Gravy Boat, Custom Albin 25

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  1. Mr Efficiency
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    I'll be interested to hear how you fare with it.
     
  2. Yobarnacle
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    Sure!
    My intent is NOT to strike it rich.
    I just like remote, unspoiled areas with good fishing and hunting.
    Once todays dinner is caught, immoral to take another animal you can't eat.
    The only moral thing I could then hunt would be gold, in my personal code.
    If I find a little pinch of gold time to time, that would be a thrill!
     
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    Sounds like good fun.
     
  4. Yobarnacle
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    I think so too! ;)
     
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    I image the locations need to be kept secret squirrel, but what about the general intended region?

    (Mulling over further questions in general ... )
     
  6. Yobarnacle
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    Continental USA wherever there's a road and a boat launching ramp.
     
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    Come now ... why limit yourself? ;-)
     
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  8. Yobarnacle
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    Some anonymous person left one of these beside my boat sometime today.

    Glad to have it.
    Might be 10 months before I'll want to use it, but eventually I will.
    Wick is missing.

    Now, where to install it? Maybe forepeak.

    Designed to run off kerosene, but heard will run on diesel with injector cleaner added to it, or vegetable oil thinned with 20% acetone added to it.
    Only with all cotton wicks.
    Think I might experiment in open air outdoors first.
     

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  9. Yobarnacle
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    http://www.ehow.com/info_8071424_lamp-oil-substitutes.html


    Canola cooking oil is fairly cheap. Less soot and odor than kerosene though probably a bit more expensive, but certainly available nearly everywhere in US.
    From above article, doesn't need adulterating with thinners or playing mad-scientist chemistry.
    I'm going to try it.
    The few weeks per year I'll need heat in Florida, will most of the time be spent where I'll have shore-power and can use electric heaters.
    Not anxious to wade around in cold streams in cold weather, looking for gold dust.
    Save that activity for when it's warm.
    Having the kero-stove is a "peace of mind" sort of equipment, and fueling it with non-stinking canola oil, means it can be stored neglected inside the cabin, until called upon to warm us up.
    In picture I extracted the fuel tank that stands vertical inside right side of case. You can see the kerosene only warning label inside of the open lid.
    I believe I'll store the tank separate, horizontal in an appropriate sized container. Just in case it leaks.

    Will pre-test canola oil outdoors.

    Anybody know how big freshwater whales grow, mountain stream variety, and how big/type a harpoon I'd need? In the event canola oil became scarce?
    Can you fry whale filets in their own oil?
     

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    That is great. I suggest you install a CO alarm if you did not already do so.
     
  11. Yobarnacle
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    Good morning, Hoyt.
    Should I really be worried about carbon monoxide?
    is that now on EPA's pollutant list, TOO!

    :D
    Yeah, I'll install a CO sensor and a smoke detector and an overheat sensor fire alarm.

    Know any bass fisherman? The way they stretch their arms wide describing the one that got away, they GOTTA be describing freshwater whales!
     
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    Yeah, you don't want your latest hair fashion statement to be the "smoked mullet".
     
  13. Yobarnacle
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    And blue box from Sam's Club same price.

    And last Black Friday 2015, selling at 30% off!
    If just only I didn't need heat in the boat until after Thanksgiving, I could wait till Black Friday 2016 to buy fuel at a substantial savings.

    I simply HATE deadlines! Won't allow me enough time to THINK well, before having to decide!
    Thanksgiving is before Christmas, and
    http://www.xmasclock.com/
    Time FLIES!
    Wonder if my wife would enjoy 5 gals of canola for Christmas? A heart AND TOES warming gift!
     

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    http://www.acehardware.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3706565

    Lot's of comments pro/con for this heater.

    Need to buy a wick, and some canola oil to test it myself.
    Will need a few modifications to be boat useful; some sort of a clamp to keep the internal chimney in place when rocking n rolling, and a means of securing the heater so it doesn't move, until you want to move it.
    I was looking foe fuel economy figures which led me to this site.

    If two heaters burned 5 gallons in 3 days, one heater would burn 5 gallons in 6 days.

    or just call it a week.
    In Florida, I've never known more than 6 weeks of cold weather in a year.
    Usually it's 2 or 3 days of cold, then same number days of warm, all winter long, which is only about 2 months long anyway.

    So 25 gallons should be plenty.
     

  15. Yobarnacle
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    Trying to plan this presentation so everything gets covered and post as many pictures illustrating the projects and design choices as I have or can take now.
    The final tour I want to be final, without "Oh, I forgots".

    So what's next?
    Discussed at least some on topics of water, food, heating, sitting, sleeping, a bit about bathing, sailing, anchoring, propulsion, batterys, ballast, paint, fishing, hmmm clothing next.
    And shade cloth.
    Shade cloth is great stuff, and I've not seen it anywhere but here.
    And when people leave with their boats, they toss the stuff in the dumpster!

    I'll take a picture of some in the morning and post it.

    It's a dark colored, tightly woven, strong, waterproof, close mesh netting that the marina sells to tent your boat with, in storage or work yard.
    Keeps out wind borne leaves/trash and blocks at least half the sunlight, reduces insect incursions, and yet allows ecellent ventilation and visibility.

    I salvaged a sufficient quantity, to make net hammocks for clothes storage and bottoms for pipe berths, and as a shade cloth covering entire deck.
    I WILL take mine with me when I leave here!

    .
     
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