Does the interior of your kayak smell like gym locker room?

[Darth-Baiter]

My Hobie is fairly watertight.  But opening the hatches will allow the occasional dribble to run  in.   I towel dry when I store.  A few times; whoa.  Darkness + moist + warm = funk    Mold I suppose. 
 

i store it upside down in my garage.  I drop open all the hatches now. I even insert a desk fan and move the air around for a night.  No more funk. 
 

you have any tips?

[Choporoz]

No tips....until something dies in there, I'm unconcerned with how the inside smells.  My Hobie has not been bone dry since I bought it over two years ago....I sponge out standing water when it gets to the 'sloshing point'

[gim]

Maybe its your funky smelling feet. ?

[Dens228]

No smell in mine.  

[J Francho]

You need to air it out.  Mine has a lot of floatation foam inside, so any dampness, and it's gonna stink.

[Darth-Baiter]

4 hours ago, gimruis said:

Maybe its your funky smelling feet. ?

Nope. Just checked. Not my feet. 

2 hours ago, J Francho said:

You need to air it out.  Mine has a lot of floatation foam inside, so any dampness, and it's gonna stink.

Yes.  I’m also subjected to the occasional mussel inspection.  My hull needs to be dry. 

[fishwizzard]

Throw your empty beer cans inside the hull, that way it’ll smell like stale beer and not like stale butt. 

[slonezp]

My gym locker smells like the inside of a kayak. Does that count?

[bulldog1935]

never - gets washed inside and out every trip - of course, most every trip is salt

(cam-strapped to drain)

 

easy to back in and slide it on my sawhorse stands.  

The dribbles of water that remain are easily sponged through the hatches