On the subject of getting overheated...

[BlueSkyNick]

........ I've been thinking about one of those on board Barbeques, but not sure if its the 'done thing'.

We use our home barbie a lot (at least once a week) from April to September, partly because we enjoy the food and mainly because we enjoy the booze that goes with it.

I've looked at the gas and charcoal versions which clamp on the pushpit, but cannot bring myself to deliberately start a fire on board.

Anybody actually use one? Are they any good? Would I be considered a stinkie-type-prat for putting one on a sailing boat? Any other views?

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[LadyInBed]

A couple that I met up with on the Midi after they had just completed a five-year circum-nav swore by it. Every evening after tying up they were off foraging for wood then about an hour or so later the waft of barbi meat / fish filled the air.
They had a stainless circular lid attached jobby attached to the pushpit.


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[StugeronSteve]

I have noticed that they are banned in many marinas, although how well the rules are enforced I have no idea. I'm don't think you will get called a "stinkie-type-prat" (not in person anyway). Your'e much too big!

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[tome]

Why not just buy a radar reflector like everyone else?

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[Sybarite]

When you are anchored, the prevailing wind normally trails smoke, sparks, ash etc over and away from the stern and so I don't think safety is a serious consideration - away from a marina. I have often been jealous of the odors wafting over my boat and have been tempted to get one. My main concern though is where to stow it conveniently afterwards as you don't really want to sail with it clamped to the pushpit.

John

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[Joe_Cole]

John,

Don't most boats "face" the tide rather than the wind?

Joe

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[Sybarite]

Not normally where I sail anyway.

Will also depend on the displacement and keel configuration of boat. Long keel and heavy displacement will be more apt to be tide rode rather than wind rode.



John

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[Twister_Ken]

SAS barbie

Just wire bits of Brecon sheep to the exhaust manifold on the Pinky.

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[ChrisE]

At the risk of giving a serious reply

Rival Spirit has a Force Ten BBQ clamped to her pushpit during the summer months. It looks like a very small version of those home made 50 gallon drum types made of stainless steel.

We use it at anchor and very good it is too. Couple of points to watch out for.

1. The grease drip out of the bottom of the BBQ and onto your top sides unless you have a crank in the system to let the drops go straight in the oggin.

2. You need some king of fool proof system for carrying the charcoal, the stuff gets everywhere.

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[ChrisE]

and a couple of other things

Fro 'king' read 'kind' and storage needs thinking about. Ours lives on the port aft quarter berth with all the other stuff that rarely sees light of day.

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[sailbadthesinner]

only use charcoal at anchor
we bought a normal one and welded clamps to it then attched it to the pushpit with soem old leather to protect the stainlesds
they work well
to cathc the fat we used a bottle and a coat hanger you bend the coat hanger so the fat drips down it and put a loop in the bottle so it hangs down and goes in there
the charcoal bags fall to peices when damp so we stored them in a screw top plastic flare bucket

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[Brian_B]

We used them on a regular basis, almost every evening, in the Caribbean.
Charcoal in an 'easy-light' bag works well.
Don't think of yourself as a stinkie-type-prat, more a trendsetter!

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[ruthhobson]

We used one in the BVIs and loved it, it was one of the round ones with the lid, it stored small and we removed and washed it out as soon as it was cold. We found the charcoal where you lit the bag very convenient and stopped HWMBO playing with lighter fluid, we disposed of the ash ashore. If I remember rightly my Dad created a gadget for catching the fat - a true Blue Peter moment.

Thought it was really great but the fish didn't eat the corn on the cob that rolled off.

Ruth

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[DanTribe]

We used a gas one on a charter boat in Oz last year, brilliant gadget. It's somehow not so appealing on a damp evening up muddy creek where we normally sail /drink though.
Just a thought, make sure you move the dinghy before you dump the embers.
Dan

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