Sailing season is ending, but cosy metal polishing and sleeping bag time is upon us
Posted by waterloowanderer@reddit | sailing | View on Reddit | 38 comments
AlternativeMatter868@reddit
have you used your heater much? i have a new to me sailboat and it has a heater but looks like it has never been used despite being a Great Lakes only boat.
waterloowanderer@reddit (OP)
It needs one of those metal fireplace fans for above it.
It works by the burner heating the metal and that radiating so if you want to move the hot air around you need something for that.
Undecided on if I want to keep it. I’d love to close up the hole in the deck, and it’s an open flame (pressurized kerosene), that I don’t love.
My options are either: replace with a Dickenson (mostly for ambience and the fireplace vibe) or sell it, close the hole and just use a Chinese diesel heater (which is the actual plan right now - going to get a Vevor. I just don’t know if I’m decided on taking out the Force 10 / not having some sort of cabin appliance… mostly because jewelry… the Vevor will more than supply the whole boat with heat. Running a vent to the cabin, and to the vberth.)
orinoco_w@reddit
The fire risk is why I took mine off the boat.. altho last few late winter weekends have been pretty chilly on board overnight.
Whole-Quick@reddit
Looks cozy!
I don't think I've ever seen or heard of anyone actually using their oil lamp before. But they are installed in tons of boats from the 70s and 80s.
How much heat does it give you? Did you have a favourite fuel? Is soot much of an issue?
kor0na@reddit
You've never seen or heard of anyone using an oil lamp? That seems wild to me. I have several at home and in my boat and I love them. Use them all the time.
LameBMX@reddit
I installed an oil lamp on my boat. put citronella in it, but citronella doesn't seem to chase off skeeters like it used to (or maybe citronella goes bad).
I'm not fond of bright lights and makes for awesome accent lighting. on the port forward bulkhead I can play cards at the table and see the toilet bowl at night. might be able to read in the port settee. heat isn't noticeable.
it has a soot catcher above it. but like most other oil or kero stuff, if it's producing soot it turned up to high or has some other issue. my tea kettle haa a bit of soot on the bottom from my kero stove, but it's normally cranked to get hot water for coffee. still a good idea to plan on a soot barrier because it's easier to catch than clean.
waterloowanderer@reddit (OP)
I love oil lamps. I have a number of them in my living room here at home too that I use sometimes for ambience lol. (Including a port / starboard coloured set).
They give a little bit of heat, probably more than a candle and the thermal mass of the glass etc radiates a bit. As long as you aren’t trying to run them too high, paraffin generally won’t smoke. I don’t run kero in it, although you could if you wanted to carry one less volatile.
I lit it after cleaning it, and it’s gimballed. It’s bright enough to play cards by if you don’t mind letting your eyes adjust. I also have the cabin lights on in the photo haha.
asm__nop@reddit
I love mine!
I would say that it confers the essence of heat. It does not appreciably warm the cabin.
I use liquid candle wax which I believe is a pure paraffin oil. No noticeable soot. Although my lamp is more enclosed than the pictured variety.
MaximumTurtleSpeed@reddit
Nothin better than dimming the lights and rubbin’ brass
millijuna@reddit
Are you me?
Winter sailing it’s the best, and I too have the kerosene Force10 Heater.
waterloowanderer@reddit (OP)
Other coast here, Halifax
millijuna@reddit
One of these days, I need to make friends and go sailing here in Halifax (he says while sitting at the bar at Durty Nelly’s).
waterloowanderer@reddit (OP)
Racing on Saturday in the Danginn, 1st place prize is paying the tab for filling the cup with rum. 2nd and down is drinking the rum. Probably could use crew
millijuna@reddit
If you’re ok with crew that has plenty of west coast cruising experience, but zero racing experience, I’d be happy to join. (For reference, I own and sail an Ericson 27, but out here in Halifax, I do not have any of my stuff (gloves, shoes, pfd, etc…)
Awkward-Cake-5069@reddit
I think it’s time to push yourself further, Skipper. I say you go tackle the Flemish Cap this winter.
feastu@reddit
Sir, this is a ~Wendy’s~ daysailing board.
Active_Recording_789@reddit
It’s not ending! Say it’s not ending! It won’t freeze over until December, pretty sure! But your cabin looks very cozy
feastu@reddit
December? What is this “winter” of which you speak?
waterloowanderer@reddit (OP)
I have to be out by Nov 15. :(
Active_Recording_789@reddit
Yeah us too
WaySheGoesBub@reddit
Now the real fun begins! Calm seas!
SOC_FreeDiver@reddit
Sail south, the season is getting ready to start in Mexico!
cjc080911@reddit
Rooster!
sailingerie@reddit
Season is coming to an end here in Sandusky too...I do love these chilly boat nights after the hot summer we had here in Lake Eries western basin...my aft cabin is cozy and the little electric heater is more than enough... I’m staying in the water this winter since my sailing club is installing bubblers.
sailingerie@reddit
Season is coming to an end here in Sandusky too...I do love these chilly boat nights after the hot summer we had here in Lake Eries western basin...my aft cabin is cozy and the little electric heater is more than enough... I'm staying in the water this winter since my sailing club is installing bubblers.
clorox2@reddit
TIL: nobody seems to know how to use an oil lamp anymore.
Rusted_atlas@reddit
I look forward to moving on from fixing stuff in the garage with a propane heater to fixing stuff in the boat with a propane heater.
waterloowanderer@reddit (OP)
I’m about to move from fixing and cleaning stuff alongside the dock, to fixing and cleaning stuff inside the cradle.
New to me 1976 C&C 33. She’s solid, and she’s still winning races (that was fun to go out and get the compliments on how fast we are with an ugly boat), but she needs some deck core replaced and both deck paint and hullsides.
deacongestion@reddit
I thought it looked familiar. I have a 78 c&c 34 in waukegan. No oil but the desk and layout struck a cord.
bendersfembot@reddit
I believe i have this oil lamp, how do you open it
waterloowanderer@reddit (OP)
You take off the glass, and then you turn the whole burner.
bendersfembot@reddit
I will give it a try, thanks
pk4594u5j9ypk34g5@reddit
What do you use to polish?
waterloowanderer@reddit (OP)
I used brasso on these. They’ll need another pass. There’s some deep tarnish or dings on the oil lamp, and some old soot on and around the Force 10. I’ll likely take another pass with barkeepers friend, and for the lamp, maybe a bit of wet sanding.
pk4594u5j9ypk34g5@reddit
Thanks, I should try that. My baking soda trick isn’t cutting it anymore.
waterloowanderer@reddit (OP)
Here’s the before: https://imgur.com/a/Mhn2TyY
Public_Knee6288@reddit
Tom cruise? Yuck!
waterloowanderer@reddit (OP)
🥲 Too Gun Maverick ft… Tom Cruise
Also the sailboat scene - turning on the afterburner and launching the kite when they were upwind in the last shot. Perfect.