Alcohol also makes plenty of steam when burned, kerosene is hottest and lowest in moisture, propane next and alcohol a distant third when competing for making the most condensation
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Date: 10/22/21 2:19 PM (GMT-04:00)
Subject: Re: [Flicka20] Looks for tips on two subjects - heating, and tips #advice
After living aboard for 2 1/2 years from the sea of Cortez to Canada in
our Flicka Wu Wei in the 80's we found in the N.W. the biggest problem
was condensation not heating the boat. We had a bulkhead mounted kero
heater vented thru the cabin top and a kero cook stove. We tried the pot
idea and it worked fine as long as long as you used the pot clamps that
should have came with the stove. Two people give out a lot of body moisture!
On 10/22/2021 8:17 AM, Antonio Martinez wrote:
> Reminder to self: must try out pot which came with boat and which we've
> never bothered to test. LOL
> Good luck and report back!
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> On Fri, Oct 22, 2021 at 10:45 AM Chris <
c.s.dickson@...> wrote:
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>> I love the idea of the pot. The raised profile would radiate some infrared
>> heat around the room in addition to the convection. The small hole would
>> accelerate the stream of heated air, increasing circulation. And the lower
>> conductivity of the material would make it a bit less of a burn hazard.
>> Thanks Antonio.
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 22, 2021 at 4:42 PM Antonio Martinez <
>>
middleriverstudio@...> wrote:
>>
>>> I like the idea of a pc of metal. I have also heard of an inverted
>>> terracotta flower pot over the burner.
>>>
>>> On Oct 22, 2021, at 9:03 AM, gabriel warren <
gabriel@...>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Chris— You also ask about heaters. I know some Flickas have diesel
>>> heaters, but I have no experience there. But my instinct is that they would
>>> have to go somewhere, and there are not many elegant sites for that on a
>>> ship the size of ours. I designed in a solid fuel stove on the 11.000# 26’
>>> foot schooner I designed and built: a two burner Shipmate ‘Skippy’, but I
>>> had more room available. I would counsel against attempting that on a
>>> Flicka: I see no way that it would not be quite dangerous both to the boat
>>> and her crew. On my Flicka I simply carry a 1/8” piece of stainless 8”
>>> square, which I put over one of the burners on the Origo to drive out the
>>> clamminess that fog can bring. Our cabins are so small that it doesn’t take
>>> long. This approach is an easy experiment to run, if you wish to try it: it
>>> involves no expense, no holes in the boat, and no time investment.
>>>
>>> Good luck,
>>>
>>> Gabriel
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Oct 22, 2021, at 6:47 AM, Chris <
c.s.dickson@...> wrote:
>>>
>>> Yep that’s what I was on about. OK thanks Antonio, just to get a colour
>>> match now…
>>>
>>> On Fri, 22 Oct 2021 at 12:43, Antonio Martinez <
>>>
middleriverstudio@...> wrote:
>>>
>>>> When you say 'blue black paint' I assume you mean gelcoat?
>>>> If yes, then just touch up with gelcoat and buff out...
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Oct 22, 2021 at 5:58 AM Chris <
c.s.dickson@...> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm looking for input on two unconnected things but thought I would
>>>>> reduce the load on people's inboxes by lumping them together.
>>>>>
>>>>> Heating: I have a small space heater that runs off shore power, and
>>>>> I've been reading up on diesel heaters e.g. Webasto, but does anyone have
>>>>> any experience with tiny stoves to burn wood or other fuel? Something like
>>>>> this <
https://anevaystoves.com/products/the-shepherd-stove> looks like
>>>>> it might just fit against the compression post with the middle cushion
>>>>> removed from the V berth. If anyone has any positive experiences or
>>>>> disastrous lessons learned from cast-iron stoves, I'm all ears.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Paint: Following some less-than-competent chain handling on a swinging
>>>>> mooring there are some ugly (and embarrassing) scratches on the topsides,
>>>>> a couple of which have gone through the lovely blue-black original paint of
>>>>> hull no. 423 and are showing white. How can I set about getting a paint
>>>>> match, and will it show up horribly if I just try to touch it up and buff
>>>>> in the edges? How urgently do I need to do this to avoid any damage to the
>>>>> GRP? (Bearing in mind they are nasty scratches, but there are no dents or
>>>>> cracks)
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks to all, once again! (and happy to make a contribution to the
>>>>> group's admin costs of course)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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