[Rhodes22-list] I'm just sort of wondering

[Hank]

John,

I'm pretty sure that propane fridges have to be stable and level to work
properly, not something you would usually find on a sailboat.  If it was
practical and affordable, you can be assured taht someone would have
marketed it by now.

Hank

On 8/28/06, johnp <jhnpldng at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>
> I've done it a few times and had my boat less than a year. Always at the
> slip
> and usually because I wanted to sail 'til 9 or so and still wanted to get
> an
> early start on boat fix ups. It's been a bit too hot here in FL to be
> comfortable sleeping in a boat lately. Still a bit nervous about the
> anchoring thing though. Need more rode and more experience anchoring while
> I'm awake before I'll be comfortable while sleeping.
> P.S. Who's ready to invent a tiny air conditioner to cool a space hmmm
> maybe
> the size of a 22 foot sailboat? It must be able to run off of two 12Volt
> deep cycle batteries for 10 hours. The fridge in my travel trailer will
> run
> on propane. No compressor. That system along with a low amp blower fan
> would
> do the trick.
>
> cjlowe wrote:
> >
> > How many on  the list overnight on their boats? How many nights in the
> > slip-on the mooring-or at anchor?
> > I've spent 15 nights on Country Rhodes this year, 8 at a transient slip
> in
> > Sandusky Bay , one night anchored out by Cedar Point in the bay,and the
> > other six anchored out in my home lake at Charles Mill State Park. I
> only
> > got rained on once this year,not to bad where I was at ,but 80 mi. east
> of
> > me they got 10" and major flooding that night. I just love sleeping on
> the
> > boat,unlimited sundowners and no drive home!
> >
> > Jerry Lowe
> > S/V Country Rhodes
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