SUCCESS STORIES

We ran our air-conditioner at low temperatures, but something was going on in the boat and so I decided to get a portable dehumidifier and placed it outside the master stateroom. I turned the dehumidifier on, I was amazed, after about five hours, how much water was in that container.

I continued to run the dehumidifier for a couple of years, but there was a problem. It was not convenient that every time we would leave the harbor.

We would need to manage the portable dehumidifier, empty the bucket, and move it to a closet. Inevitably, moving it to the closet, water would spill on me from the coils and onto the carpet. When we would come back into the harbor, we would need to take it out of the closet and reconnect it.

It did help the itchy eyes and the stuffiness in the morning.

I decided that, with my size boat, there’s got to be a way to install a similar system that would be more effective and out-of-the-way. That’s when RiteAire Marine was created. The key individual is Hector Escardo, who did a lot of work on my boat. He’s an expert yacht carpenter, if you will, a shipwright. Hector could build cabinets and fix and replace a wide variety of items.

Together, we came up with a dehumidifier system. We knew:

• Specs Had To Be Compact
• A Unit Ended Up Being 12 Inches Wide, 12 Inches High, & 22 Inches Long
• It Plugged Into Regular 110 Current
• Draw Low Amperage – 4 Amps.
• Had To Have Multiple Coils
• Boat’s Moist Air Passing By The Coils Would Drop Out A Lot Of Water.
• It Would Take Out About 75 Pounds Of Water A Day. That’s A Lot Of Water.
• These Were Many Of Important Design Specs.

Having a unit installed out-of-the-way enabled us to run ductwork to multiple staterooms, which we found was important.

Not only did we want to remove the moisture from the master stateroom, but we wanted to control the moisture totally inside the boat.

From research literature, we learned that it was important to get the moisture under 50%.

Airconditioning cannot reduce the humidity below 50%.

We learned that when moisture is over 50%, it holds items like dust mites, mold spores, and we learned that it holds chemicals like formaldehyde.

Now that we have that solution in place, we no longer have these problems.

Now, when I wake up in the morning, I don’t have itchy eyes, I don’t have stuffiness.

I feel healthy and we know that we’re maintaining a healthy environment within the entire yacht.

I captain a 66 foot enclosed bridge Viking called the Princess Lily. The yacht, built in 2014, is beautiful inside and out and a big part of my job is to keep it that way.

I’ve been around big boats a long time and during the high heat, high humidity days of summer in southern Florida,
I seem to get allergy-like symptoms of itchy, watery eyes and a runny nose.

The catch is, I don’t have allergies and I only get bothered when I am on a big boat for a couple of days or more.

The problem is caused by the excess humidity present inside most every yacht, in the fabrics, the carpet, the vents, the wooden appointments, anywhere moisture can hide.

In June of 2015, the owners of the Princess Lily, had a RiteAire Marine™ Dehumidification System custom installed, four months after the yacht was purchased.

The company said their system would maintain the interior of the yacht at a constant, perfect humidity level whatever the temperature, inside or out.

I admit, I was skeptical at first, but immediately after the RiteAire Marine™ was installed, I felt the difference immediately, and so did the owners.

In no time at all, RiteAire Marine™ took the excess humidity out of the boat without affecting the inside temperature at all, something air conditioners alone cannot do.

It also took away my watery eyes and runny nose. I was amazed.

After that, we set the humidity level on the RiteAire Marine™ control to a healthy 49% and that is where it stays regardless of the temperature inside or out.

Their custom installation pulls moist air in, then sends dry air out from the RiteAire Marine™ unit to multiple living zones within the boat. Then the “boat air” returns to the RiteAire for recirculation. It’s like an airflow circle. Operation is foolproof, automatic, quiet and uses very little power.

RiteAire Marine™ is a great solution for the owner of the Princess Lily.

It will help his family and guests enjoy the benefits of healthy humidity levels while protecting the beautiful interior of his yacht from moisture.

As the Captain of the Princess Lily, I am very pleased with the high quality installation, performance and benefits of the RiteAire Marine™ Dehumidifier and I would recommend it to any big boat owner.

They were concerned. Because of the wetness, musty odor and diesel smell they could not sleep comfortably in their cabin and had to sleep elsewhere on the yacht. (The diesel fuel tank is located below their cabin) Additionally, the wife said every time they would return from a trip their cloths smelled like diesel.

The owners installed a RiteAire Marine™ Dehumidifying System in their yacht in December of 2013 and are ecstatic with the results! The wetness, musty smell and diesel odors are gone. The owners can sleep comfortably in their cabin and their clothes no longer smell of diesel.

Pat, the Seahawk’s Captain says, “Every boat has a distinctive smell … they ALL smell of fumes and heavy musty wetness. Add a RiteAire Marine™ Dehumidifier and the smell, musty odor and wetness goes away almost immediately.”

Captain Pat, “Before we installed a RiteAire Marine™ Dehumidifier in the Seahawk, we ran our air conditioners constantly, even then, when you would touch hard surfaces in the yacht like the granite counter tops they felt WET.

After installing the RiteAire Marine™, everything is dry to the touch.

RiteAire Marine™ allows us to keep the yacht at 70ºF with 45% humidity. Perfect!

Before RiteAire Marine™, we had to constantly clean the carpets with heavy duty machines to get rid of the moisture and musty smell. We had to stay ahead of it, or the wetness and musty odor would get really bad. With RiteAire Marine™, this is no longer necessary.

In addition to solving the wetness and odor problem, the RiteAire Marine™ will save my owners a lot of time and money and keep their yacht in better condition.”

According to Captain Pat, “You could blindfold me and take me onboard a dozen yachts. If only one had a RiteAire Marine™ system installed and running, I could pick it out right away.”