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Wood-Stove in the Sailboat
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The New Year is here. January 3rd, 2010 [twenty-ten].
It has certainly decided to be winter here too. December 31st, 2009 was 72 degrees and beautiful. Yesterday, today, and apparently most of the week, it is supposed to be well below normal. A day here or a day there below normal happens often. I guess you could say, it is normal. LOL However, 3,4,5 days or more below normal is VERY unusual. Rare.
The "normal" low and high for this time of year is 40 and 59, give or take a degree... We are having temps, for at least a week, more than 10 degrees lower. Like 26-27 for lows and highs right around 49-50. Brrrrr.
So needless to say, we are no longer running the airconditioner, we are running the heater! Speaking of heat, we added a wood-stove to the boat after Thanksgiving weekend. Here is a photo of our new wood-stove.
Pretty darn HOT huh?? Well we think so! Hahaha
You can operate it on flame only, flame and low heat, or flame and high heat. Oh yeah, did I mention it is electric? Hey, it is a sailboat and as much as I LOVE a wood-stove (we heated the house for 18 years with wood) I didn't want to install a "real" stove in the boat.
To be honest, this little stove is pretty neat. We really, really, like it.
Well, I pray the winter is treating you well. Stay warm and have some fun while living life.
Rob
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Your new "Fire" looks real neat
I have a wood stove on "Gandalf" it is about 9" dia and about 18" high..it is made of S/S , we burn wood, drift wood, pine cones or coal...it sure heats up the cabin in no time... would love an electric one but would need a very long power cable at times...lol... the onlt dissadvantage is I have to take off the chimney extension above decks when on the move as it would catch on the boom..
When at anchor etc I just swing the boom away outboard and tie it there to keep the main well clear of the chimney and any heat... heating is a must here as we get winter temps down to 0C in the frosty season and many days 8--15C during the winter and spring..
ok take care and enjoy life
regards,
Geedee
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