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A SK TH E EX PER T

S m e lly B o a t ?

B y G le n C a irn s

W e h a v e a ll h a d th e e xp e rie n c e o f h e a d in g d o w n b e lo w o n a n ic e
b o a t o n ly to e n c o u n te r a n u n p le a sa n t o d o u r. T h is c a n c o m e
fro m a w id e v a rie ty o f so u rc e s, th e m o st c o m m o n b e in g th e h e a d
a n d sa n ita tio n sy ste m . W e w ill d e a l w ith th e issu e o f h e a d s a n d
h o ld in g ta n k s a n o th e r tim e ; h o w e v e r, th e re a re p le n ty o f o th e r
c a u se s o f a m u sty a n d o ff-p u ttin g sm e ll.
T o o m a n y b o a ts sp e n d lo n g w in te rs sh rin k -w ra p p e d w ith
in a d e q u a te v e n tila tio n . T h e re su ltin g c o n d e n sa tio n is a w o n d e rfu l sp a w n in g g ro u n d fo r m o u ld a n d g e n e ra l m u stin e ss, e sp e c ia lly if th e re a re a fe w w a rm sp rin g d a y s b e fo re th e b o a t is o p e n e d .
C a re fu l a tte n tio n sh o u ld b e p a id to a ir c irc u la tio n d u rin g sh rin k w ra p p in g , a n d th e h e a d a n d h o ld in g ta n k n e e d to b e p ro p e rly
p re p a re d fo r sto ra g e .
W ith sp rin g a ro u n d th e c o rn e r h e re a re a fe w p ro d u c ts th a t
w ill h e lp fre sh e n y o u r b o a t a n d k e e p th e a ir b e lo w h e a lth y.
S T O R -D R Y
C a fra m o m a k e s th e S to r-D ry
d u a l-a c tio n a ir d ry e r, w h ic h
u se s a lo w w a tta g e h e a tin g
e le m e n t a n d a n in te rn a l fa n
to w a rm a n d c irc u la te a ir.
T h e w a rm th a n d c irc u la tio n
w o rk to g e th e r to m in im ise
sta le a ir p o c k e ts, w h ic h in tu rn
p re v e n t m o u ld o r m ild e w fro m
fo rm in g o n in te rio r su rfa c e s. S to r-D ry is
a v a ila b le in 1 2 0 - a n d 2 3 0 -v o lt m o d e ls.

B R E A T H E E A S Y A IR P u R IF IE R
T h e re a re se v e ra l a ir p u rifie rs o n th e m a rk e t. T h e p o rta b le
B re a th e E a sy A ir P u rifie r fro m D o m e stic re d u c e s u n p le a sa n t
o d o u rs a n d h a rm fu l b a c te ria . W ith th e P o rta b le B re a th e E a sy
A ir P u rifie r, sm e lls su c h a s to b a c c o sm o k e , m ild e w , m u stin e ss,
c h e m ic a l v a p o u rs, a n d to ile t o d o u rs a re re p la c e d
w ith fre sh e r, c le a n e r, h e a lth ie r a ir. T h e
p o rta b le u n it c o m b in e s
th re e a ir p u rific a tio n
te c h n o lo g ie s to e lim in a te o d o u rs, re m o v e
h a rm fu l b a c te ria a n d
p o llu ta n ts, a n d re d u c e
sy m p to m s fro m a lle rg ie s
a n d a sth m a . A ir e n te rin g
th e filtra tio n sy ste m is
e xp o se d to u ltra v io le t (U V )
lig h t th a t d e stro y s b a c te ria l
p o llu ta n ts a n d o th e r a lle rg e n s, su c h a s c ig a re tte sm o k e . P h o to c a ta ly tic filtra tio n is u se d to
d e stro y g a se o u s o d o u r-c a u sin g p o llu ta n ts, lik e th o se fro m c h e m ic a ls a n d o ils ty p ic a lly u se d n e a r b o a ts.
F in a lly, th e B re a th e E a sy A ir P u rifie r u se s in n o v a tiv e
n a n o m e sh te c h n o lo g y to re m o ve m ic ro -o rg a n ism s th a t c o n trib u te
to a lle rg y a n d a sth m a sym p to m s. Its c o m p a c t size a llo w s it to fit
in a su itc a se o r b a c k p a c k , y e t it is e ffe c tive in a re a s u p to 5 0 0
sq u a re fe e t / 8 0 0 c u b ic fe e t (1 1 3 c u b ic m e tre s), m a k in g it p e rfe c t
fo r u se in b o a ts. P lu s, th e w o rld w id e A C p o w e r a d a p te rs in c lu d e d
w w w .c a n a d ia n y a c h t in g .c a

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