Shipmate Stove Miami CL

[davidagage]

I have nothing to do with this. Looks like a deal though!

http://miami.craigslist.org/brw/boa/2268215205.html

If you get it, I can prolly pick it up and store it for ya...

[genglandoh]

It looks like a good deal for $500.
A new shipmate is $2,000 to $3,000

http://www.shipmatestove.com/Details.cfm?ProdID=32&category=6

My boat is just a little too small.

[Peacefuljourney]

Thanks for the link...
Would be nice on the boat I am building...

I've contacted the guy.

[Peacefuljourney]

Sold I've bought it! ;)

[headonz]

A bargain !!

[Peacefuljourney]

A bargain !!
Well the stove is 70 years old... I don't know any thing that sell for 25% of the original price 70 years later so I think the price is fair for the condition ;)

Anyway I am happy, and look forward to rebuild it ... Don't worry I will post pictures ;)

It sure will look great in our boat!

[Jay Greer]

A wise and shrewd purchase!
Jay

[Jay Greer]

You probably know that a Shipmate can be mounted with out the legs, using made up bolts that fit into the leg slots. This allows it to be lower if needed.
Jay

[Peacefuljourney]

You probably know that a Shipmate can be mounted with out the legs, using made up bolts that fit into the leg slots. This allows it to be lower if needed.
Jay

Thanks for the tip! As the galley is not build yet I will just build it in consequence for the stove ;)

Won't get too excited until I have it right in front of me... That will be one thing less to do on the boat...

[Bob Cleek]

A good score! It'll kill you to hear this, but "back in the day," I recall seeing more than one rusty old Shipmate get heaved into the boatyard dumpster because the owner wanted a "modern" stove. Back in the 'sixties and seventies, they were still made and a lot less expensive than today. If you wanted one, you just ordered it. All the old wooden boats had them, or had owners that preferred the "convenience" of alcohol or kerosene and junked them. If I'd only knew then what I know now!

[davidagage]

Way to go!
If you need help getting it to CA, give me a shout.

DG

[Peacefuljourney]

A good score! It'll kill you to hear this, but "back in the day," I recall seeing more than one rusty old Shipmate get heaved into the boatyard dumpster because the owner wanted a "modern" stove. Back in the 'sixties and seventies, they were still made and a lot less expensive than today. If you wanted one, you just ordered it. All the old wooden boats had them, or had owners that preferred the "convenience" of alcohol or kerosene and junked them. If I'd only knew then what I know now!

Yeah well during that time quality material was not hard to find.. Today it's getting hard to find anything that last 20 years. Most of my tools that I use everyday that never have fail on me are more then 60 years old. From wooden plane to cast iron band saw. My pots & pans for cooking everyday come from 2 generations back in the family.

Today engineer calculate a bit too much at the extreme to put the minimum without calculating the time factor... I guess its better for the economy if stuff doesn't last too long, and publicity convince you that the new one is better ;)

[Sailor]

Newer is NOT better alot of the time though. Too bad the public sways opinion so much. The old saying "They don't make 'em like they used to" is truer than ever.

[wardd]

Newer is NOT better alot of the time though. Too bad the public sways opinion so much. The old saying "They don't make 'em like they used to" is truer than ever.

not really, the old trash was thrown away and the good kept just as in 30 years the cheap stuff made today will be in trash heaps and the good kept

[Sailor]

More of it will be considered trash more quickly than it would have been back then though.