A boat laying up during

the winter must be the most.
inhospitable place . possible. .

Without the engine running
or the fireplace | on the cabin
becomes very “danip “and
cold. Things rust readily,

hatch covers swell up and —
‘don’t fit, and getting salt out -
' of the salt shaker is hopeless. -

Today was the oii stove
“project. Pushed to the back .
the
oriorities of warm summer |

«* my repair. list by~

‘months, it had

surfaced

again with the advent ‘of |
winter. With the> tempera- -

ture dipping to below: freez-
ing at night there was danger
that the fresh water tanks in

the boat might freeze, doing,
_ damage as they expanded. I .
couldn't Postpone the eloba any =.

: longer. ola

| good: ‘therapy for.’ whatever _
ails’ me. That’s probably. just: ~

_ Working: « on: the boat:

hour's flecessary to maint. “
boat.
the. projects: are satisfing: +

filing a picce.of brass makes

alittle -pile of glittering.
sawdust, and it also: makes ©
the world of: business ‘seem...

far away. ‘l..began with: the

idea of rushing through the:

chores to be done, but have ~ therby. capturing the soot, at

. least in theory. It wasn't too. |
bad ~ the newpapers caught -
the largest proportion of

gradually: come to the realiz-
ation that thercis no. ‘end to
the list of things.that must be
-done, or ‘should. be done, or

ve ae ewe er |

each day. ‘on ‘the ‘boat is now .

conducted at a slower-pace, a
pleasant time doing things
with my hands’ and. . the

knowledge that I like what I

am doing.

Except for the oil ‘stove.
Oily soot spreads like dande-

a: WHHEG the. firebox,
' ste ugering.. ‘But, ‘

The boat ‘vas dead, all life stilled. The blowers
were off and the engine silent. When I opened the
wheelhouse and stuck in my head it was just as @ athroom to landlubbers)
cold : ‘as outside in: the November morning air. I)

entered the wheelhouse and then opened the door

to the foc’ sle and went below. Inside, the boat ‘was . ow

| ‘brightwork and my. breath became visible asI sid 7
back the porthold curtains and let i in the light.

tion fluff, making filthy ae floor”

t:; - sc ak d- fe . :
touches. My experience. avith 4 waked up alot of it. So did

repairing. any oil. burning. tee ;
. device has been, ‘well, rather...

“black: An-oilstove or heater - on my boots, but I nevet

: “noticed that. until: later, when { —
. -footmarks. \
a everywhere. Well, ‘thought I,
~ at least I know. there’s lots:of.

smears on. everything»

that is not burning’ correctly
is generally a mass of soot,
and it is difficult to clean the

unit and not get soot allover —
the immediate universe. The
when. .taking |

slightest jar.
down oil stove pipes generai-

‘ly dislodges a lot of it, some

of which falls on the floor.and
makes a mess. The rest just

floats around, settles out on _

every horizontal

surface,

gets in my pores ‘and stings:

in every little scratch. |

vessel, and they felt uncom-

_fortable. [ spread newpapers
: around the oil heater. There. -

vacuum
shone.’ ‘the - Treht. inside. ‘the -
heater: and groaned. “A thick: af

as well,- for the amount: of black” ‘furry:

iacket , a

acket .

rt) ae Oe

- First L took’ down’ all the -

pipes, starting ‘from outside —
the. vessel, :

“section ina: large. plastic bag |

‘placing’ -each

what I missed. After T put the.

pipes back up, I cleaned out:

the inside of the stove until I
could see the oil feed pipe at
the bottom ‘of the oil pot.

Then I turned on the oil and —
waited, while flakes of soot.

fell about me like black snow.

Nothing happened. The oil

feed pipe stayed dry:

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ee worked” ‘And indeed it ‘did,

~ dropped ©
“times :

1 reconnected: An the’ rocess, ;
“sooty —

My. coveralls were ‘damp 7 : -
from the moisture inside the: oe This. time: when 1 ‘turned : =
the carburetor on the oiljine: *
filled readily, tight: up to the ee
: ’ evel of the oil pot: But.\it=.
was no. genie power at the refused to flow-into. the oil |
pot and: remained ‘below. the ..

_proper:.. level.

‘and what 1_ tings.
- could: see’ of ‘the stovepipe
didn’t: look. much | cleaner. Te

laid out ‘more ‘newpaper. -

PLENTY OF OIL:

So. af checked - ‘the ‘oil line
“When. I went. ‘into: the: che

tilling. che: can-T:v using
and then, running across. th
“But --the newspapers

“aocknees. of: my: “coveralls
ae me. also: “got in: the treads
found: - oily.

fuel. It's:probably the tube

from: the: ‘carburetor to’ the a

siove.- This. proved’ to be
difficult: to. “work. ‘on, inche .

_ from the-stove “jacket anc
behind the apparatus, and. Ae
‘the ‘parts many

‘before TP. ‘got.
| also. got. great
handprints. ‘on. the. heater and
most | things adjacent to it.

“T= took»

carbureto
d with: the’. float ; set-
but: despite whatever I
did the oil tantalizingly rose to

the bottom of:the oil pot and |
there. it .stayed. I groaned.

_. ‘There was nothing : else to do
~ but take off:the”

This. - :
stove, and that meant: taking |
down. the: stovepipes again, |].

~~ also disconnecting the water “—

carbure tor.”

_meant’ moving | the

heater pipes,.:;and. uther
‘things. oe |
But Le did it. “The pipes

showered. me with = smaii

gifts of soot left over from the

’ first cleaning. undid every-

thing’ else, and then. got a
bear. hug* ‘on: the Stove and
heaved it, creaking, where it
had to 20. It poured a little
rust d.
more on ¢

the ‘carburetor, checked the
flow, put it back on then
wrestled the stove back and

ed my labours; “the cabin was

and my feet crackled in grit
but the oil flowed into the oil
pot on command.

EUREKA

Alas, when I lit it, it
burned only poorly, with

the oil pot were clogged. To
clean them I had to take the
whole stove out again and

time the boat was. incredibly
filthy.
newspapers and swept up.
most of the debris.
creature that grimaced back
at-me from the mirror in the
head was’ now black from
pate to knees, |
mysclf with the fact that this
was one time being bald
was a blessing. .

This time: the fire caught

immediatly. Soon the cabin:
7 filled with the sound of the

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the.
‘cover - off. ‘and |

omy neck and a lot.
floor. Some fell
on the new, cint. | adjusted. -

reconnected it. When I finish- |

mess of: sooty newspapers

[a the elements required for good health: .

much smoke. To make a iong ||
story shorter, the air holes in|

turn it upside down. By this.
I cleaned up the |

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