http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openboat/ openboat is dedicated to the cruising of Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:51:36 GMT Alexander "Sandy" Jack http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openboat/message/28284 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openboat/message/28284 I know this has been talked to death and a lot of good ideas have been thrown out but once you stat putting carbon monoxide alarms on think its going over the Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:11:16 GMT Roger Barnes http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openboat/message/28283 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openboat/message/28283 Seems like you have looked into it all. - But you still need to worry about the danger of death from the other sort of charcoal burners. Endemic, traditional Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:37:19 GMT RAS http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openboat/message/28282 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openboat/message/28282 ... When in the Azores a very hot stone about table mat size is placed in front of you & you are warned not to touch it then your meal is served on it,I don't Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:00:26 GMT ajnield http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openboat/message/28281 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openboat/message/28281 For a storage heater without risk of damp pot/brick exploding try an old metal container (not a soldered one) full of sand heated on the stove. Tony N Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:59:53 GMT andrew guest http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openboat/message/28280 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openboat/message/28280 it is a carbon monoxide alarm. so i'll sleep well and i'm sure it will go of if any thing is detected. i have heard what everyone has said and taken it on Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:52:36 GMT andrew guest http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openboat/message/28279 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openboat/message/28279 the stove has a chimmey which goes through the tent. i have used the stove be4 with no problems and there a company that makes charcaol stoves for boat cabins. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:03:47 GMT Roger Barnes http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openboat/message/28278 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openboat/message/28278 Yes: adding to this, the Scandanavians commonly use small woodburning or charcoal stoves in their tents. They have a different camping tradition to that in the Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:05:04 GMT ajnield http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openboat/message/28277 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openboat/message/28277 Just to clarify some points about Carbon monoxide, CO, and Carbon Dioxide, CO2. As stated here previously carbon dioxide is unlikely to be a problem BUT Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:15:38 GMT Sarah and Nick Vowles http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openboat/message/28276 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openboat/message/28276 Andy, have you any picutres of your charcoal heater? I am interested to see its design. In fact I am in Chorlton the weekend after next(22nd) - are you about? Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:08:02 GMT osbertjlancaster http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openboat/message/28275 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openboat/message/28275 Malcolm Well spotted! I did mean carbon MONOxide, which is of course deadly at fairly low concentrations. Must have typed dioxide automatically - I do lot of Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:59:48 GMT RAS http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openboat/message/28274 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openboat/message/28274 For years I always carried a massive great flotation suit to put on rather than carry a heater,to be honest I've never worn it prefering to dive in my Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:50:50 GMT RAS http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openboat/message/28273 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openboat/message/28273 Enjoyed that,made the dog late for his walk.Liked the story in the pub,I was unable to deliver a 52' yacht to Med.so the owner got an Ex. army 'fast track' Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:18:48 GMT KeithMuscott@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openboat/message/28272 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openboat/message/28272 How about a small firebrick on the stove instead? It would retain some heat for a while after the stove was turned off, thus becoming the world's first DIY Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:02:10 GMT andrew guest http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openboat/message/28271 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openboat/message/28271 i've bought a co2 alarm. poeple have been using charcoal burner in boat for a very long time, my ex girl freinds dad who know a hell of a lot about boat was Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:56:31 GMT Nicholas http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openboat/message/28270 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openboat/message/28270 The wife says "Now that is my kind of sailing!". I think you may have some new recruits tagging along this year. Nick