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delliottg
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Response Posted - 05/27/2008 :  15:51:17  Show Profile  Visit delliottg's Homepage
Randy,
If you haven't completely given up on the generator idea, we bought a [url="http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Quiet-KIPOR-Digital-KGE1000Ti-Gas-power-Generator_W0QQitemZ180245378305QQihZ008QQcategoryZ16039QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]Kipor generator[/url] after the last giant windstorm left us w/o power for a week. This is the same guy (Yuri) that I bought mine from in Tacoma. I have the next size up, but even it's as quiet as a mouse. At 10', it's almost inaudible. Put it out on your dink with a sealed 10ga extension cord and you're in business.

This is [url="http://www.kipor.com/prouducts_detail.asp?info_id=152"]the one we have[/url]. Cost $750, he usually sells them on Ebay for $800 including shipping.
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Tom Potter
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Response Posted - 05/27/2008 :  18:21:07  Show Profile
Hey guys, its almost summer! We need to be discussing AIR CONDITIONS!
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Steve Blackburn
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Response Posted - 05/27/2008 :  19:25:52  Show Profile  Visit Steve Blackburn's Homepage
Nope, up here we still are talking about heaters. :-( BTW: Going sailing for the first time this season tomrrow!
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stampeder
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Response Posted - 05/27/2008 :  21:02:19  Show Profile
We spent the weekend on our boat two weeks ago (long weekend) and made good use of our gel bags.
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1981capri
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Response Posted - 05/29/2008 :  15:49:22  Show Profile
Just for reference, we have one of the Origo Heat Pals that was shown at the start of this thread and like it very much. It is perfect for the Capri 25 because it doubles as an alcohol stove. Our little "galley" doesn't have room for a permanent built in stove. It works great to get up in the morning and put the tea kettle on to heat water for coffee and then put the top on it and it heats the cabin up quickly. The combustion products of alcohol are H2O and CO2 so it doesn't pose the risk of CO poisoning. We only use it with the hatches open, under the boom tent so we have ventilation. I wouldn't use any unvented combustion heater in a closed cabin.
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Stu Jackson C34
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Response Posted - 05/29/2008 :  17:37:23  Show Profile
We have a Coleman catalytic heater for when at anchor and a small Ace Hardware electric heater when shore-side. Both are enough to take the chill off, but neither to create full cabin warmth - ya still gotta get dressed, dagnabbit! We've used the pot on the stove to good effect, too.
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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 05/29/2008 :  18:08:55  Show Profile
I think I'll pick up a silenced .22 for those dinks with generators running heaters or air coditioners and TVs playing SNL. <i><b>PT</b></i>-PSSssss... silence.
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Steve Blackburn
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Response Posted - 05/29/2008 :  21:21:29  Show Profile  Visit Steve Blackburn's Homepage
Do they sell bullet proof PFD's?
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Nautiduck
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Response Posted - 05/31/2008 :  22:18:01  Show Profile
Thanks all for the advice re heaters. A local outdoor store had the Mr Heater Buddy's on sale so we picked one up. I like the fact that it has the low-air turn off. Coupled with our CO2 detector and leaving some ventilation open I feel that this will be a safe unit to warm up the cabin.

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RCarie
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Response Posted - 06/01/2008 :  08:54:28  Show Profile
Yes, I have one and am quite pleased with it. It provides heat, unlike the simple catalytic propane one that I found! It has a very low center of gravity, it's stable when under sail, it's portable, and it will warm up the cabin. I bought it to match the Origo 3000 stove that I installed a few years ago. A single fuel source seemed like a smart thing to do. For safety notes: I lash the heater to a secured point when under sail and I don't use it when sleeping.

Randy
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Steve Blackburn
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Response Posted - 06/01/2008 :  13:37:13  Show Profile  Visit Steve Blackburn's Homepage
Excellent choice Randy. You mention a CO2 detector, don't you mean a CO detector? Maybe just a typo on your part but just to make sure:

CO = Carbon Monoxide
CO2 = Carbon Dioxide

You can get poisioning from both, however in the case of CO2 the problem is that it takes the place of Oxygen not a good thing for us humans (this includes Canadians). CO2 is a normal byproduct of the body's metabolism, animals actually exhale CO2 and the plant life inhales CO2. CO is the stuff that comes out of your car exhaust, not good at all. CO is a common by-product produced when fossil fuels are burned like a Mr. Heater.

So does your detector do both CO and CO2? Both detector types exist but I would think you want a CO detector.
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Nautiduck
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Response Posted - 06/01/2008 :  16:01:24  Show Profile
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