New(ish) boat smell

[Hydraulicjump]

Our tug is soon to be two years old. This morning, while preparing to tow it down to San Francisco Bay for a weekend of high life in the city in our fiberglass hotel room, I opened the cabin door and was greeted with that wonderful, welcoming, familiar (toxic?) smell of a new boat. I realize that within minutes the cabin airs out and/or I become desensitized to the complex molecules given off from curing resins....but that wiff of fun to come is sure great. Like a dog greeting you at the door.

So, veteran tug owners, how much longer can I expect this exquisite perfume to last? The boat is on a trailer, reducing the likelihood that mildew will overwhelm it.

If any of you Bay Area tugs are on the water this weekend, we are in Pier 39, being watched, along with the sea lions, by 100,000 turoids.

Jeff

 

[Levitation]

Hmmm. Maybe I should market 'new boat smell' in a can, like new car smell.
I smell (sniff, sniff) money.

 

[knotflying]

I say if after two years and you still have "new boat smell", you are not using your boat enough!!

 

[Hydraulicjump]

Ouch! I accept that and commit to more use of the boat. Almost at 250 hours and next summer's cruise to the Broughtons should get rid of that nice smell.

 

[knotflying]

Or you could cook some scallops on the stove. It took 2 days to get rid of that smell! :lol:

 

[baz]

Our R25 is over 3 years old and has been used extensively. Today after the boat had been left for 2 months I entered and did smell what you described. So I would not be too concerned.

Our R25 is kept in a covered slip all year round. I also run a dehumidifier at all times in the boat when it's docked. No musty smells have been detected so far. The boat's cabin temp never falls below 45ºF while docked.