I've frozen too many times on boats.
On my coldest trip it hit 22 degrees and ice
was freezing on the deck. The little propane
heater on board was not working. We ran
the engine partly for the heat, mostly the get
the job done quickly.

What is the coldest you've seen Thom?

At temperatures below freezing I'd certainly
have a diesel cabin heater. And better yet a
heated pilothouse.

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Pelagic--triple roller head sails rigging, aluminum
hull.

Scroll down to the picture of the bow over the
Humpback.

http://www.pelagic.co.uk/charter/antarct.htm

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I've frozen too many times on boats.

On my coldest trip it hit 22 degrees and ice
was freezing on the deck. The little propane
heater on board was not working. We ran
the engine partly for the heat, mostly the get
the job done quickly.

What is the coldest you've seen Thom?

Bart

"Thom Stewart" wrote

Real sailors don't have to huddle inside the cabin around a homemade
heater at 50 degrees.

We high Latitude sailors sail for the pure pleasure of sailing.

Bart,

I have a Red Dot heater in the pilothouse and when its cold I run the
diesel at a fast idle for the Red Dot and the PH stays nice a warm. I
also have a "Heat Pal" which does a good job keeping the PH Cozy and I
can turn the top grill upside down and cook a stew are BBQ ribs. I've
found that running the engine for the Red Dot uses less fuel than the
Heat Pal. Both do a good job.

The coldest I've ever seen was a trip from Sag Harbor to Greenport on
Long Island Sound in a freezing rain. That was a lot of years ago and I
was a lot younger.

I've sailed a lot more in cold weather out here in the NW but have
managed to stay pretty comfortable. Winter Sailing can be fun; if you
set up for it.

Ole Thom


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NW Weather Chk

Temp; @ 6:00 AM 47' F Cloudy

Sorry Northeastern's! Looks like a pretty tough Blizzard.

Ole Thom