not some $1,000,000 boat that the 95% of us will never see the inside of. Thanks for sharing your awesome knowledge!!!!!!!!!!

Suggestion....gets some mattress bed spacers often used in motor homes in Germany....called "Frolli"...you should be able to find something about this system if you Google it. Apparently they work well....and reduce damp on the underside of the mattress.

Just finished binge watching from the beginning. I am so impressed with all of the work you guys have done! Everything is top notch quality craftsmanship. It's really refreshing to see a family work so well together to achieve your goals. I especially enjoy seeing how much Emma does to help, she is a good example for all kids. It's not that often you hear kids these days say "can I help?" Thank you guys for sharing your journey with the rest of us dreamers and keep up the good work!

the wet spot under your mattress is from your trapped body heat. maybe ventilate under the mattress instead of sealing it off with the foam and the pad. then just install a small fan to circulate the air in that storage hold below the bed. just a thought from a home inspector/wannabe yacht owner :) love the great videos!!! - Kent

The delightful Miss Emma going to have ‘mad’ skills for a very useful/helpful future. Good job guys

I do love your work!!!What a beautiful cat!!!

Great job🕊

Everytime I watch Teal do boat projects it motivate me to do some home project that last two weeks LOL. Love you guys, love Emma new room.

Solution to all your condensation problems... Start your cruising and head South where it's warm! :)

amazing skills - well done

That To Do List never seems to get any smaller. :) I love your Security Dog Compass.

old school way of dealing with moisture under your mattress is two take a hole saw and drill numerous holes in the platform directly under the mattress itself. Helps keep the air circulating and the bottom of your mattress dry. Doubt the hole method would of helped in the scenario of condensation dripping down, but anyhow, looks good.

Condensation is a problem that most people seem to brush under the carpet! Well done for tackling this. Many boats have foam/balsa cores to help with this - the way you were drilling the hull I presume your's is too! Have you ever seen an aluminium hull,, even on a warm summer's day, running in condensation - you wouldn't need a water maker! Hatch frames are another source unless thermally broken - most aren't. In building there are a few foam based wall liners which provide exceptional results, ventilation is also required as you are aware - small enclosed areas and warm most bodies are the perfect combination for condensation. An air change every 4 hours is difficult to achieve, so we are looking at a small dehumidifier to help combat the problem. Multi hulls have many advantages, but this is one of the few challenges... Beautifully presented and informative video, well done.

Just found you guys today. Freakin love the channel! Beautiful family, and you sir are extremely talented.

Home Depot and Fishing Supply are really gonna miss you guys when you sail off to your adventures.

Awesome job dude and all nicely finished, my OCD thanks you XD.

Beautiful work Teal.

Cooking with gas generates water; which leaves you with two options: use induction cooking devices or get dehumidifiers, both will require a larger battery bank capacity. The dehumidifiers are useful when you have to stay away from the boat for an extended period of time and want to keep the boat from becoming a steam pressure cooker.

Always a fun vlog and love the way all of you 3 interact on projects. Family first !! 😊🍷✨⛵️⚓️✨

Great attention to detail and great little helper!

Keep up the good work Teal congratulations on your new bedroom have a good one Fairwinds

Another enjoyable video guys, just love your work Teal...... most grateful for my favorite sailing family vlog.

Awesome job looks great and functional.

For the queen mattress, try putting the hyper ent between the mattress and the foam so there is air between the mattress and foam.

Have you considered insulating the entire crew area below the waterline? With a heating system trying to keep the hull warm while that hull is also being exposed to very cold water, your heating system is working much to hard heating the ocean when you only want to heat the inner air of the boat. The same works in reverse when you have air conditioning trying to cool the crew areas in the tropics.

a slatted base is perhaps an option, with us in Holland where the weather is almost the same it works very well.

hola un saludo soy Abel Fernandez y en plan de comprarme mi propio velero en mas menos dos anos y estas ideas para las condensaciones son maravillosas saludos y gracias por compartir tan valiosa informacion.

Another awesome job, I love your work.

I can sit and watch your projects all day ( if my wife let me ) your boat is so neat and clean it’s a dream and the way you approach a job is a delight to watch. My jobs are with the greatest intentions are like yours but finish up a mesh for it becomes slap dash and a that will do attitude . I think most Australians are a bit like this, no patience at all. Keep up the good work as your videos are great. Thank you from Aussieland.🇦🇺

I look forward to Friday mornings because of your videos! Great work and beautiful styling... as usual!! Thanks for sharing 👍👍 Cheers

Real slick treatment. Looks Fantastic‼️👍👍⛵️ Vinny 🇺🇸

Love watching other people work, another great job/joy! Have an awesome weekend ...

I started watching your later Vids first. This is first older vid. Miss Emma has grown so much. Great project. You guys are an inspiration of organization and "can-do" DIY. Great job.

I really appreciate how up to date your videos are. So many of the sailing channels lag months and months behind real time. I was wondering what the material was you used to line Emma's room? Also the glue that you used to hold it in place?

I haven’t finish watching the video. But you need to put the foam on the bottom, then the ‘aermadress’ The moist from your body get trapped by the foam. If you use closed cell foam on your walls it keeps them dry. Cheers from Norway

You are a very lucky man. Adorable daughter, beautiful wife, and a man of many skills. Awesome family. The best to you guys. Just subscribed, and looking forward to your future adventures. :)

Great job guys. Snug as a bug etc... GOD bless. JC

Great work! We live in a humid environment, during the winter months we run a couple of dehumidifiers which work a treat at preventing condensation. Heating is more efficient in the drier air too.

Your daughter is so funny.....She is your wife’s mini me... :-)

Almost to 9000 subs!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Just a thought about measuring the curved wall. Use some masking tape, stick it on the wall, mark the required length, peel and transfer to whatever you're cutting. Love watching. 😄

I dont know if you watch Adam Savage on the Tested youtube channel. He uses a spray contact glue that would have maxe this project much easier i think instead of the adhesive you used. Less curing time as it is set as soon as the 2 pieces meet. Look for the making a guitar case for Eric Idle video he recently made to see what he uses.

Thanks for the tips guys my problem is when we run our AC inside and some Brazilian degrees outside we get condensation but I'll try this thanks again Reef Runner out

Happy Thanksgiving from Salina Kansas. Great video as always!

You must install a dehumidifier. RVs have the same issue

In Canada and Alaska, people place small "Dehumidifiers" in strategic areas of the boats. They suck the humidity out of the air and need to be emptied of the accumulated water, periodically... Nuf said... :-)

Best solution for condensation is warm dry air which you address with your new forced air heaters in episodes 42-44..

savage boat man, lots of work done and a lovely family to boot... a made man :)

Did you consider reducing lightly the inside volume of the cat by applying codeboard foam 1 inch or more all around to insulate it and the cover it with 1 or 2 layers of fibres? Doing it "sandwich" construction... it would add some cost, just a few hundred pounds, but lower much the trouble and cost with heating, cooling, dehumidifying and wiping every walls!

What if you tried a waterproof mattress pad and put it on the bottom of the mattress. The person sleeping would be fine and condensation from below would stay out of the mattress. Just an idea... keep up the great work!

Great Job...looks really good...maybe a follow up...? I get a ton of condensation on the ceiling of my V-Berth (where I sleep) so much so that it drips like a rain forest in the winter...any ideas on how to deal with that...?

I love the quality of your work and well planned out projects. Have you considered a dimpled product like delta-FL between the fiberglass and mattress to provide an airspace? It would save you from having to use the fan every few days. Just an idea, hope it helps.

If you need airflow why not put some slat "Ribs" that would support a surface away from the wall or deck. A 1x2 should work. I do like what you came up with though. Looks nice.

Just had to say "Love the Videos". Thank you sharing your lives with us. BTW I spotted the "Warriors" series on your daughter's bookshelf, my daughter has the same set. Much love and admiration.

Yikes! Condensation in the bed, not nice.But Teal? Don´t you need to put a moisture barrier over the liner?Othervise you´ll get mould between the hull and the liner.

Thank you once again for sharing with us, I never knew that this was an issue. Once you sail to warmer climates, are there issues with higher humidities -vs- air/water temps as well ? I love the information you provide, I am always learning new things from your channel, that and an amazing family keeps me coming back. Stay warm...

Such a lovely child.

Teal, I’ve been watching all the videos you’ve got on your journey to redesign, rebuild and restore of your awesome CAT. I am curious as to the brand, model and year of the original craft. You are doing what I hope to eventually do myself and I’m trying to learn through other CAT owners. Your channel has provided me with the most answers so far, but I’d like to know about the bones of your boat. If you have the time to enlighten me with some stats and specs, please let me know. Thanks!

So nice seeing Emma as a Host - she is a Great One! Question: Are Foamcored Boats also affected by Condensation? I suppose that the Core would act as Insulation, but I´m not sure.

Braver than me! I would be Paranoid that all those EVENLY SPACED SCREWS along the hull would act just like the perforated "TEAR HEAR" holes on a book of stamps... =o

You have such a gorgeous boat! We just picked ours up and definitely have a few ideas for it after watching :)

Ikea has a mattress frame made from wood that allows air to under the mattress ,it works great for us

when u get to the tropics with humidity u have a perfect mold maker airation is what u are gunna need

A trip to HD!! The folks at Fisheries Supply are going to give you the side eye!!!!!

Great demonstration video, I'm just thinking too over kill and risky to make a line off holes for the trim under your water line... I'm wondering how much it weakens your structure. Hopefully not too much for compromise the integrity of the haul. But hey, looking pretty good

You should try using spray adhesive instead of 6700 turf adhesive . Easier and faster to apply and for cleaning when times come for replace.

just like that iced tea glass, it sweats on the warm side...

You need something like Spacerflex Teal if available again. than a sort of forced ventilation with external preheated flow everywhere more expel any stale air . Ies it s complicated condensation sucks!!!!

Just found your channel, love it, love your work and the interaction with your family...maybe someday you will cruise the Philippines and we can meet...have a daughter close to Emma's age...wish you would set up a binge playlist from the first episode...

I forgot how close we are to you guys. My wife and I have our boat's moored on Lake Washington. How did the moisture barrier work out? Did it stop the mattresses from getting wet?

Didn't like the screws in the bulk head below the water line. watch out for them when sailing in heavy seas!

Had to do a catch up on your videos since we have been so damn busy! Keep up the good work guys. Whats the plan after everything is done?

I wonder if it would be more efficient to put the Hypervent layer adjacent to the mattress, foam insulation layer below the Hypervent. Also, I wonder if it would be worth using one of those Whisper aquarium air pumps with a long thin air diffusion cylinder to positively force air under the mattress continually to reduce stagnation. (I am guessing that it would help, but it's entirely possible it could make it worse.) Just thinking out loud here. Yeah, you have to put electrical energy into the system, but it might work. Be safe out there!

I'm sorry Lihn to dump on your channel like that. Please forgive me. I guess I just feel comfortable here. You have the family and love I wish I had.

Please leave that up. Maybe it will help someone. I guess I needed to vent. I've carried it a long time. I wish I could say I feel better but no.

Hope your family had a Happy Thanksgiving. Teal, what was the material used under and along side Emma's mattress? Our V-berth mattress is always damp and I would sure like to solve that issue. Thank you for another great video.

I have a suggestion. Under the mattress you have this material that lets air move or flow. However the mattress is to large. The air under the mattress has no place to go. How do I know this. Well you prove it every time you lift the mattress and turn the fan on. It wouldn’t work if you didn’t lift the mattress and just turned on the fan. So what your doing is half right now you need to increase the circulation around the mattress that means a smaller mattress. Think about it.

Love your videos, new here just caching up, could putting wood strips under the mattresses so it can breathe help?

Hey would you recommend sail boat living to someone with no prior boat experience but a lot of DIY skills and interest in boat living? Legitimately the only big concern I have about it is not knowing how to tie naval knots haha. Also what is the cost comparison approximately to that of an apartment in the Seattle area? I live in Seattle and housing costs here are an issue and I wonder if a boat would apart from being something fun and interesting while I don't have a family be also an affordable option. Also side note, your CAT is making me really like CATS where I didn't have too much interest before haha.

Have you ever heard of cork for insulating a catamaran hull? I know its used on decks, but what about as insulation?

What material is the "hull liner" looks like you got it at Home Depot?

I know it’s been 3 years since you made this video. The moisture comes from YOU so you need

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Over 17,000 views.... My daughter pointed out if only 1000 of those that view became patron's and gave $1 or $2 dollars that would be $1000 or $2000 dollars for the people whose content we enjoy. I personally have to think about this and start campaigns on the sites I enjoy watching. For less than the cost of an espresso we can truly help folks out....

Your minute attention to detail is exacting, what is your background?.,

Dehumidifier? Had one in our basement growing up in the Midwest.

some van people use bubble wrap.

How thick is the hull and was you worried about drilling through it. I know you know your CAT in and out but I’m curious. The way you was drill it’s like it’s a two part hull or a bulkhead.

Why not install a humidifier and remove the water from the air?

In Germany in the winter of 9 months of heating starting in Sept to Apr and star of May especially the nights, I had to buy a dehumidifier. There is not a marine version?