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Date Posted: 10:08:45 10/16/08 Thu
Author: Alexander
Subject: Re: Stoves.
In reply to: Mr. Lucky 's message, "Re: Stoves." on 06:22:58 10/16/08 Thu

You might want to think of cooking and heating as separate functions and it might be an idea to consider solving those two problems separately. In the winter, cooking can certainly be done on a heating type stove, but in summer it’s not that much fun to fire up a heater to do a bit of cooking or make a cup of tea or coffee. Kerosene and diesel oil are good energy sources but they are very expensive and not such a delight down below in a boat. They both smell and put out smoke and an oily film that ends up coating everything it can reach. Using gasoline or white gas is pretty much asking for a disaster in a closed environment like a boat. Unless you have a strong death wish, it might be a good idea to give those two a miss. The other big issue with open stoves—stoves that do not have a chimney and vent outside—is that you must have proper ventilation or you will soon use up all the air in the boat and find yourself heading for a better place or, at least, a much less conscious one. Having to keep hatches or ports open to provide survival amounts of air while trying to heat up the inside of the boat doesn’t seem very productive. Also, the water vapour which is produced through combustion tends to make everything damp and it’s already damp enough in a marine environment. You might do just as well to put on some warm clothing. For winter heating, there is really no substitute for a solid fuel stove with a proper chimney. They produce a dry heat, solve much of the problem of ventilation and, if you are burning wood, actually smell fairly good. Just a thought.

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  • Re: Stoves. -- Dan B, 16:40:25 10/16/08 Thu
  • Re: Stoves. -- Zombi (what am I missing?), 18:24:06 10/16/08 Thu
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