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		david Tactician
 
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		mike Graduated to First 285
  
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				 Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 4:07 pm    Post subject: Re: 285 for sale in Midland, Ontario | 
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wow. that's an awesome looking boat.  and the pictures are a goldmine of ideas!  great post! _________________ Mike Hayden
 
'89 F285 WK, Hull #127 s/v Enchanté
 
'89 F235 WK, Hull #253 s/v Windependent my ex | 
			 
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		alisdairs 1000 posts?  Man Overboard!
  
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				 Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 5:18 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				It does look in great condition but did you see the heater exhaust ? That must be a nightmare for catching the genoa sheets ?!!! _________________ 'Highland Fling'
 
1997 Oceanis 281
 
South River, Edgewater, MD
 
 
Former owner 'Atlantic Reach'
 
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		mike Graduated to First 285
  
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				 Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 6:10 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				 	  | alisdairs wrote: | 	 		  | It does look in great condition but did you see the heater exhaust ? That must be a nightmare for catching the genoa sheets ?!!! | 	  
 
 
i saw that.  it must be snag city.  bet he's replaced it a time or two. _________________ Mike Hayden
 
'89 F285 WK, Hull #127 s/v Enchanté
 
'89 F235 WK, Hull #253 s/v Windependent my ex | 
			 
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		ericksnd First Mate
 
  Joined: 19 Feb 2005 Posts: 211 Location: Morris, Minnesota
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				 Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 12:24 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				I wonder how long you could run the heater with the standard propane bottle?  I'm guessing you have 10-15 hours running the stove and/or oven, so a full bottle would probably keep you snug for a weekend at least.
 
 
I don't see a price. _________________ David Ericksen
 
Skathi (First 285, Hull #80)
 
formerly, Trekka (First 235, Hull #274)
 
Morris, Minnesota | 
			 
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		david Tactician
 
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				 Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 12:25 pm    Post subject:  | 
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		mike Graduated to First 285
  
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				 Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 2:15 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				 	  | ericksnd wrote: | 	 		  I wonder how long you could run the heater with the standard propane bottle?  I'm guessing you have 10-15 hours running the stove and/or oven, so a full bottle would probably keep you snug for a weekend at least.
 
 
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i don't know about that cute little furnace he has, but i have a 4000 btu catalytic heater that runs off a small propane bottle (i buy the typical 2-paks you get at walmart as i don't have it connected to house propane) and it runs about 8-10 hours per 16 oz bottle as i remember.
 
 
the 285 has a 5 lb propane tank, so that's a lot of warmth. fwiw the stove and oven don't use much gas either.  we use ours quite a bit, and after last season when i took it to the refilling station it took such a little bit the guy didn't even charge me.
 
 
making coffee on the stove heats the cabin up nicely on a chilly morning, too. _________________ Mike Hayden
 
'89 F285 WK, Hull #127 s/v Enchanté
 
'89 F235 WK, Hull #253 s/v Windependent my ex | 
			 
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		hawrylyshyn Tactician
  
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				| Our dollar dropped over 2 cents today, wait a week & the boat may be half price in U.S. dollars if commodities keep dropping. We were near par in May but were recentlly as low as $1.30 (to buy 1 US $), which puts the boat slightly over $30K US. Amazing what is going on in the financial markets. | 
			 
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		mike Graduated to First 285
  
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				 Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 7:27 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				 	  | hawrylyshyn wrote: | 	 		  | Amazing what is going on in the financial markets. | 	  
 
 
in a heart stopping, horrifying, i'll-have-to-work-until-i-drop-dead-at-work kind of way! _________________ Mike Hayden
 
'89 F285 WK, Hull #127 s/v Enchanté
 
'89 F235 WK, Hull #253 s/v Windependent my ex | 
			 
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