Lose the ‘Classic Yacht Smell’
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I stepped on board a 61-foot pilothouse cruiser last month and noticed... nothing. There was no musty smell at all in this older cruiser and it was so unusual that I had to find out why. Almost every yacht owner can tell you that keeping a clean ship is a must if you want to prevent bad odors and allergens from developing in the
interior spaces on board.
What makes this job even more challenging are all the areas that just cannot be reached during a conventional cleaning effort. Yachts provide a perfect environment for odor-and-illness causing germs, bacteria, molds and allergens to thrive. The dark, hard to reach areas found on board usually hold enough moisture to give mold and bacteria the ability to grow at levels they could not normally reach in nature.
The black water system alone usually releases enough bacteria into the air to create a health hazard in a relatively short period of time. The older a vessel gets, the more these contaminants grow and before long, you have a classic yacht smell. Compounding this problem is the fact that most conventional disinfectants just can’t penetrate deep enough to kill all of the contamination. For example, a molecule of bleach is larger than a molecule of water.
So when trying to disinfect with bleach, the water in the bleach solution penetrates deeper than the bleach, feeding the bacteria and microbes that survive because they are smaller than both the water and the bleach molecules. This scenario applies with almost every disinfectant on the market. There is a new solution, however. Advanced Air Cleaning Technologies combines environmentally friendly disinfectants with state-of-the-art spray delivery technology.
AACT offers a service that includes treating all the interior spaces, as well as the hard to reach areas where bacteria, mold and allergens live. Contact AAC Technologies to learn the latest.
interior spaces on board.
What makes this job even more challenging are all the areas that just cannot be reached during a conventional cleaning effort. Yachts provide a perfect environment for odor-and-illness causing germs, bacteria, molds and allergens to thrive. The dark, hard to reach areas found on board usually hold enough moisture to give mold and bacteria the ability to grow at levels they could not normally reach in nature.
The black water system alone usually releases enough bacteria into the air to create a health hazard in a relatively short period of time. The older a vessel gets, the more these contaminants grow and before long, you have a classic yacht smell. Compounding this problem is the fact that most conventional disinfectants just can’t penetrate deep enough to kill all of the contamination. For example, a molecule of bleach is larger than a molecule of water.
So when trying to disinfect with bleach, the water in the bleach solution penetrates deeper than the bleach, feeding the bacteria and microbes that survive because they are smaller than both the water and the bleach molecules. This scenario applies with almost every disinfectant on the market. There is a new solution, however. Advanced Air Cleaning Technologies combines environmentally friendly disinfectants with state-of-the-art spray delivery technology.
AACT offers a service that includes treating all the interior spaces, as well as the hard to reach areas where bacteria, mold and allergens live. Contact AAC Technologies to learn the latest.
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