A friend made a particle board frame to hold a 5K BTU A/C in the companionway.
It was enough to chill the boat down on a hot night, but of course it was a pain
to get by. They gave it to me when they gave up dockside life - its in my guest
room now.

I suppose I wouldn't mind A/C but we lived without it while dockside in Florida
for 6 months (Winter, not Summer!).


"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
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Now I remember that post. I thought about using a small window unit, placed
in the cockpit using AC flex ducts for the cold air, but so far my two 12V
fans have been adequate.

--
Scott Vernon
Plowville PA __/)__/)__


"Scout" wrote in message
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I did a long winded post about a year ago in which I detailed how I
modified
a window unit (Wal-Mart 90 bucks) to make it a water cooled unit. 2 garden
hoses leave the cabin via flanged hose adapters in the anchor locker. It
works very much like the coolant system of a car. A small water pump
forces
fresh, heated water through a hose to a coil of copper tubing (performs
the
function of a radiator) which stows with the anchor when not in use, when
in
use, it simply lays in the water, hung from the forward rail, to transfer
cabin heat to the bay water. the cooled water returns to a home-made
refrigerant (freon)-to-water heat exchanger. The condensate drains to my
bilge and is pumped out as needed. I saw somewhere else where someone was
talking about bleach in the bilge (and Martha Stewart) -er ah, I do that
too
from time to time. It works well.
In all honesty, I'm too lazy to use it too often; only when I'm highly
motivated by discomfort to I use it.
Water cooled units are available commercially (they are used frequently in
commercial hvac work), but they can be pricey.
When I pulled into my slip in Beach Haven last summer, my closest neighbor
was a retired NASA engineer. The marina owner, who knew the engineer well,
asked me to time how long it took the engineer to ask "what the hell is
that
thing." It took 3 minutes.
Scout


"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
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*In* the V-berth? Where does the water drain? Hot air escape?




"Scout" wrote in message
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It never moves. It's pushed as far forward as it can go on my V-berth.
Scout

"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
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Where do you put the AC while it's running?


"Scout" wrote in message
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I got the ultra-quiet Honda genny (EU2000). It's light and quiet
and
has
no
problem with a 13,500 btu AC unit. A bit on the pricey side but a
nice
addition. We only use it when anchored and extremely hot/humid. We
leave
the
cabin open as the cool air tends to lay down below, unless the
mosquitoes
are feeding. The AC is hardly noticeable tucked as far forward as
can
be
(5000 btu).

Scout

"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
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They have small units for $65~$80 at appliance stores. Problem
as
I
see
it,
many who have AC stay at the dock on hot days.

--
Scott Vernon
Plowville PA __/)__/)__

"Scout" wrote in message

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What's stopping you from getting one? I would certainly have
had
one
if
they
were available in my day!
J. Slocum.

"Bart Senior" wrote
I wish I had Air Conditioning on the boat {snip}