Dry Swimsuit Questions

[shellunderwater]

First roll it up in one of the bath towels and step on the roll to get most of the water out.

Trust Bob. He is wise beyond his years.

 

We do this, works great. Then hang suit on pants hangers from the air vent in the ceiling (but not the sprinkler head). Dries pretty quick.

 

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[ZoeyVictoria]

I shower twice a day and don’t want to deal with moving swimsuits in and out of the shower, so I take a magnetic hook and a skirt hanger for each of us. I also use the towel rolling method before hanging the swimwear.

[cruising grandma]

 

 

 

Cracked me up! We're on Allure, and John's response was go to Club Orient, and you won't have the problem of a wet swim suit!:eek:

[shellunderwater]

Cracked me up! We're on Allure, and John's response was go to Club Orient, and you won't have the problem of a wet swim suit!:eek:

Bing Bing Bing Bing!

 

We have a winner!

 

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[squadron]

We usually hang ours on the clothes line in the shower.

 

Years ago I read a post on CC that said hang it in your closet clothes pinned to a plastic hanger near the vent in the ceiling . I have found this does work with drip dry clothing if there is a closet vent.

[sharp & sharper]

take 2 suites and they dry fast in shower

[KansasK]

We use Bob's technique of rolling the rinsed swimsuit in a towel and pressing on it to absorb the excess water, or standing on it. We bring magnets with hooks for the ceiling and use a hanger with clamps to hang the swimsuit. It dries hanging in the open in the cabin. We put the magnets by the balcony door and if there is sun, the swimsuit might get some sun to help dry it.

 

Washing anything and getting it to dry in the cabin is always a challenge. We have brought the magnets twice and they have never been taken from us.

[nancy513]

If you have a balcony, nothing will dry it like fresh air. I usually tie mine to one of the chairs so it doesn’t blow away! Inside rooms are trickier. It seems to take forever

 

 

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[drvmywifecrzy]

I usually stretch mine over an open chair at my table in the MDR at dinner. My flip flops go on the seat.

[shellunderwater]

I might suggest you use clean, dry pool towels for the suit rolling, rather than using bath towels, so they remain dry for your shower. Lessons learned.

 

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[Merion_Mom]

If you have a balcony, nothing will dry it like fresh air. I usually tie mine to one of the chairs so it doesn’t blow away! Inside rooms are trickier. It seems to take forever

 

 

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Disagree.

 

Outside: salt air

 

Inside: air conditioning.

 

 

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[shellunderwater]

Outside humid air gets then coke, but not dry. A/C gets it dry....usually.

 

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[OCruisers]

Take two! The other will be totally dry by the next day. :)

[SbbquilterUT]

Rinse, wring, roll in towel and dance on it then hang on hanger and suspend on magnetic hook placed near the AC. Works great for anything you want to rinse out.

[sbrayr]

And the physics of this is?

 

 

 

No physics. Years of experience living on a sailboat.

[SRF]

Salt is hygroscopic. It attracts and holds water.

 

Also sailing experience.

[CupcakeSusie]

I use the same method as Bob - I roll the swimsuit in a dry towel, put some pressure on the towel, then hang it in the bathroom.

[John&LaLa]

Trust Bob. He is wise beyond his years.

 

We do this, works great. Then hang suit on pants hangers from the air vent in the ceiling (but not the sprinkler head). Dries pretty quick.

 

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Works with damp shirts as well.

 

 

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[John&LaLa]

Disagree.

 

Outside: salt air

 

Inside: air conditioning.

 

 

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Sun and wind helps. Make sure you bring in before sun goes down and hang from A/C vent like above.

 

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[grapau27]

And the physics of this is?

 

Dissolved salt (any salt) raises vapor pressure (lowers the boiling point) of water because it interferes with the hydrogen bonding in water. It is this hydrogen bonding that gives the low molecular weight water an abnormally high vapor pressure (boiling point). The boiling point of a liquid is the temperature at which its vapor pressure equals atmospheric pressure. On a ship in the ocean for a practical purposes that is 14.7 lbs/square inch or 1 bar in SI units. Most other compounds of molecular weight of 18 are a gas at room temperature (ie methane (16), ethane (30)). Since the vapor pressure is higher, the water evaporates faster. I am not talking perceptibly faster, but it will be measurably faster if you put the swim suit with salt water on a accurate balance and watched the weight loss versus a swim suit with ships fresh water (which is near distilled water in purity).

 

Sorry I teach chemistry among other things.

Very interesting information.

 

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