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. There’s plenty of room on that pontoon for a second and third fire pit.
I was thinking the swim platform.I might do the same mod to my Yamaha.
I can just cut a hole in this hatch and Gud-2-Go !
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It’s not cancel culture, it’s a strange thing to see on a boat. It’s all in good fun.
This is not something I would ever install in my jet boat which is mainly fiberglass.I saw this on my thread and was half hoping you'd start a thread so i could see the build process LOL! that is such a cool idea! Of course its dangerous, its a fire! its dangerous in the same way its dangerous to carry a loaded handgun in the glove compartment of your car. Can accidents happen? of course they can! will being responsible mitigate the risk of people getting injured? of course.
Definitely not something i would do, only because i dont have balls big enough to cut that much out of my boatThat would definitely extend the boating season here in Southern Canada that's for sure!
Yes it does. My Chaparral berber carpet gets roasting hot as well.
Living and mainly growing up in SW Florida, this is not something I would benefit from either. Here we will get down to the 20's, 30's for a month or so, seldom do we ever see snow, but last year we did dip to the upper teens, a first for me to see in the 18 years I've been living here. This add on is really best when temps drop to 50's or maybe 60's after sunset. Don't forget you still have to motor back somewhere, a dock, or launch, and obviously with the fire-pit turned off, so staying out on the water well enough into the winter season/temps, makes going home a bear.
I stay sober, lol, sometimes my guests do not, if that's the case, I don't run this thing. Keep in mind, we do get cold in the winter months, so this novelty has a limited window of use. The propane tank is located in the center stern/transom area, there are two vented compartments, port, and stern. All 3 areas are covered by the sun deck. The fuel tank, which I find more volitile than the propane cylinder, is in the starboard area. It's covered by aluminum sheet metal, and storage is avail on top of that sheet. Both shut off's are always utilized when the fire-pit is not in use. Tank, and appliance valve.
I''m not thinking there would be much difference in the type/source of fire/flames when comparing to a marine barbecue grill.Only because the people who write the regs never imagined someone putting a fire pit on a boat.
There is. I actually studied and plotted it's placement. I have a fiberglass hardtop over the mid and rear of the boat. Between the 2 front benches was the only place to install it, as excess heat accumulation under the roof was a no-go.I like it. Good job
I have had much greater concerns about my grill as well, which is on a pedestal, and therefore not so quickly removed to extunguish a grease fire. I think the mis conception here is this is something you enjoy while stationary, and seated on the bench, you're not underway, Etc. If you are possibly underway, people are unseated, running about the deck, dogs present, babies crawling on the floor, then, yes, someone is getting burned. I couldn't the BTU rating in the manual, but after running the fire for an hour or so with little to no breeze, I have to turn the flow valve down on the the little control panel, as you will get toasty. I have a center table with stanchion for the rear wrap around seating, but that not only puts the flame, and radiant too high to benefit, I was concerned about heat build up under the fiberglass roof. It seems this accessory will garner reactions from both sides of the spectrum. It ended up being something I shared in the other thread to support my interest in a pontoon, and poke fun at BRP for not having a similar novelty. Either way I really enjoy it, and have no fears of it what sever.
This is the thing I saw on that "rebuild it" Youtube video.
