Shipmate Stove

[N Konrad]

Looking for some information regarding a SHIPMATE STOVE from a 1962 Concordia sailboat. This (coal/woodburning) stove, model no. 211, was made in Crawford Foundry in Stamford, CT. We need some parts for it, or do you know anyone that could repair it (Ohio), or someone that has a good one they might want to sell? Its size is approximately 18x15x11 inches.

[Jay Greer]

I own a model 211 Shipmate and would not part with it at any price.
The owner of the Navigator Stove Works might be able to help you out.
http://www.marinestove.com/
Jay

[N Konrad]

Thanks very much. Did you restore your
Shipmate? Ours has a few cracks and broken pieces.

[seayou7]

Is this the original Concordia cooker, with Cco. nested on the fire door. If so go rob a bank and pony up... around five grand as reported,
Makes another stove appealing.

[PeterSibley]

A possible solution is to repair or build up any broken or corroded parts with epoxy or Bondo then take those parts to a foundry , bronze or iron as you choose and have new parts cast.If you are prepared to do a bit of finishing work yourself it can be an effective solution .

[N Konrad]

Will check for the Cco., almost afraid to look.

Thanks for the repair advice.

[Jay Greer]

Thanks very much. Did you restore your
Shipmate? Ours has a few cracks and broken pieces.

My stove was origional when I got it. I guess I was lucky in that the owner had never used it before me. I traded for carving the name of his boat on the transom. Cast iron can be welded but, it must be done by an expert who can heat the entire piece in a kiln prior to welding. Othrwise expansion distortion and or more cracks can be the result.
Jay

[Bob Cleek]

Shipmate stoves were originally made by the Richmond Ring Co. I've searched all over, but it seems that sometime in the mid-80's or so they just dropped off the radar screen. They made a fine line of marine stoves, that's for sure. I don't understand why they disappeared. Maybe the liability insurance put them out of business? Anyhow, as noted above, there's somebody putting out copies of a couple of items in their line. It would be as easy to have a new part recast as trying to find a donor unit to scavenge. Talk to a decent local foundryman. You'd be surprised how cost efficient it can be, particularly when you are dealing with things like stove parts, which aren't that critically sized.

[Thad Van Gilder]

shipmate stoves were made in Souderton, Pa, near my parents house. I have asked around... noone knows what happened to the patterns...

-Thad

[seayou7]

Let us know how you make out. Would a bronze top work on a iron bottom. My top shluffed off a layer of rust. I could imagine fabricating a bronze top out of an old rudder or flat stock. Good Idea?
How about the enamelling process might that add life to an old stove. Rust is the enemy.

[Andrew Craig-Bennett]

Bronze may be a bad idea for stove parts; copper and bronze temper and anneal in the opposite way to steel and after enough heating and cooling cycles it would probably just shatter!

[Andrew Craig-Bennett]

My Shipmate Skippy is now a flower pot in the garden having rusted through after 20 years use. It was replaced by a Shipmate 201 which I bought from Roger and Ghislaine when they bought the Rhodes 40ft "SHANTIH" and wanted a diesel stove instead.

[seayou7]

Thanks Andrew, I agree. Kind of wrote the old stove off, too close to my new heart pine bulkheads. That sappy stuff would not let me sleep with any fire box.

[Andrew Craig-Bennett]

The Shipmate 201, which must have been one of their last models, is really clever; it's a wood/coal heating stove (not a cookstove) which has firebricks and. most important, a two inch air gap between the stove body and the outer, stainless steel sheet, casing in the sides and back; this acts as a convection space . The outer casing at the sides and back gets hand warm, but no more.