I use acrylic art paint to touch up the inevitable small scratches in our dark green topsides. Can be mixed to match. Looks fine from 10 ft. Easy and quick. Surprisingly durable. Nick Get Outlook

On the rectangular bronze opening portlights the gasket seems to be embedded with the glass. It looks like you can't remove the gasket without removing the glass. Anybody have experience replacing

Back in the 90's I had my first Origo in my O'Day 272 and I was surprised how well it cooked but when it was raining and I had to keep the boat boarded up it gave me a headache but like Antonio said,

One downside with using the Origio alcohol stove to heat with, is that when cold we of course like to keep the boat buttoned-up. Alcohol stoves produce CO and should definitely not be used w/out

Alcohol is also the only fuel whose conflagration is extinguishable with water. Now that we no longer use pressurized fuel tanks, that is to me a pretty overwhelming safety consideration. GABRIEL

Propane worked great

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 Sent from my

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

I am definitely going to try that trick Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

That's a fair point Gabriel. I guess it's a good sign then that I broke two bowls when they slipped free of the storm boards crossing the Solent last week. But if it's just a small-ish pot it could go

Ours came with a pot, stowed under the sink. Still there and I recon it’s been jostled a bit 😂 It would only come out at anchor so I don’t see any issues. We have real coffee mugs, and other

The terra cotta flower pot is nice as a hypothesis, and perhaps in practice too if the boat is never untied, but in the real world things like that tend tohave a short half-life on a boat that is

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! a

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

I like the idea of a pc of metal. I have also heard of an inverted terracotta flower pot over the burner.

And another solution which I found convenient for my 17' "egg" camper:

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

Gelcoat can be a PIA - it 'kicks' quickly, clogs spray equip, hard to buy in small quantities (tho there are repair kits?), but it's the real deal. I'd clean up edges of scratches and brush on with

Yep that’s what I was on about. OK thanks Antonio, just to get a colour match now…

When you say 'blue black paint' I assume you mean gelcoat? If yes, then just touch up with gelcoat and buff out...