How to Heat a Boat: Our Cubic Mini Wood Burning Stove is HOT 🔥 HOT! (Patrick Childress Sailing #62)
2 April 2020 · 32 min · 188K views · Cape Town
What this video covers
The crew of the 40-foot Valiant *Brick House* installs a Cubic Mini Grizzly wood-burning stove to provide dry heat for upcoming cold-weather passages toward South America.2:42 To mount the stove, they fabricate a custom bracket in South Africa, securing it to a bulkhead with four bolts and using 5/8-inch vermiculite backer boards to insulate the surrounding plywood and storage areas.3:27 The installation requires cutting a hole through the deck for the flue, which they seal with high-temperature silicone and reinforce with two layers of fiberglass cloth to prevent water ingress.7:46 Because the stock Dickinson Marine deck cap features porous tack welds, they apply high-temperature silicone to all internal seams to ensure a watertight seal.10:15 They also add a stainless steel heat shield in the ceiling void to protect the deck structure.18:39 The stove utilizes a Kaframo model 810 echo fan to circulate air.2:51 Wood-burning stoves reduce cabin humidity by drawing interior air into the firebox, which is then replaced by drier outside air.28:55
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