Category: Sjogin

As mentioned yesterday, the Sardine woodstove (shown below), does not draw well (if at all) in a breeze when on a Starboard tack.

I assume there is enough of a downdraft to overwhelm the usually good design of the current smokehead. Here is a photo of the Charley Nobel in question:

She is currently situated in her slip at Beaton’s facing Northwest, opposite of this photo:

When she’s facing that way, a Northeast breeze like we have today, causes the stove to work in reverse. Sort of like trying to live in a food Smoker. No hot tea today.

Well here we go again. My son Jeffrey has set me up with WordPress to host my pictures and comments.
Let’s give it a try. Here are some Sjogin pics from the Flickr Site:

This was taken after being re-rigged in late September, ready for the off season.

And another:

Here we are hove to off Swan Point in January 2004. Note the absence of smoke from the chimney. Most likely it is pouring into the cabin as we’re on Starboard tack! Need to try a different smokehead.