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TomA
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Initially Posted - 03/25/2003 : 12:44:33

I bought a 1989 wing keel 25 last July and shortly afterward joined our association. The boat is great for gunkholing around the bays and of the northern Gulf of Mexico. I've really learned a lot by hanging around and looking at at various posts, but have never said hello.

I do, however, have a question about the old pressurized Origo stove. Mine lights well and doesn't flare up; however, I'm not sure whether the flame is as large and hot as it should be. The flame can best be described as a gentle blue ring that surrounds the burner openings. The flame has very little height (as my old Svea gasoline backpacking stove). It seems to blow out rather easily. If I add a few pumps, the added pressure seems to make the flame even more fragile. Is this the nature of the stove, or is mine underperforming? Thanks!

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Gloss
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Response Posted - 03/25/2003 : 13:10:37

Hi Tom

Welcome
I am a new owner of an 89 wing keel too. I haven't even tried the curtain burner yet. I'm working on other issues.

Do you have a manual for the curtain burner?

Where in the gulf do you sail? I have a trailer for mine and was thinking of coming to the gulf in May

Frank Gloss
89WK/TR

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jlouder
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Response Posted - 03/25/2003 : 13:18:06

I bought my 88 Wing Keel last year but I the stove and I have not met. I do have the owners manual if you need any information just give me a shout.

Jim Loudermilk
"Amazing Grace" WK #5768

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TomA
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Response Posted - 03/25/2003 : 13:22:17

Thanks, Frank. I don't have a manual for the stove (or for much of anything for that matter). Ownership of my 25 has been a voyage of discovery.

I've been sailing in Bon Secur and Mobile bay. That's behind Gulf Shores, Alabama. I bought a cruising guide to the northern gulf and plan to use it to discover other areas this summer. There's a manmade cut that connects Mobile Bay and the easterly bays that pass through Orange Beach, Pensacola, etc. The sailing sounds great. (If you like white sand and emerald water!!)

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Douglas
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Response Posted - 03/25/2003 : 13:37:21

Sounds like the mettering jet is pluged up.

Doug&Ruth
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Tacoma Wa.

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Steve Milby
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Response Posted - 03/25/2003 : 14:00:04

Frank,

If you're looking for good Gulf coast cruising, the west coast of Florida between Tampa Bay and Ft. Myers is as good as it gets. There are two big bays on the west coast (Tampa Bay and Charlotte Harbor) where you can explore and gunkhole, and it's neat to sail out through the big Tampa Bay Bridge. South of Tampa Bay there is a chain of islands that are parallel to the west coast. You can sail south on the Intracoastal Waterway, which runs between those islands and the mainland, or, in nice weather you can sail out in the Gulf of Mexico. All along the way there are nice marinas, restaurants and anchorages. South of Boca Grande Pass (which leads into Charlotte Harbor) there is a nice little stopover called Cabbage Key, and the most beautiful resort on the west coast, South Seas Plantation. You can find neat places to shop, or you can find isolation if you prefer.

Navigation in the ICW is easy, as long as you stay in the marked channel. Outside the channels it gets shallow fast, but it's no problem as long as you watch your charts.

Steve Milby "Captiva Wind" C-25 T/FK #2554

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Response Posted - 03/26/2003 : 08:48:35

The screen on top of the burner comes off when rotated a few degrees. A piece of very fine, stiff wire will clean ot the jet. I've serviced the burners on Teasel several times; it's not very hard.

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TomA
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Response Posted - 03/26/2003 : 08:55:10

Thanks. Sounds like my problem is a clogged jet. I appreciate the advice!

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Champipple
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Response Posted - 03/26/2003 : 13:49:00

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Sounds like the mettering jet is pluged up.

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All you need to fix that is some pliers, and a set of 30 weight ball bearings (it's all ball bearing nowadays) And you'll also need about 10 quarts of antifreeze, preferably Prestone. No, make that Quaker State.

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Bryan Beamer
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Response Posted - 03/26/2003 : 14:22:38

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Bryan Beamer
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