Latest
- Photos from Our Halloween Party
- Election Reflection: Some Positive Thoughts
- This is a defeat of dumbassery and fear.
- The same fools who gave us the Worst President Eve...
- Call me a crank, but Halloween cocktails are bulls...
- This "Socialism" charge is code for "take white pe...
- When the right wing guy at the Army surplus store ...
- In Defense of Reid Stowe
- Borneo Trip Put Off for Now.
- The chicken or the platter of shit with bits of br...
Best of
Archives
- July 2004
- November 2004
- December 2004
- January 2005
- February 2005
- March 2005
- April 2005
- May 2005
- June 2005
- July 2005
- August 2005
- September 2005
- October 2005
- November 2005
- December 2005
- January 2006
- February 2006
- March 2006
- April 2006
- May 2006
- June 2006
- July 2006
- August 2006
- September 2006
- October 2006
- November 2006
- December 2006
- January 2007
- February 2007
- March 2007
- April 2007
- May 2007
- June 2007
- July 2007
- August 2007
- September 2007
- October 2007
- November 2007
- December 2007
- January 2008
- February 2008
- March 2008
- April 2008
- May 2008
- June 2008
- July 2008
- August 2008
- September 2008
- October 2008
- November 2008
- December 2008
- January 2009
- February 2009
- March 2009
- April 2009
- May 2009
- June 2009
- July 2009
- August 2009
- September 2009
- October 2009
- November 2009
- December 2009
- January 2010
- February 2010
- March 2010
- April 2010
- June 2010
- July 2010
- September 2010
- October 2010
- November 2010
- December 2010
- January 2011
- February 2011
- March 2011
- June 2011
- July 2011
- August 2011
- September 2011
- November 2011
- July 2012
- October 2012
Blanketing opinions that I'll probably regret soon.
Saturday, November 08, 2008
This Fall Weather Makes Me Want a Wood-Burning Stove for the Sailboat
Fireplaces get me through winter. The problem is that my new house sadly does not have one and I'm now dreading the coldest part of winter.
And thanks to Mr. Russ and his blog, I'm wanting a wood stove for my sailboat even more. It certainly would increase my sailing season because I usually don't sail during December, January or February. I've never met Russ, but he seems to have a damn good life; he has a pretty wife, lives on the coast, and spends his days working on and sailing his old-style wooden boat. He sails in my style too --- apathetic about speed, he usually heads out past the point, heaves to, and cooks up some thick toast in an iron skillet on his wood-burning stove, then spikes his hot tea with a nip of British rum. That's living.
I found the stove company's website and can get one for about $700 but have no idea how to install it. I hardly use my boat's wet locker, so I could probably put it there. (Don't mind my wife's bikini hanging there):
Who needs a stupid wet locker when I could put in an actual wood-burning stove. The problem is that I'd only use it three or four months out of the year.
Is it worth it? I'd be interested in anyone's opinion, but especially those who've sailed with me.
And thanks to Mr. Russ and his blog, I'm wanting a wood stove for my sailboat even more. It certainly would increase my sailing season because I usually don't sail during December, January or February. I've never met Russ, but he seems to have a damn good life; he has a pretty wife, lives on the coast, and spends his days working on and sailing his old-style wooden boat. He sails in my style too --- apathetic about speed, he usually heads out past the point, heaves to, and cooks up some thick toast in an iron skillet on his wood-burning stove, then spikes his hot tea with a nip of British rum. That's living.
I found the stove company's website and can get one for about $700 but have no idea how to install it. I hardly use my boat's wet locker, so I could probably put it there. (Don't mind my wife's bikini hanging there):
Who needs a stupid wet locker when I could put in an actual wood-burning stove. The problem is that I'd only use it three or four months out of the year.
Is it worth it? I'd be interested in anyone's opinion, but especially those who've sailed with me.
Comments:
<< Home
I've always wanted one for my own 30' boat. I fear no project, but I would have the same problem figuring out where to put it.
A buddy of mine has one, but it's way smaller than the one you have pictured here. (His boat is also 30'.) And he just throws in little wood chips. Makes it nice and toasty. So toasty that once he needed to back it off a little as the fiberglass started to get a little mushy.
It'd be a salty addition, though, like an oil lantern. Or a whaler's harpoon. Something like that.
A buddy of mine has one, but it's way smaller than the one you have pictured here. (His boat is also 30'.) And he just throws in little wood chips. Makes it nice and toasty. So toasty that once he needed to back it off a little as the fiberglass started to get a little mushy.
It'd be a salty addition, though, like an oil lantern. Or a whaler's harpoon. Something like that.
Wow, dude, that is a lot of weight to have on one side of the boat. I know you don't race but it would really suck to have port tack dramatically slower than starboard. Could you center it somehow?
Then again I live in California and it doesn't get that cold here (except in the Summer) so I might not appreciate the warmth as much as someone who can sail in snow.
Then again I live in California and it doesn't get that cold here (except in the Summer) so I might not appreciate the warmth as much as someone who can sail in snow.
Captain,
I Think it wold be a fine addition. As to the weight on one side I would say that the batteries would offset as well as the weight of the wood that would need to be burned. I would look into a pellet stove version. Easier to manage than wood on a boat and a bag will last all day at 3 to 4 dollars a bag. Other than that I would say Go for it.
Colin
I Think it wold be a fine addition. As to the weight on one side I would say that the batteries would offset as well as the weight of the wood that would need to be burned. I would look into a pellet stove version. Easier to manage than wood on a boat and a bag will last all day at 3 to 4 dollars a bag. Other than that I would say Go for it.
Colin
No question, you should! Living in Chicago, I don't have the option like some of you to keep my boat in the water year-round. If one of these could get me out on the winter water...hell yeah!
I've been on a friend's boat that had one...worth it's weight (pun intended) in gold. Chicks dig it too, as I'm sure your wife would.
I've been on a friend's boat that had one...worth it's weight (pun intended) in gold. Chicks dig it too, as I'm sure your wife would.
GREEN LIGHT!!
If you can find a small one, it would be unbeleivable for atmosphere.
You would sail in the winter just to sit in your cabin and sip whiskey while the snow falls outside.
If you can find a small one, it would be unbeleivable for atmosphere.
You would sail in the winter just to sit in your cabin and sip whiskey while the snow falls outside.
LB, a suggestion. How about a corn burning stove?
I don't know much about them but an environmental friend of mine just advocated them to me. Apparently they emit zero smoke and particulate matter. Plus it would be a gret conversation piece.
I don't know much about them but an environmental friend of mine just advocated them to me. Apparently they emit zero smoke and particulate matter. Plus it would be a gret conversation piece.
Jason,
This is the stove I want --- "The Sardine." It measures 12"X12"x11". I think it would fit perfectly in the wet locker, only reducing that space a small amount.
Shrubs,
I could burn anything I want in that stove --- corn, wood, coal, etc.
This is the stove I want --- "The Sardine." It measures 12"X12"x11". I think it would fit perfectly in the wet locker, only reducing that space a small amount.
Shrubs,
I could burn anything I want in that stove --- corn, wood, coal, etc.
Yeah it was could yesterday.
Store you wood on the other side…
I think you’re my evil twin.
Check out my stuff at www.chesapeake-photography.com
Dave
Seafarer 26, West River
Store you wood on the other side…
I think you’re my evil twin.
Check out my stuff at www.chesapeake-photography.com
Dave
Seafarer 26, West River
Youmustgetonenow.
LBII will be even better. You can still use the wet locker a little bit in the summer - especially if you rig the chimney to be removable!
LBII will be even better. You can still use the wet locker a little bit in the summer - especially if you rig the chimney to be removable!
What a treat! Stopping by for my weekly dose of Lonnie and lo and behold there's my little Sardine.
Thanks for the kind words; I'll be thinking of you tomorrow morning while the tea steeps.
By all means try to fit one on your boat. It will give you an excuse to extend your sailing season.
Stop by if you find yourself in the neighborhood.
Best,
Russ
Post a Comment
Thanks for the kind words; I'll be thinking of you tomorrow morning while the tea steeps.
By all means try to fit one on your boat. It will give you an excuse to extend your sailing season.
Stop by if you find yourself in the neighborhood.
Best,
Russ
<< Home
Web Counters