Dry My Hull
Florida Based Mobile Boat Core Drying Service
Dry My Hull was founded to give boat owners an alternative to the traditional practice of cutting out and recoring a fiberglass boat. There are many advantages to our process. Some of them are:
- Time – An entire 40ft boat can be dried in 12-18 days which gets it back on the water faster than traditional methods
- Retains Hull Integrity – Our process only requires the drilling of small holes to remove the trapped moisture, thus, maintaining your hull’s integrity and your boat’s value
- Reduce or Eliminate Repair Costs – If the damage is extensive we can dry the areas around the damage to minimize the amount of the hull/core to be replaced
We’re Mobile
We Come to the Boat’s Location
Dry My Hull is completely mobile. All we require is the use of a 220 volt plug within 25ft of the boat or we can bring a generator. Our current service area is limited to Florida.
Our Process
The process to dry your hull is very similar to how moisture is removed in the aviation industry. Silicone pads are attached to the hull, a vacuum pump is used to hold the pad to the boat, the pads are then heated to between 150-194 degrees farenheit. This vaporizes the water and the vacuum pulls the vapor through the 1/8″ holes drilled into the hull. It takes anywhere from 6-16 hours to vaporize and remove the trapped water per pad location.
Dry My Hull dried out the wet port side which was caused by poorly mounted stanchions, allowing my boat to pass inspection so it could be sold. I’ve spent my career working and traveling around the world and have always managed to stay connected to boating which is a passion I shared with my family while growing up. During my career I have been fortunate enough to have sailed and fished in four of the five oceans and look forward to a circumnavigation in the coming years. The inspiration for this company began when Ted and I were trying to help a friend, whose boat was very heavy in the water, solve the wet foam core problem. Ted used to help his father dry boats when growing up. This is when we realized there’s a definite need for a mobile boat core drying service and Dry My Hull was born. My father spent his life in the boat building industry and was a GRP repair expert. Throughout my childhood he had a few different boat building and repair companies. I spent many days and nights in his shop and built my first boat when I was 14 years old. My younger days were spent fishing or waterskiing in the Gulf. I still own the first boat I built and am currrently in the process of restoring it. My career has been spent working in the industrial sector and after helping John research solutions to dry a boat hull, I decided to join him, as I have been dying to get back into the marine industry since I left it.Testimonial
Jason B. Tampa, FL
Meet our team
John Simmons Managing Partner
Ted Yoder Partner
