Three solutions for sanitizing your boat’s interior
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It’s back to sailing but sanitizing the boat is highly recommended (and in some cases, such as charter and lease, mandatory). Alkaline and deck sanitizers aside, we point you to three solutions for sanitizing the interior of your boat.
SOLUTION 1 – IF YOU ALREADY HAVE A HEATER
An air purifier to be installed, even retrofitted, on your heater. Simple and brilliant. The principle is the same as that used on spacecraft, but this device, which converts water molecules into hydrogen peroxide molecules, is affordable and can be assembled in a snap if you have a Webasto air heater. Goodbye bacteria, goodbye mold, goodbye bad odors below deck. Here’s how it works:
SOLUTION 2 – PORTABLE SANITIZER
For do-it-yourself enthusiasts, there are many “portable” ozone generator solutions on the market, such as those offered by O3 Sanity System (www.sanitysystem.it), a company specializing in sanitization in the medical field (and therefore more than reliable), and which, by the way, were also purchased by the charter company NSS Charter and are used to disinfect its boats between charters.
The models Sany-Car (ideal for small rooms, up to a volume of 50 cubic meters of air) and Sany-Med 80 (80 cubic meters, ideal for larger boats) are quiet, consume little power, and perform their function in a variable time (depending on the program chosen) between 20 minutes and an hour. You simply connect the sanitizer to the electricity supply, leave it in the square after closing all airways tightly and wait for the reset time. All you then have to do is get back in, open hatches and portholes and let some air circulate and you will be aboard a virus-proof boat.
Plenty of portable ozone generators can be found online, but when it comes to health and safety, we recommend that you choose certified, medically derived products or rely on serious professionals.
SOLUTION 3
Should you wish to commission the work from professionals, there are entities dedicated to the boat world, such as Bioyacht(www.bioyacht.it). Virus-proof sanitation occurs in three steps: the on-board inspection, where all the dirt and deposits of dust, pollen, and viruses in each of your boat’s ventilation ducts are detected using sophisticated equipment (photo opposite); The removal and suction from the aeration system of any impurities with special systems and professional vacuum cleaners; finally, the ozone sanitization, made with powerful generators that disinfect the boat air by removing viruses,bacteria and any pathogens.
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