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On 3/25/2012 1:29 PM, wrote: On Sun, 25 Mar 2012 08:51:32 -0400, wrote: In , says... On Sat, 24 Mar 2012 08:55:55 -0700 (PDT), Frogwatch wrote: Cruising around the Abacos with my wife and 15 yr old daughter on my 28' sailboat. I have a home built 2-paw-9 nesting dinghy with oars, no engine. She sorta fits on the foredeck but must be assembled in the water as there is not enough room on the foredeck. She rows very well and my daughter who is in Crew enjoyed rowing us around much to everyone elses amusement. However, as we had the furthest mooring from town, rowing to shore is not something you want to do more'n twice a day. It seems that long distance rowing will be necessary in the future too with moorings and anchorages. Worse, the dinghy really obstructs my forward view on deck and tows very poorly. So, I gave her away in Marsh Harbor. On to dinghy experiment #5 (cheap rowing inflatable, hard shell Nautilus, inflatable kayak, 2-Paw-9) so I would like some ideas. I might be amenable to having a motor on the dinghy. The dinghies I see around here have a little kicker on them. The nicest seem to be small 4 strokes, good on gas, quiet running, no smoke and still not to heavy to horse around. There is a company selling a little propane powered kicker but it is not going to be cheap to run if you are using those coleman cylinders. That still might be worth it if you don't really use it much and you don't want to be trying to store gasoline safely and for any period of time.. Interesting. You could always get an adapter to charge the Coleman tanks from your 20# tank. I have seen those but you are not really supposed to refill those tanks. From my experience, the seals are not that good if you connect and disconnect them very often. I usually take the torch head off of mine when I put it away and I have had more than a couple tanks that leaked. You are absolutely not supposed to refill those things. I admit, some rules like that I don't always follow, but that one I do... I won't refill the small torch tanks. Why not? The pressure in the 20# tank is the same as the one pound tank. |
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On 3/27/2012 8:51 AM, iBoaterer wrote:
In , says... On 3/25/2012 1:29 PM, wrote: On Sun, 25 Mar 2012 08:51:32 -0400, wrote: In , says... On Sat, 24 Mar 2012 08:55:55 -0700 (PDT), Frogwatch wrote: Cruising around the Abacos with my wife and 15 yr old daughter on my 28' sailboat. I have a home built 2-paw-9 nesting dinghy with oars, no engine. She sorta fits on the foredeck but must be assembled in the water as there is not enough room on the foredeck. She rows very well and my daughter who is in Crew enjoyed rowing us around much to everyone elses amusement. However, as we had the furthest mooring from town, rowing to shore is not something you want to do more'n twice a day. It seems that long distance rowing will be necessary in the future too with moorings and anchorages. Worse, the dinghy really obstructs my forward view on deck and tows very poorly. So, I gave her away in Marsh Harbor. On to dinghy experiment #5 (cheap rowing inflatable, hard shell Nautilus, inflatable kayak, 2-Paw-9) so I would like some ideas. I might be amenable to having a motor on the dinghy. The dinghies I see around here have a little kicker on them. The nicest seem to be small 4 strokes, good on gas, quiet running, no smoke and still not to heavy to horse around. There is a company selling a little propane powered kicker but it is not going to be cheap to run if you are using those coleman cylinders. That still might be worth it if you don't really use it much and you don't want to be trying to store gasoline safely and for any period of time.. Interesting. You could always get an adapter to charge the Coleman tanks from your 20# tank. I have seen those but you are not really supposed to refill those tanks. From my experience, the seals are not that good if you connect and disconnect them very often. I usually take the torch head off of mine when I put it away and I have had more than a couple tanks that leaked. You are absolutely not supposed to refill those things. I admit, some rules like that I don't always follow, but that one I do... I won't refill the small torch tanks. Why not? The pressure in the 20# tank is the same as the one pound tank. Federal law forbids it. Are you willing to risk a $500,000.00 fine and/or 5 years in jail? -- http://tinyurl.com/75bq9db |
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On 3/27/2012 8:51 AM, iBoaterer wrote:
In , says... On 3/25/2012 1:29 PM, wrote: On Sun, 25 Mar 2012 08:51:32 -0400, wrote: In , says... On Sat, 24 Mar 2012 08:55:55 -0700 (PDT), Frogwatch wrote: Cruising around the Abacos with my wife and 15 yr old daughter on my 28' sailboat. I have a home built 2-paw-9 nesting dinghy with oars, no engine. She sorta fits on the foredeck but must be assembled in the water as there is not enough room on the foredeck. She rows very well and my daughter who is in Crew enjoyed rowing us around much to everyone elses amusement. However, as we had the furthest mooring from town, rowing to shore is not something you want to do more'n twice a day. It seems that long distance rowing will be necessary in the future too with moorings and anchorages. Worse, the dinghy really obstructs my forward view on deck and tows very poorly. So, I gave her away in Marsh Harbor. On to dinghy experiment #5 (cheap rowing inflatable, hard shell Nautilus, inflatable kayak, 2-Paw-9) so I would like some ideas. I might be amenable to having a motor on the dinghy. The dinghies I see around here have a little kicker on them. The nicest seem to be small 4 strokes, good on gas, quiet running, no smoke and still not to heavy to horse around. There is a company selling a little propane powered kicker but it is not going to be cheap to run if you are using those coleman cylinders. That still might be worth it if you don't really use it much and you don't want to be trying to store gasoline safely and for any period of time.. Interesting. You could always get an adapter to charge the Coleman tanks from your 20# tank. I have seen those but you are not really supposed to refill those tanks. From my experience, the seals are not that good if you connect and disconnect them very often. I usually take the torch head off of mine when I put it away and I have had more than a couple tanks that leaked. You are absolutely not supposed to refill those things. I admit, some rules like that I don't always follow, but that one I do... I won't refill the small torch tanks. Why not? The pressure in the 20# tank is the same as the one pound tank. Hey, you can carry your gas around in a balloon too if you want but it's never gonna' be the right tool... But go ahead, use balloons to store your flammables, keep them right in your kids bedrooms if you want... |
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On 3/27/2012 8:51 AM, iBoaterer wrote: In , says... On 3/25/2012 1:29 PM, wrote: On Sun, 25 Mar 2012 08:51:32 -0400, wrote: In , says... On Sat, 24 Mar 2012 08:55:55 -0700 (PDT), Frogwatch wrote: Cruising around the Abacos with my wife and 15 yr old daughter on my 28' sailboat. I have a home built 2-paw-9 nesting dinghy with oars, no engine. She sorta fits on the foredeck but must be assembled in the water as there is not enough room on the foredeck. She rows very well and my daughter who is in Crew enjoyed rowing us around much to everyone elses amusement. However, as we had the furthest mooring from town, rowing to shore is not something you want to do more'n twice a day. It seems that long distance rowing will be necessary in the future too with moorings and anchorages. Worse, the dinghy really obstructs my forward view on deck and tows very poorly. So, I gave her away in Marsh Harbor. On to dinghy experiment #5 (cheap rowing inflatable, hard shell Nautilus, inflatable kayak, 2-Paw-9) so I would like some ideas. I might be amenable to having a motor on the dinghy. The dinghies I see around here have a little kicker on them. The nicest seem to be small 4 strokes, good on gas, quiet running, no smoke and still not to heavy to horse around. There is a company selling a little propane powered kicker but it is not going to be cheap to run if you are using those coleman cylinders. That still might be worth it if you don't really use it much and you don't want to be trying to store gasoline safely and for any period of time.. Interesting. You could always get an adapter to charge the Coleman tanks from your 20# tank. I have seen those but you are not really supposed to refill those tanks. From my experience, the seals are not that good if you connect and disconnect them very often. I usually take the torch head off of mine when I put it away and I have had more than a couple tanks that leaked. You are absolutely not supposed to refill those things. I admit, some rules like that I don't always follow, but that one I do... I won't refill the small torch tanks. Why not? The pressure in the 20# tank is the same as the one pound tank. Hey, you can carry your gas around in a balloon too if you want but it's never gonna' be the right tool... But go ahead, use balloons to store your flammables, keep them right in your kids bedrooms if you want... Who said anything about a vessel that is not meant to be filled with propane? The one pound tank IS designed to carry propane. There is the difference between your delightful analogy, a balloon is NOT made to carry propane. |
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"iBoaterer" wrote in message
... In article , says... On 3/27/2012 8:51 AM, iBoaterer wrote: In , says... On 3/25/2012 1:29 PM, wrote: On Sun, 25 Mar 2012 08:51:32 -0400, wrote: In , says... On Sat, 24 Mar 2012 08:55:55 -0700 (PDT), Frogwatch wrote: Cruising around the Abacos with my wife and 15 yr old daughter on my 28' sailboat. I have a home built 2-paw-9 nesting dinghy with oars, no engine. She sorta fits on the foredeck but must be assembled in the water as there is not enough room on the foredeck. She rows very well and my daughter who is in Crew enjoyed rowing us around much to everyone elses amusement. However, as we had the furthest mooring from town, rowing to shore is not something you want to do more'n twice a day. It seems that long distance rowing will be necessary in the future too with moorings and anchorages. Worse, the dinghy really obstructs my forward view on deck and tows very poorly. So, I gave her away in Marsh Harbor. On to dinghy experiment #5 (cheap rowing inflatable, hard shell Nautilus, inflatable kayak, 2-Paw-9) so I would like some ideas. I might be amenable to having a motor on the dinghy. The dinghies I see around here have a little kicker on them. The nicest seem to be small 4 strokes, good on gas, quiet running, no smoke and still not to heavy to horse around. There is a company selling a little propane powered kicker but it is not going to be cheap to run if you are using those coleman cylinders. That still might be worth it if you don't really use it much and you don't want to be trying to store gasoline safely and for any period of time.. Interesting. You could always get an adapter to charge the Coleman tanks from your 20# tank. I have seen those but you are not really supposed to refill those tanks. From my experience, the seals are not that good if you connect and disconnect them very often. I usually take the torch head off of mine when I put it away and I have had more than a couple tanks that leaked. You are absolutely not supposed to refill those things. I admit, some rules like that I don't always follow, but that one I do... I won't refill the small torch tanks. Why not? The pressure in the 20# tank is the same as the one pound tank. Hey, you can carry your gas around in a balloon too if you want but it's never gonna' be the right tool... But go ahead, use balloons to store your flammables, keep them right in your kids bedrooms if you want... Who said anything about a vessel that is not meant to be filled with propane? The one pound tank IS designed to carry propane. There is the difference between your delightful analogy, a balloon is NOT made to carry propane. ------------------------------------------------------------------ The law says you can not transport if refilled. I refill the small bottles all the time. They are good for multiple refills. If I get a leaker, so what. I leave it outside and toss the canister later. At the price of the little bottles, it is really a large saving. Last year in Sequoia Nat'l park, I saw the bottles for $14 /each. |
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