[Rhodes22-list] Winter Sailing - butane stove

[Wally Buck]

I have overnighted on by boat quite often with lows in the 30s. My Butane 
stove has never had any problem getting hot enough for my espresso maker!  I 
use electric heater doc side and dress warm when I am ovrnighting.  I keep 
the air moving and do not have a major problem with condensation inside. 
Dress warm, make your own heat.

Wally
>From: "Grayson/Ena Lynn" <agl2001 at earthlink.net>
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>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Winter Sailing
>Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 11:48:41 -0500
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>But don't worry.  At 40 degrees the butane stove delivers a pretty feeble
>flame, and after a night of cooking and breathing in a closed-up boat,
>condensation on both sides of all fiberglass surfaces will pretty well
>saturate everything beyond the possibility of combustion.
>
><G>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Bill Effros" <bill at effros.com>
>To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 10:04 AM
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Winter Sailing
>
>
>Al,
>
>The short answer is "no".
>
>There are a lot of ways to fudge that answer, and some techniques are safer
>than others, but in the end you always wind up doing something in a tiny
>floating space that you would never consider doing in the bedroom closet of
>your house.
>
>I take it you are talking about Florida winters.  Rik and Roger are talking
>about Michigan and ... Minnesota?...winters.  The solutions are very
>different.
>
>If I were you, I would just dress for the occasion.  There is plenty of
>thermal clothing that can keep you toasty.  There are personal chemical
>heaters that can warm you up.  Look in hunters catalogs.  As soon as you 
>get
>up to make the coffee, your cook stove will warm your space in short order.
>I find I can comfortably sail when the outside temperature reaches 55
>degrees.
>
>Bill Effros
>
>
>
>
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>Brian M. Riedl
>Heritage Foundation
>November 24, 2003
>
>Source:
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: Al Miller
>To: Rhodes List
>Cc: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 11:47 PM
>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Winter Sailing
>
>
>Hi All,
>Michelle and I did not have time to sail this summer.  Work and hurricanes!
>We plan to sail long weekends over Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years.
>The temp will probably drop to  the low 40's during the evening, maybe 
>more.
>We do have the boom-room.
>
>My question is this.  Is there a safe heat source for when it is really 
>cold
>out?  We know how to layer our clothing and such, but we're curious about
>SAFE heat sources.  We will be carrying 12-15 gallons of gasoline in two
>regulation 6.5 outboard containers.  Should we hang them over the side at
>night?  Does Coleman make a SAFE (read- not explosive!) heater.  Any
>experienced answers appreciated.  We don't care to be a "Pan Pan Pan, Be
>advised that there is a reported 22 foot sailboat afire 5 miles off
>Clearwater Beach on channel 16.  Any vessels with further information 
>please
>contact the Coast Guard!!  :-)
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Al & Michelle-Tampa, FL
>S/V Mishka
>
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