Oh, do you know the muffin fan?
Issue 58 : Jan/Feb 2008
It gets so hot in the tropics that we had to come up with some method of getting the stove’s heat out of the cabin. I took a 4-inch inspection port and installed it in the bulkhead next to the stove. I found a “muffin fan,” which was also 4 inches, and mounted it on the back side of the bulkhead. It does a great job of carrying heat and cooking fumes out of the cabin.
On cold nights, we put the cover into the port to keep the cold out. “Muffin fans” are made for cooling electronics and can be purchased at Radio Shack or electronic parts stores.
Three years ago Bob Steadman and Kaye Nottbusch left Los Angeles. They went through the Panama Canal and worked north to Boston last summer. Currently they are in the Rio Dulce, Guatemala, hiding out from hurricanes. Their boat is a custom Cascade 36 that Bob built. It was launched in 1984.
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