Dealing With Mould

August 21st and 22nd (Friday and Saturday) 

On Friday we spent much of the day cleaning the boat.  It is amazing that last year when we were on the Central Coast we did not have any mould grow on the inside of our enclosure until October, and when we lived aboard our boat for several years in Vancouver we never had our enclosure get mouldy, but this year with the cool temperatures and almost constant rain the mould keeps growing quickly.  We regularly clean it away so as to prevent if from damaging the material.  In addition, the condensation inside our boat has become more of a constant annoyance.  Living aboard a boat full time on the Central Coast of British Columbia is definitely not as nice as living aboard further south, and being stuck on the Central Coast for this long was definitely not in our plans. 

On Saturday we went over to a house in town to start cleaning.  We have decided to live in a house here for the winter so as to keep the moisture levels low inside of our boat, and also to live with some added space for the colder months.  We have made an arrangement with the owners of the house, and we will be doing some work on the place as part of our agreement.  Since the current owners recently bought the place from the previous owners who moved away there is a lot of cleaning to be done.  The place was heated with wood and there is a lot of soot built up on the walls.  We started with beginning to wipe all of the walls with TSP, and eventually we will be painting as well.  

It rained all day.  

 

 

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