Great solution Dennis, as usual! For the rest of us, I’d like to point out Dennis may have painted his boat red, to go with his wick?
On my “beater boat ” we use a ripped terrycloth rag, works just fine in rainy Seattle and looks “natural”, turns green in a week. Very happy to have the metal toe rail, Lee > On Feb 12, 2018, at 5:11 37AM, Dennis C. via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > I used cotton lamp wick like this: > > https://www.amazon.com/Paraffin-Kerosene-Lanterns-Genuine-Superior/dp/B01BYLYQYY/ref=pd_lpo_vtph_201_tr_t_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=BGACPVC704NHP4827AC3&dpID=51iI62A7ikL&preST=_SY300_QL70_&dpSrc=detail > > <https://www.amazon.com/Paraffin-Kerosene-Lanterns-Genuine-Superior/dp/B01BYLYQYY/ref=pd_lpo_vtph_201_tr_t_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=BGACPVC704NHP4827AC3&dpID=51iI62A7ikL&preST=_SY300_QL70_&dpSrc=detail> > > I just folded it over a couple times and stitched it so it looks like a > letter "P". The folded over part lays on the deck and the tail sticks out > throught the toe rail. It hangs free of the hull so the drips fall off the > end of the wick and don't run down the topsides. > > Amazon sells round wicks for about $2. One could just tie a know in a couple > of those and do the same thing. :) > > Dennis C. > Touche' 35-1 #83 > Mandeville, LA > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and > every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >
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