Fiberglass Smell

[RobbieO]

Is it normal to have a newer boat and the fiberglass is still giving off fumes? Everytime I go in one of the storage compartments, or put the batteries back in the boat for instance, the smell overwelms me and I feel nauseous. Does it ever go away. My boat is a 2021. TIA

 

[zipper]

Basically the fiberglass offgasses styrene for the life of the boat but it lessens over time and in cooler temps and when ventilated. Keep the boat cool and ventilated. A couple of forum discussions.

https://forums.sailboatowners.com/threads/fibreglass-smell.109888/#post-640261

SMELL is killing me! What to do? - Page 2 - Cruisers & Sailing Forums

You are the perfect candidate for Peggy Hall's book, The New Get Rid of Boat Odors She might even come by here with some suggestions, but frankly, you really need to eliminate all the sources.

www.cruisersforum.com

 

[RobbieO]

Basically the fiberglass offgasses styrene for the life of the boat but it lessens over time and in cooler temps and when ventilated. Keep the boat cool and ventilated. A couple of articles.

https://forums.sailboatowners.com/threads/fibreglass-smell.109888/#post-640261

SMELL is killing me! What to do? - Page 2 - Cruisers & Sailing Forums

You are the perfect candidate for Peggy Hall's book, The New Get Rid of Boat Odors She might even come by here with some suggestions, but frankly, you really need to eliminate all the sources.

www.cruisersforum.com

Thank you!

 

[Rockit69]

I love that smell! Smells like I have a boat!

 

[Wishfull1]

I love that smell! Smells like I have a boat!

Me too! Smells as new as it looks.

 

[RobbieO]

You guys are all high !?

 

[FSH 210 Sport]

I’ll second @zipper remark about it lessening over time. I can’t remember the last time I smelled that off gas from the glass. I have a half roll of tall kitchen garbage bags with febreeze in them in one of my forward compartments and that’s really all I smell anymore. My boat spends the season outdoors but under a full cover and I open the all the compartments when I get back to let everything dry out.

 

[zipper]

I grew up with that smell in the garage and the whole house. My father had a side business of making fiberglass repairs and mods to fiberglass dune buggy bodies and boat hulls. He made molds of a couple of dune buggy bodies in the 70’s. We lost them in a fire that took down our farm barn in 1996.

 

[FSH 210 Sport]

I grew up with that smell in the garage and the whole house. My father had a side business of making fiberglass repairs and mods to fiberglass dune buggy bodies and boat hulls. He made molds of a couple of dune buggy bodies in the 70’s. We lost them in a fire that took down our farm barn in 1996.

Those glass buggies were quite the rage in the 70’s! I just saw a glass model T the other night. Sorry about the barn fire…