One of our ongoing issues with the Hanse 415 is a freezer that frosts up very quickly. George and I have struggled with it since we owned Breeze On and confirmed it was a problem for others a few years ago when we had dinner with two couples who also had Hanses. We currently have to defrost the freezer about once a week throughout the winter in the Bahamas. We have tried several potential solutions over the years but nothing has really solved the problem. We started with reducing the crowding in the storage area where the compressor is vented. That didn’t help. Next we sprayed foam insulation around the outside of the refrigerator. That didn’t help either. We installed gasket material around the inside of the refrigerator door to reduce the amount of warm, humid air entering the fridge. It didn’t make a difference. We bought insulating material to put on top of the refrigerator and the underside of the door and that didn’t make much difference, either. The most recent thing we are trying is a layer of adhesive-backed neoprene on top of the refrigerator. It may be my imagination, but I think it may be making a difference. 
Our freezer. It is just large enough for four small ice cube trays. George defrosted it two days ago.
Insulation laid on top of the fridge.
This is the newest effort—neoprene attached to the top of the door.
In other news: today’s project was laundry. We dinghied ashore and walked about 1/2 mile to 3T’s Laundry Mat and Accessories. A very nice place run by a man known as Showboat.
Our freezer. It is just large enough for four small ice cube trays. George defrosted it two days ago.
Insulation laid on top of the fridge.
Gasket material added around the inside of the door, as well as insulation glued to the underside.
This is the newest effort—neoprene attached to the top of the door.
In other news: today’s project was laundry. We dinghied ashore and walked about 1/2 mile to 3T’s Laundry Mat and Accessories. A very nice place run by a man known as Showboat.
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