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A first for my 31 bertram.i set thermostat on heat and the cabin went from 60degrees to 68 in 5 minutes much faster then 78 degrees to 70 on a/c cycle. What the hell if you have it use it .nice to have lunch in the cabin offshore and get out of cold wind another reason why I dislike that center console I drive.

"It has all your modern imenitiest and best of all you can move it!"

I was out today too. It was a nasty day. I threw away my old eisenglass and have not yet replaced it. Could have used a little heat myself.

Not bad on land but you can feel that cold wind offshore if you were in the open.plenty of bait fish out there hopefully bass will be here in two weeks or so.

I'm thinking we will see them the end of the week. Just hopeful.

Might I suggest one of these for your next trip...............

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Ha,ha,ha,you forgot I snowmobile in -20 degrees weather in Indian lake ny.i love cold weather but not 50 degrees in tee shirt with 30. Knot winds .love making hot coffee in the morning with fresh bagles for the crew while my son takes over the piolting. ------ growing older with style.

Bob one of the few advantages of having the original windows is solar heat, my cabin was very comfortable. Family of 8 including a 2 year old and my wife who's normally cold in the shade in August were very cozy in the cabin yesterday. An inverter so I can get a Kurig would be a nice touch, also an electric head with freshwater would be nice....

Pete that Kurig is the answer to a boaters dream.hot chocolate for the children,tea for the bride and coffee pot spills or stale coffee is never going to be a problem.i need two just to stay awake coming back from offshore and two in morning to wake up at 5am going there. Sit back ,set auto pilot and enjoy a cup of java what's not to like!.i would never own a boat without a fresh water electric head . Nobody can comment unless you had both.sometimes the boat cabin is locked for a week and you get to the boat open the cabin and it is fresh as a daisy. Effluents go directly thru main bulkhead (in liquid state due to built in macerator) to holding tank along inside of hull on starboard side of engine compartment.
When your ready give me a call.

Guys...

Having moved sailboats from MA to the Caribbean in November often (most boat Insurance policies say you can't go offshore until the end of hurricane season, which is often defined as 1 Nov) I too hate the offshore windy cold. Have you ever been in a snowstorm 150 miles offshore?

Our sailboats didn't have generators so hot food was at a premium, but with a propane or alcohol stove a cup of hot water was fairly easy to come by. One particularly cold night I came up with a refreshing hot drink using what we always had available... Try this.. and each time you do you will remember me...

To a cup of hot water add one spoonful of instant coffee, plus one spoonful of cocoa mix, plus one spoonful of artificial creamer. Add sugar to taste.

Warms you, and provides you with a nice energy boost.

bob lico wrote:Pete that Kurig is the answer to a boaters dream.hot chocolate for the children,tea for the bride and coffee pot spills or stale coffee is never going to be a problem.i need two just to stay awake coming back from offshore and two in morning to wake up at 5am going there. Sit back ,set auto pilot and enjoy a cup of java what's not to like!.i would never own a boat without a fresh water electric head . Nobody can comment unless you had both.sometimes the boat cabin is locked for a week and you get to the boat open the cabin and it is fresh as a daisy. Effluents go directly thru main bulkhead (in liquid state due to built in macerator) to holding tank along inside of hull on starboard side of engine compartment.
When your ready give me a call.

Thanks Bob I've got lots of other issues beyond a fresh potty.. That being said it bothers my wife so it is working it's way up the list. I generally go down to the boat at 5am on a day I'm planning to go out or the night before. It's not easy to run through a check list with a 2 & 5 year old asking if we're leaving yet. I do a little freshening up of the head while I'm at it.

What BTU are you running Bob? Thanks Joe

I put a lot of planning and researth and decided on a 10,000 btu. Turbo ,stow away ,reverse cycle cruiseair .will maintain 68 degrees in 90 degree weather.

bob pete
there here now

Possibly outside jones ,debs but not fire island inlet (unless you have a cool hand like Charlie!

Bob a buddy had 4 nice fish off kismet on Sunday. No blitzes or anything on the surface. Thanks for the heads up Charlie. Weather isn't looking good enough to burn a day off this week.

Spent more then my share of night fishing for bass with dad under the VZ bridge, in December, with one thermos of the best tasting coffee and hot dogs heated on the exhaust manifold. A true feast for two.

I tried to imitate Pete and Charlie so I cast my new fin- nor offshore spinning reel ( much to big for bass) and try to snagged a bunker instead snagged a shark and got it to boat before breaking off. Everybody laught typical Bob a million bunker and you snag a shark.

What's so different with a fresh water head?
I have a sea water electric one and it does its job fine.
Now, if you told me an electric PLUS manual head I'd say YES, as I dread the moment that the simple electric will stop and... well, I'd rather stop here!

When the salt water sits between the through hull and the head in the hose, the organic stuff in the water rots and dies (I think that's what happens). When you pump the head that water stinks. Using water from the fresh water tank eliminates that issue.

pete
are you using a holding tank

Yes Charlie. Not a big issue for me was just explaining the general issue people have for yannis

Where'd you get your ac bob?

some guy with a knock out fiancee!

yannis does the small of low tide ring a bell

bob lico wrote:some guy with a knock out fiancee!

Was she at least worth you buying the unit off the guy?

I lost you guys!

Between Pete and Bob, general issue people have (?) and small of low tide (?), shall I go back to school?

Ok I now got Pete's:

"The general issue people have for yannis" should be "the general issue people have, for yannis". That coma...
But Bob's ?

Free grammar lessons? Bob is talking about the smell of low tide...

LOL....I needed that this morning

Conratulations Yannis! Tomorrow will be your 1 year anniversary on the board, you have now learned that you need to figure out what people meant to say. Welcome to the brotherhood your training is complete.

I was talking about water coming into the bowl not exiting (Charlie). Sea water - Thru hull - stinky water in hose - bowl. When that water sits in the hose it smells (smalls) for the same reason it can smell during low tide.

Guys you're unbeatable !!

Thanks Pete for reminding me my first year anniversary, I'm still laughing about the acceptance reasoning !!
Thanks Whaler for deciphering Bob's grammar, thanks Carl for making me envision the reasons that made you laugh !

Cheers,

Yannis.

PS : I've never seen a tide, high or low, wouldn't know how the low tide smalls!!

Guys,
Consider this. It is 5:00 AM and you are heading offshore for a fall mako. Three feet aft of the head are three cans of defrosting chum, a flat of mackeral and another of bunker sitting on deck. How bad can the head smell compared to the bait? What is next for our trusty little fishing boats, Pellegrino in the water tanks?

Yannis-Low tide smells like your hole-in-the-wall mouse after three warm days.
Harry

I'll take chum/mackerel smell over the smell of human waste/stagnant water any day...

pete
you have to give it another year for the GSB to flush out

Harry,

"How bad can the head smell compared to the bait" be?

Consider this, a flying cigar tube built for 16 flying 12 plus two pilots and an attendant on a 9 hour non stop flight where the circulating head was pretty much full the first 3 hours. At that point the cigar tube became a flying Winnebago. At least with the boat you can open the windows.

I longed for the times a freezer would quit on a boat, the bait thaw and sit there for weeks before it was discovered and I had to fix it. Including one time I had to throw the box away, remove all the carpet inside the boat, bleach the wood floors, run an ozone machine for 6 weeks just to be able to go inside without a respirator.

Including one time I had to throw the box away, remove all the carpet inside the boat, bleach the wood floors, run an ozone machine for 6 weeks just to be able to go inside without a respirator.

I remember when we were young and living with our parents, that was the exact ...feeling we'd get when my bro would come out of the bathroom... I'd trade this with any rotten bait !