Happy dance...look what I have--a Shipmate

[redbopeep]

Oh, so happy. I've been looking for a shipmate of the size that our schooner originally had (32" wide 6 burner stovetop) without much success. But--found one for $250 on Craigs List (oh, so nice) which came off a tugboat but I had to have it shipped here from the East (390 lbs and $500 later on a "new customer" deal with FedEx ground...) here it is:

The crate (building suspense, drum roll please...)
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Opening it up:
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The "parts":
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The oven:

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left side (what are those little covers about?):

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All put together with shaker, lifter, legs, damper, extra burner cover, and plate that seems to fit in front of fire box door sitting in front of crate:

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now I need to figure out that plate which goes over the firebox door as well as find some fire bricks for it...as well as a stovepipe..oh yes, and clean it and get/fabricate the front/back rails and deal with the rust on the firebox door and a few other parts. There's no "extreme" corrosion but a bit that needs taken care of. No cracks evident. The fellow I got it from used it to heat his basement for the last couple winters and says it worked fine. I wish he'd had firebricks in it, but it doesn't seem to have come to harm w/o them.

I was surprised by all the parts that fit together on the 4 burner part of the stove top--I'd expected something solid.

Happy, happy dance!

Sure I'll be bugging you'all with questions later.

[The Bigfella]

Good buy. Well done.

[JimConlin]

Finestkind!

[boylesboats]

Beautiful.... now, the next step.. Gettin' it on board, through your companion doors and hatch...

[redbopeep]

Beautiful.... now, the next step.. Gettin' it on board, through your companion doors and hatch...

The weight is a buggar (even with all the removable parts off) but our companionway door into the charthouse is a hugely wide (36") dutchdoor that's also tall (5'8" when its all the way open) so the hatch above it is a moot point. The steps/ladder going from the charthouse down to the main saloon--they're going to be scary though.

[Iolaire]

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Here is mine that I put in when the boat was built in 1999. Will burn wood or coal but we use wood as it is much cleaner. We have loved it for the heat, drying the boat, and baking bread, stews, etc. You will be thrilled with yours.

[Jay Greer]

Not having fire bricks will, eventually burn out the fire box. I would recommend you contact a mason to cut you a set from full size bricks.
Jay

[htom]

I wonder if the plate and holes in the left side are for a diesel burner adapter?

[Tom3]

I wonder if the plate and holes in the left side are for a diesel burner adapter?

I was thinking they may have been for a hot water coil. That stove is just a beauty. Nice find.

[redbopeep]

Here is mine that I put in when the boat was built in 1999. Will burn wood or coal but we use wood as it is much cleaner. We have loved it for the heat, drying the boat, and baking bread, stews, etc. You will be thrilled with yours.

Pretty, pretty, pretty! I'm so glad to hear that you're enjoying it. What's the outside like (pipe and smoke fitting?) how tall is it above deck?

[Iolaire]

Will post pictures when I get back on PC.

[Iolaire]

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This is the installation I have on Iolaire. The stack has never fouled a sheet or given any problems. I can however remove it and have a cover that fits over just a small extension of the stack coming up thru the deck. The stack comes up thru a metal thru deck (it is large and bronze and I really don't know where it was purchased). It is insulated from the cabin top and has a well on the outside that is recessed and accumulates water which will cool it but I don't think that the well is really needed. I do think the "Charlie Noble" is essential for proper draft. I originally had a simple spinner top but the stove was difficult to keep going. Also the present one prevents any rain/snow from getting down the pipe.
The interior shows the SS protection along the ceilings with an air gap behind and the base sits in a SS pan also. All the corners and edges are sealed joints to prevent coals/sparks from entering. We have never had any problems but the stove can get very hot so good protection is needed. We have used the stove at anchor and baked bread underway in a good blow of Newfoundland. Hope this helps.

[redbopeep]

I was thinking they may have been for a hot water coil. That stove is just a beauty. Nice find.

I think its probably for a water coil but may be for diesel. Dunno for sure. Andrew up at NSW has this one (model 134) in a 30's era Shipmate catalog and said it was one of the stoves that had a "diesel conversion" available and that conversion would be a box that fit in/taking up all the space of the firebox--so I suppose that the diesel for it may come in from the side there...who knows...

I'm hoping I can do something with a boiler hotwater coil.

We own two Trangia brand non-pressure alcohol burners so suppose we'll do something like NSW has with those for the stove top when we're in a hurry to boil a bit of water w/o starting up the fire.

[redbopeep]

About those rings on the side--they're used with cable/turnbuckles and chainplates to the boat structure--right? Anyone with experience doing that? They actually look a little wimpy for holding down a 350 lb to 400 lb stove (shipping weight was 390#)

[redbopeep]

We have used the stove at anchor and baked bread underway in a good blow of Newfoundland. Hope this helps.

I'd love to be baking bread underway in a good blow off Newfoundland :) We drove around the perimeter of Nova Scotia/Cape Brenton in 2003 and decided then that we'd love to spend some time sailing those waters. Where is your boat kept? It is really lovely.

[Iolaire]

Winter storage at Dundee Marina, Dundee NS

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Summer mooring in Baddeck "down the bay"

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Thanks for the comments. The sailing here is good as you can sail inland on the Bras d'Or which is really inland ocean open at both ends. Winds usually 20 25k every day at about 11 am to 5 pm in the sailing season. Also easy to get out in the ocean and then unlimited places of course. It is and easy trip to Newfoundland and then also St. Pierre (France) an island off Newfoundland. Also, good to go to PEI, the Magdelaines, etc, etc.
We have enjoyed the sailing here. Unfortunately time and health march on and we will be listing the boat this fall. It was a hard decision but one we felt we had to make now to plan ahead. We are in no hurry to sell and don't need to, but at some point sailing this boat will not be reasonable for us. She should be "sailing the world's oceans" and I would love to see her doing just that. Hope all goes well with your project.

[redbopeep]

Hope that you'll continue to enjoy your boat until just the "right" folks come along to be her next set of guardians.

Fair winds :)