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quilombo
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Initially Posted - 06/10/2008 : 06:33:54

Well if anybody has been around the NY NJ area the past couple of days they can tell you about the temperature. Yesterday it was 105 inside my cabin, with a fan on.
My question is,,,,,, has anybody installed air condtioning in their cabin.. Iknow they have units that fit over the top of the front hatch. Ive seen those, they work well Im sure , but with a 700 plus price tag, and if that wasnt enough, it just looks awful!! so with that said,., I thought I once read somebody mentioned here in one of these threads that they installed an air conditioner somewhere in the cabin. I have shore power and spend lots of time at the dock with friends etc, so I wouldnt mind having air.
any input here? I dare ask
You old salts gotta love me ha????

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ddlyle
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Response Posted - 06/10/2008 : 07:13:08

NO prob ... I'm with you man!!
I love AC, my next boat will definately have it.
Several people here have used various AC methods.
You can use the search tool to find their posts.
Some have installed a window unit in the quarterberth, where it exhausts into the sail locker on the port side of the cockpit. (There's a wood panel there in the quarterberth that can be cut out.)
Others have put a small window unit in the companionway while at dock, but that makes stepping over it difficult.
At my marina, there was a guy living aboard his C25 last year. I don't think he ever sailed.
He had the pop-top cover, and had a window unit sitting on top of the cabin, by the mast, with the pop top cover kind of draped around it. I think the AC was resting on some 2x4's, but I'm not sure. I should'a taken some pictures. I think duct tape might've been involved.

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quilombo
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Response Posted - 06/10/2008 : 07:31:53

great I was thinking of putting one in the cabin somewhere and wiring it up to the shore power circuit so it would always be avail,
a 5K btu unit should be plenty, , I hope, man its hot
by the way thats quite the bio you have there Capn Dave

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Daren
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Response Posted - 06/10/2008 : 08:57:11

There was a great article in Good Old Boat a few issues back that addressed this exact topic. I think the guy in the article did the entire project for $100.

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ddlyle
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Response Posted - 06/10/2008 : 21:39:55

Thanks Guglielmo,
I need to change my bio. I haven't captained the Stars and Stripes for a few years since the mast broke one day with 31 people on board. The mast on that boat is like 91 feet high! Thank God I wasn't working that day and thank God no-one was hurt. They were just sailing in 10 - 15 knots of wind in the sound with little traffic and nice conditions when the mast just broke about 1/3rd the way up. I think the stainless rod shrouds gave way (after 20+ years). I have used my master's license to work on a couple other sailboats here in sunny Hilton Head,(besides my C25). And now I'm a little more realistic. I figure it's too much responsibility to live aboard and captain someone else's boat. When I hear of a boating accident (like the cruise ship that hit the bridge recently in NY or the Staten Island ferry that forgot to stop) I REALLY feel sorry for the captain. GOD what an awesome responsibility. Crap happens and I don't want to face the music!! I'd rather use my own boat for fun and a couple of brews.

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Response Posted - 06/10/2008 : 21:59:40

I recently purchased a 6,500 Btu window a/c at Lowes for something like $109.00. It fits perfectly in the lower part of the companionway opening and will bring the temp down to 65 degrees in the late afternoon in about 20 minutes. During the heat of the day you can get it down in the 70's.

At this time I currently slide it in place, stuff some towels around the sides and top, pull the hatch closed and enjoy the cool. Last Saturday afternoon it was in the low 90's and I left the hatch open part of the way and it still got reasonably comfortable (I was going in and out a lot).

I plan on cutting some foam rubber to conform to the top and sides. I'll probably attach some sort of light weight water repellent fabric to the outside of the foam to keep it from absorbing water when it rains.

The unit is only about 20" high so it's not very hard to step up and over the unit with it in the companionway. The unit weighs approx. 50 pounds. If I want to go sailing I just lift it out of the opening and slide it into the quarter-berth on some of that non-slip material you use under place mats. For me it's the simplest and easiest way to enjoy the cool.

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