A clay flower pot upside down over the stove burner.

G
"rosso" wrote in message
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Hi!

I am planning a small sailing trip this winter and would like some advice
on heating.

We'll be sailing in the northern adriatic sea by christmas time. Water
temperature by that time are still above 10 deg. C. (up to 13, it seems).
The boat is about 35' and with no kind of heating/cooling system (well,
it has a fridge).

My main concern is to get the "dinette" warm (at least) for a couple of
hours a day, from when we stop sailing to when we go to sleep. Warm means
being able to eat without wearing heavy jackets and being able to dry wet
clothes.

Since this is a first-time experience i will not buy some expensive (but
surely VERY useful) system (like WEBASTO). It could even be the last time,
so I was trying to do it cheap.

I have some experience in dinghy winter-sailing (snow, ice, blue hands,
etc. etc.). But that's kind of different, because after a couple of hours
you can always have a warm shower and bed!

So any kind of other advice would be greatly appreciated!

thanks
-michele-

Let me second Gordon's suggestion. We live in NW Washington state, where
the winters are not bitter cold, but bloody chilly. A flower pot--make SURE
it is clay, and not plastic--about 6-8" in diameter will do an amazing job
of heating the cabin, with radiant heat that seems to permeate all over the
place. It is a very effective, very cheap sort of makeshift heater, but
should do the trick for you. Cheers.


"Gordon" wrote in message
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A clay flower pot upside down over the stove burner.

G
"rosso" wrote in message
news
Hi!

I am planning a small sailing trip this winter and would like some advice
on heating.

We'll be sailing in the northern adriatic sea by christmas time. Water
temperature by that time are still above 10 deg. C. (up to 13, it seems).
The boat is about 35' and with no kind of heating/cooling system (well,
it has a fridge).

My main concern is to get the "dinette" warm (at least) for a couple of
hours a day, from when we stop sailing to when we go to sleep. Warm means
being able to eat without wearing heavy jackets and being able to dry wet
clothes.

Since this is a first-time experience i will not buy some expensive (but
surely VERY useful) system (like WEBASTO). It could even be the last
time,
so I was trying to do it cheap.

I have some experience in dinghy winter-sailing (snow, ice, blue hands,
etc. etc.). But that's kind of different, because after a couple of hours
you can always have a warm shower and bed!

So any kind of other advice would be greatly appreciated!

thanks
-michele-

I 'pologize for shouting, but this is important.

Putting a flowerpot over a stove heater is a recipe for carbon monoxide.
If you want to die, go ahead and do this for heat in your boat.


"Gordon" wrote ...
A clay flower pot upside down over the stove burner.


R.W. Behan wrote:
Let me second Gordon's suggestion. We live in NW Washington state, where
the winters are not bitter cold, but bloody chilly. A flower pot--make SURE
it is clay, and not plastic--about 6-8" in diameter will do an amazing job
of heating the cabin, with radiant heat that seems to permeate all over the
place. It is a very effective, very cheap sort of makeshift heater, but
should do the trick for you.

The problem here is that there is no way of guessing what the airflow
into the burner is going to be, or the exhaust... most flowerpots have a
small hole in the bottom which becomes the exhaust. A flowerpot over the
burner creates a partial recirculation of air within a combustion
chamber, with the result that it will *always* produce a higher
percentage of carbon monoxide than an open flame, and there is a high
risk that it will put out dangerous levels of CO.

Remember too, CO builds up in the body, you can suffocate from CO
poisoning in the presence of fresh air.

In short, using a flowerpot over a stove burner to heat the cabin is a
BAD IDEA!

Regards
Doug King

I've heard of using a large piece of marble (such as fancy kitchen
counter tops are made of) to place on top of the stove to act as a
radiat heating device.


DSK wrote:

I 'pologize for shouting, but this is important.

Putting a flowerpot over a stove heater is a recipe for carbon monoxide.
If you want to die, go ahead and do this for heat in your boat.


"Gordon" wrote ...
A clay flower pot upside down over the stove burner.


R.W. Behan wrote:
Let me second Gordon's suggestion. We live in NW Washington state, where
the winters are not bitter cold, but bloody chilly. A flower pot--make SURE
it is clay, and not plastic--about 6-8" in diameter will do an amazing job
of heating the cabin, with radiant heat that seems to permeate all over the
place. It is a very effective, very cheap sort of makeshift heater, but
should do the trick for you.

The problem here is that there is no way of guessing what the airflow
into the burner is going to be, or the exhaust... most flowerpots have a
small hole in the bottom which becomes the exhaust. A flowerpot over the
burner creates a partial recirculation of air within a combustion
chamber, with the result that it will *always* produce a higher
percentage of carbon monoxide than an open flame, and there is a high
risk that it will put out dangerous levels of CO.

Remember too, CO builds up in the body, you can suffocate from CO
poisoning in the presence of fresh air.

In short, using a flowerpot over a stove burner to heat the cabin is a
BAD IDEA!

Regards
Doug King

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