Hosing the interior

[mraz72]

I was going to clean the deck by removing the carpets, using a bucket of soap and water and moping. then I was thinking of hosing the desk and letting the water drain out the rear.

Any issues with this approach? Do others do this?

 

[Pinhacker71]

Sounds like a plan

 

[Joe Hellaby]

I often do that after a dirty camping trip. I use a car wash brush with a handle. I usually make sure I have the bilge pump on, just in case a little water make it into the bilge. Most all comes out the drain in the rear. Try and have the front raised as high as you can, to help everything drain back

 

[mraz72]

I often do that after a dirty camping trip. I use a car wash brush with a handle. I usually make sure I have the bilge pump on, just in case a little water make it into the bilge. Most all comes out the drain in the rear

I figured it was safe, I have a good scrub brush and it will be much easier than trying to wipe up all of the soap.......

Thanks for the replies.

 

[euro_e30]

Just took this same approach yesterday evening after our trip. Front end lifted as high as it can go , scrub, and rinse. Any left over water that might be on the deck I used a towel to guide to the rear drain and then just dried off and left overs. Good luck

 

[sunbyrned]

Make sure flush ports are capped. I forget to cap mine and found myself spraying away right at the uncapped port. Luckily I realized what I was doing quickly.

 

[2kwik4u]

Hardest part of hosing it out is getting ALL of the water back out of the boat. Invariably I get some in the ski locker and the fuel tank locker. I use an "absorber" synthetic chamois to soak up the remaining water as best I can. Then just leave it open for a few hours to let it air dry.

I've had the boat out in some pretty serious torrential downpours. There isn't anything on the "top side" of the boat that will be hurt by a water hose. Avoid directly spraying the gages, switches, throttles, and glove box and you'll be fine.

 

[mdchachi]

Some water gets into the ski locker in my boat so I would make sure to check/dry out the locker afterwards.

 

[AJack]

I completely hose down the interior, brush everything (even the instrument cluster), and then rinse after every ride. Am I doing something that I shouldn't? I don't see anything wrong with what the OP is doing.

I wash the boat by my house, which is canted toward the starboard side, which creates a puddle of water accumulation next to the helm seat. Once done cleaning, I drive it to the storage lot. At the lot, I raise the bow as high as possible to drain everything out. Each time I've gotten the boat out, everything inside has been dry.

 

[biffdotorg]

I do this all the time with a pressure washer. I hitch up, pull the truck into the garage, and the boat is at a great angle for washing.

If all the plugs are pulled between the lockers and engine bay it drains right out. Most of the water on the deck will go out the deck drain. It's designed for it, and a good rinse is always needed. The bilge pump is not needed at that angle either. It will flow right out the back.

On a 24 ft boat, I rinse a quarter at a time, foam cannon that section, hand wash with a mitt, and rinse. Proceed to the next side/section and repeat. Hardly anything is more satisfying, than that, until I start the waxing and buffing. I only wish I could run my pressure washer on lake water, so I could do this on the lift at the lake mid-season. I may need to get a longer hose for fresh water at the cabin.

I worried more about the JL Audio speakers. They can take a splash, or spray, but I would avoid any pressure washer in their area. Again, a rinse is not harmful and they need to be cleaned up once in a while too.

If you need to, the carpet in the cabinets can be rinsed, as the water will drain down into the bilge and out the back. Be sure to allow them to dry before closing up though. That's the recipe for mold/mildew.

 

[haknslash]

I completely hose down the interior, brush everything (even the instrument cluster), and then rinse after every ride. Am I doing something that I shouldn't? I don't see anything wrong with what the OP is doing.

I wash the boat by my house, which is canted toward the starboard side, which creates a puddle of water accumulation next to the helm seat. Once done cleaning, I drive it to the storage lot. At the lot, I raise the bow as high as possible to drain everything out. Each time I've gotten the boat out, everything inside has been dry.

Just make sure your cup holders are plugged otherwise they will dump water into your storage compartments. You can also run drain tubes back to your bilge or dump them out on the cockpit floor using the same drain vent style as the swim deck cup holder drains and let the scupper take care of it.

 

[Jgorm]

I pulled the drains and washed the carpet in the boat with a garden hose on full blast. I parked it on a slight Hill while i did it. I washed the ski and engine compartment too. No issues.

 

[jocolo21]

this is what use connected to a preassure washer and filled with spray 9, it will turn the cleaner into foam, foam everything then hose it down