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Yeah, I know, what the heck...
'er indoors has requested that I ask this question.

So, do any of you do any ironing on board? If so, what sort of iron do you use? I've read the 12v jobbies are useless, so what's the alternative?





I hear just going naked also works...
 
In 7 years have ironed one white shirt for a do.

Yep 12 v jobbies are useless. 240v traveling iron is small & works fine.
 
apart from gas-fired irons (yes, I have one !) why not revert to using an antique flat iron, and heat it on the stove ?


They can also be used as a chum for the anchor, or for dissuading unwelcome larcenous scrotes.

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Cardo said:
Yeah, I know, what the heck...
'er indoors has requested that I ask this question.

So, do any of you do any ironing on board? If so, what sort of iron do you use? I've read the 12v jobbies are useless, so what's the alternative?





I hear just going naked also works...
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240v iron - tried a travel iron but now just have a cheapo compact steam iron and use an IKEA table top ironing board - all of £4. Stores down the back of a hanging locker

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/50119054/
 
sarabande said:
why not revert to using an antique flat iron, and heat it on the stove ?


They can also be used as a chum for the anchor, or for dissuading unwelcome larcenous scrotes.

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I used to carry one on board. Although it never got used for ironing (we never went anywhere smart enough to require ironed clothes) it was used once or twice as an anvil (before I realised that a pontoon cleat does almost as well). Nowadays it is used to keep the workshop door open.

I seem to remember that the Naval Ratings Handbook I was issued with in 1957 stated that, 'in the absence of an iron, good results may be obtained with the loom of an oar'. It didn't explain how this was to be done. I don't think that rolling a whaler's oar up and down the messdeck table would make you very popular with your messmates. Also, how would you get it hot enough?
 
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See that crusing bloke Cardo over there... he irons his clothes :D
 

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Cardo said:
It appears the consensus is that if one must do some ironing, a 240v iron is best.
So, how do you power such beasts? Can you run them through an inverter or is a genny required?
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If you have to use a "genny" then get a Iron that is the lowest wattage. Do not try to use the inverter as it will suck the juice out of the batt's so quick...=flat as a what ever.
 
Had a 220v one on board for 10 years. Never been used. If I want the creases out of my polo shirts or shorts just hang them up next to the shower when I'm doing the business and let them dry in the sun. Presto no creases. Had to learn this because SWMBO made it plain that she was on holiday and it wasn't her job.
 
Irons should not be used on boats. The rapidly varying electromagnetic flux caused by the back-and-forth movement of an iron will addle all compasses on board. Since the loss of the superyacht Smartly Turned Out after a flurry of ironing prior to the end of cruise ball, Calder has devoted an entire chapter to this. There's also the question of the effect of all that steam on delicate electronics.

Well, she might believe it.
 
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Never bothered, found that by waiting for the right day we could thread our clothes through lines strung across the boat. Very few if any creases when they were dry, may be something to do with the moist air taking the creases out as they dry, either way it worked, atleast it was good enough.
 
image.jpg there is always old Russian method with pastry pin and a piece of wood, for now I am in the process of getting rid of anything that needs iron, problem solved:)
 
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