Yacht Delivery Captains Use Diapers
Diapers or nappies as we call them in the UK have been used many times over the years by our top delivery captains.
Yacht Delivery Captains Use Diapers. As part of our commitment to deliver yachts in the best condition, clean and presentable our delivery captains go to extraordinary lengths to achieve this. No part of the boat is ignored.
Our captains have learnt to deal with many problems during a delivery and have experienced oil and hydraulic leaks. They never occur at a convenient time and usually in a heavy sea. Inevitably some of the oil can make its way into the bilges, a notoriously difficult place to clean and pumping the oil out is not an option. This is where diapers (or nappies) come to the rescue.
Modern disposable nappies contain a highly absorbent material called polyacrylate. This is trapped inside the nappy layers and can absorb many times its own weight in liquid. When the polyacrylate gets wet it turns into a gel, holding in the oil in the process.
Cleaning the bilges becomes much more manageable.