Insulating the Crooked PilotHouse boat Air Conditioner duct system DIY 

Capt I've been watching your videos for about 3 years I think they're getting better and better every time maybe your getting better and better at the same time.

Put something on all that glass would make a huge difference during the day. GREAT JOB‼️👍👍 Vinny 🇺🇸

More great ideas! Someday I hope to own a small boat with air conditioning. lol

Another good thing you can do, is to cover the windows with polarized thermic film, bright light is heat!

Hey captain! This was a great video. 👌📹👍

Good tip Cap! In a hvac system every little bit helps!

I know how hot a small Pilot area gets from the full day sun. I put in pull up locking 1" s/s posts on the outside side and on the roof. To place a parallel sunscreen trap with s/s grommet holes and stretched over areas. Made the trap take the sun heat, in the 1" void the wind blew between trap and boat fiberglass. Cooling a lot free. Some Like this but fit lower to the boat so you can walk bye. Like a raised 1 inch high skin.

Thank you - that was a great video and info.

Great idea because u kept mentioning how hot it was.My wife and I are finally headed to Bimini on the 25th for a week by plane tho 😩.but we are definitely taking a boat out to the sapona and honeymoon harbor.

Great video. Good job on insulation work. Amazing how it brought the temperature down.

Excellent video! This channel is very underrated. I hope you reach 10K subs soon. You deserve it!

Great job. I would suggest three things. 1 - add tablets to the ac pan for buildup of slim 2 - Get a pig tail for the power cord so it isn't upside down. They come in different lengths on amazon. Then you can zip tie the cord securely. 3 - Add some ceramic tint to the windows. I have on my car and its amazing. It's pretty much transparent, but blocks 99% of UV and the heat is drastically reduced. You can install it yourself.

Great info as always! Another way to keep the cabin cool in the daytime, You could get curtains or tint the windows. Thanks for sharing Brother!

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Nice work 👍🏾

There's also a spray glue sold at any a/c supply it helps that aluminum duct tape to stick better and longer on extremely temperatures. But, great idea!!

Very helpful thanks, I have to do something like that in my boat

Yow Capt u always send out some good video keep it up love this boat everything set up real good 💯

Nice work, Capt!

Another great diy video,thanks Cap.

I am glad you brought up this high heat issue. I installed a similar a/c in my 25 foot boat's aft cabin and the a/c worked good at night or under my boathouse, but once outside in the extreme heat the exhoust hose heated up to 130 creating too much heat for the a/c to compensate. I will try insulating the hoses along with the exhaust fan. Thank you for sharing the information to possibly solving this issue.

Hey Captain, as always good work! you have tons of information useful for many of your viewers.Just want to correct you if noon has yet, but the proper word is *duct, not duck. Keep up the good work and God Bless!

Really enjoy watching your videos.o

Good Work 👍 window tint also gone help you

Good idea and good job.

To increase A/C efficiiency - have you thought about tinting the windows with a ceramic tint material? Makes a huge difference on boats with marine A/C.

That’s awesome... stay cool my friend 😎

Good work, as usual. You might get even better results by enclosing that area in closed cell insul board like you used in your camper van conversion. Since this is in a boat, wet environment, XPS extruded polystyrene would be a good choice. in 1" thickness it has an R5 rating

Hi OOTR, another video full of good, useful information. Thank you for posting ! I will stop complaining about our 95 degree summers up here! ....I just posted a video about a water tank problem on my Parker; as the saying goes, they must have installed it on a 'Monday morning', or a "Friday afternoon'!

capt tienes este año algun plan de ir a las exumas a staniel cay donde estan los puerquitos

How well are the walls of the pilot house insulated? What is the temp on the interior is the walls?

Hey Capt. Just got a sea-doo challenger 180. I know it's very small but we want to cross over to bimini. Can you make a video on the GPS coordinates and the best wind direction for crossing. And do you thing go out Goverment Cut or Virginia Key. WOW MEMORIES MOM US TO TAKE ME THERE IN THE EARLY SEVENTIES. 1970 -1976 IT WAS called Los Pinitos back then. I was 2,3,4,5 years old. And I still remember.

Cap don't forget to make a fish cleaning station where that rear seat back rest is. Would be really good addition to your boat. Be safe.

Nice dude good job

Good idea to get rid of heat sources, but I would be concerned that the blower motor cannot dissipate the 135 deg which now turns into 160, (or more), and shortens the life of the motor. Next video, get a probe and penetrate the insulation and see how hot it gets.

Same as in a car tinted windows will help a lot from heat coming in. I cant see if you got light tints on them but thats will bring temperature down by at least 4 degrees, try geting the one that looks like is a mirror from the outside, its reflective wont let sun in !!!! 👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌

I hit up Amazon Captain. Thanks for the videos

👍Great idea,keep cool my brother😎

Tinting the widows would also help tremendously

Another great video..very informative! Have you ever thought about getting shore power so you can just plug that into the generator. That way your lights and anchor alarm along with A/C could all run on the genertor.. and also u would have the option of AC if u got a slip one night . Bc I'm sure u couldnt run a generator at a slip...I'm just thinking. I've seen some after market stuff from "EZ acdc" that had a shore power panel that had 2 outlets on it. So u could plug AC right into panel.

Hey Captain - which version of the Parker do you have? I can't tell if it's the 21 or 24.

Hey Capt. - I just thought - what if the exhaust could be used to cook food? I was wondering what the temp was at as it went out into air. When the kids were young we left hotdogs in the back seat of a car and when we found them 2 hours later, they were cooked. Love your upgrades - good work.

Sir, i have a guestion. I have SPX Searay not really meant fishing. However, im looking into getting another boat i can feel safe to take to the Bahamas , go fishing and thats reasonable i respect and honor opinion. Will i have to up grade to a lager out board motor. Thank you for all of your advise and guidance i learn alot. Thank you and stay safe.

You are so good and what you do brother. I was driving in Bimini last weekend I had an amazing time and They weather wise as I was expecting it. When are you going back to the water?

We just got back from vacation in the mountains. I can't stand this Florida heat/humidity right now lol. Nice vid and good work as always! Do you have an Amazon link to the silver tape/AC duct work tape?

Hey Captain I noticed in your video you had either a smoke detector or carbon dioxide detector next to your air conditioner which one was that for

capt que buen trabajo siempre mejorando el bote que diferencia de temperaturas good job

What about tinting the windows with a reflective tint slightly? Do you think that would keep the heat down?

Nice video, I like the upgrade videos! What temp did the cabin average on your trip during the day when it was hot?

Awesome video as always by far the best channel on RU-vid at the moment keep up the good work, capt quick question what nationality are you from ?

Another great video cap - I bet you do AC in the real world...always suspected...you know too Much

Fab tape on top of the silver tape then mastic.......

Hey Capt - Great video as ususal. Question: Any chance insulating the blower will cause it to overheat as it now cannot radiate off as much heat?

Hey man great work on your videos and channel I'm sorry though it's just not content I'm interested in I'm a hunter I think I'm a good one and I'm considering starting a channel of my own and what caught my eye about you was the respectful honesty the educational aspect and the fact that you are anonymous. How do you make anonymous work, don't you run into locals at the dock? Myself I have ptsd I dont like crowds and talking to people and I dont want to end up trying to be polite and sociable when I'm trying to get in the woods and work. So how do you make that work for you any tips

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