Interesting discussion on 'stoves'...... which were designed for cooking.
However, I will confess that after 8 years, I have used my 2 burner
Origo non-pressurized alcohol stove to heat the cabin and make me
comfortable while swinging on the mooring than I have used to make
coffee. And it is so simple.
Did a Marblehead - Halifax race on a 1985 C&C 33 MKII and the only heat
we had was when the propane stove and/or oven was going to cook. When I
am in the dark, in the middle of the Bay of Fundy at 3:00 am shift
change, it's wet and cold, I am wet and cold......I really could care
less what type of heat I am getting as long as I am getting heat and I
can get dry. Then I can look forward to a hot coffee and hot meal and
what the stove was designed for.
BTW, the 33 stove/oven was propane....we had 2 full 10 lb. tanks, and we
needed all of the 2 tanks......especially when we were making excuses to
make coffee just to get some heat. We installed a new 'propane
detection monitor' very low in the boat before the race and had all
connections and hoses checked.
The 'stove thread' caused me to read my recent 'boat survey' .....the
surveyor noted that the stove was "Origo" but did not state how it was
fueled. Probably doesn't matter to the insurance company whether I am
using the stove to heat my cabin or make coffee.
Rob Abbott
AZURA
C&C 32 - 84
Halifax, N.S.
On 2015-03-07 2:10 PM, Burt Stratton via CnC-List wrote:
I am surprised by the complaints about alcohol stove performance. My
little one burner non pressurized Electrolux works great! The flame
stabilizes very quickly when it warms up. Not much of a problem with
handling a reasonable draft and gets my 12-cup percolator perking very
quickly. IMO it is safer than propane for a variety of reasons and
since my stove is directly under my companionway hatch it is easy to
vent the moist air created by the stove. Also very efficient.
*From:*CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] *On Behalf Of
*Chuck S via CnC-List
*Sent:* Saturday, March 07, 2015 12:51 PM
*To:* Joe Della Barba; CNC boat owners, cnc-list
*Subject:* Re: Stus-List Stove
25 years ago, my family had a big party with lobster for twenty
people. To cook all that lobster at one time, my father-in-law got
all of his boat and camping stoves together in the kitchen and had an
impromptu race to boil water to cook the twenty 1.5# lobster. We had
a kerosene stove and an alcohol stove and white gas camping stove, and
also used the house's natural gas stove. It was fun to learn how to
safely light all of these different kinds and with various sized pots
we had a totally uncontrolled experiment, but a lot of fun. We waited
for all of the pots to be boiling, and then steamed the lobster and
had an amazing dinner laughing about our crazy test. I think all
cook w fire equipment can be used safely, if used properly.
Chuck
------------------------------------------------------------------------
*From: *"Joe Della Barba via CnC-List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com
<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>>
*To: *cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
*Sent: *Saturday, March 7, 2015 8:01:33 AM
*Subject: *Re: Stus-List Stove
Have you ever actually tried that?
Any significant pressure leak and you won’t be able to get anyplace
near the stove.
Joe Della Barba
j...@dellabarba.com <mailto:j...@dellabarba.com>
Coquina
*From:*CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] *On Behalf Of
*John Irvin via CnC-List
*Sent:* Friday, March 06, 2015 10:17 PM
*To:* Bill Bina - gmail; cnc-list@cnc-list.com
<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
*Subject:* Re: Stus-List Stove
Alcohol stove fires can easily be extinguished with water
Surely a plus.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
*From: *Bill Bina - gmail via CnC-List <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
*Sent: *2015-03-06 11:55 AM
*To: *cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
*Subject: *Re: Stus-List Stove
You would have also discovered that many insurance companies will not
insure a boat with a pressurized alcohol stove. They go strictly by
the numbers, and those stoves have a very bad track record for claims.
It is one of the "hot" items they look for in the insurance survey.
The other issue with alcohol is that the flames it makes are virtually
invisible, which can also lead to unintended consequences.
Bill Bina
On 3/5/2015 10:14 PM, John McKay via CnC-List wrote:
An question from another new C&C 33 MK II owner.
I have been trying to get the original Hillerange two burner
pressure alcohol stove working, and it scares me. One burner
lights, flame is blue but not adjustable. The other sounds like a
jet engine and burns about 8" high. Made an easy decision to scrap
this.
Any suggestions about a new stove top would be appreciated
John from Enterprise
_______________________________________________
Email address:
CnC-List@cnc-list.com <mailto:CnC-List@cnc-list.com>
To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the
bottom of page at:
http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
_______________________________________________
Email address:
CnC-List@cnc-list.com
To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of
page at:
http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
_______________________________________________
Email address:
CnC-List@cnc-list.com
To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of
page at:
http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
