[Public-List] [Member-List] 10/26 Reedville

[Robert Kirk]

At 06:54 PM 10/25/2011, Jim Davis wrote:
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>New for this trip is a small solid fuel fireplace to keep the cabin warm, 
>it has been used every night so far on this trip.

Jim... What do you mean by solid fuel? Isobar came with a good sized 'pot 
bellied stove' sorta, which I've never used and has been stored in my 
garage attic. It has an ingenious design to fit in a fiddle on the port 
settee with a charlie noble stack through a removable scuttle in the cabin 
top. It even has a cooktop. I've sometimes thought of trying it out, but 
I'm a fair weather sailor; winter sailing is not my dish. Besides, I'm not 
sure what to burn in it. It was probably made before the days of packaged 
wood chips, which might work well. Otherwise ,I can't see keeping a stock 
of cordwood in the forepeak. A bag of coal is probably the most efficient 
but tough to find at your local marina. Can a wood stove burn coal 
efficiently or vice versa?

Bob Kirk
Isobar #181


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