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Galley alcohol, gas, diesel and induction cookers/ovens

  • 06 Feb 2013 23:31
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    Reply # 1201064 on 1195343
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    I've ordered the fold up oven. The temptation for onboard lasagne was too much to resist. See, you guys made me do it.
    Of all the sailing sites I've perused, this one has given me the best ideas for - non junk related stuff even. 
    Pretty good forum here :)
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  • 06 Feb 2013 16:46
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    Reply # 1200633 on 1195343
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    Better not let Lesley see the above or she'll be running her diesel engine on it. This is Yacht Club Bar stuff, fellas, back to the topic :-?
  • 06 Feb 2013 16:06
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    Mark Thomasson wrote:

    I think I was remembering some powerful hooch I had in Bali once, sure poisened me!!

    Hey, have been dead tourists lately, big news in oz.
    Cocktail drinks for $2 means the vodka they are using aint vodka.. they pour arak into those bottles!
  • 06 Feb 2013 14:06
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    So Gary is that the Meths or the Rum! (or is there any difference!!)
    I see your point (about my crap sentence structure). 
    Rum in oz would cost $3/L if the govmt didn't include its $40 tax..

    In Indo, if a hardware store isnt handy, there's always the local arak liquor (which is pretty much meth) which could be 20c/L and at 50% proof would make a great fuel, they only end up poisoning themselves with it otherwise.

     

    I think I was remembering some powerful hooch I had in Bali once, sure poisened me!!
  • 05 Feb 2013 10:28
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    Annie Hill wrote:
    Gary King wrote:
    Annie, there's always the dutch oven option. Dont know how one knows the temp in those things though.

    Of course, that's an option, but it's the same argument as a washing machine: how much space can I afford for something that isn't essential and won't be used that often.  Hence my interest in a folding oven.
    I have this cylinder shaped aluminium stove top oven, it's in 2 pieces with a glass insert in the top for viewing and temp reading. I think its quite old maybe 1970's or earlier. Sue and I used this at home on the gas stove rather then using the electric oven and looking forward to using it on the boat. Another reason to part with the gas stove/oven.

  • 05 Feb 2013 03:04
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    Reply # 1198966 on 1197482
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    Gary King wrote:
    Annie, there's always the dutch oven option. Dont know how one knows the temp in those things though.

    Of course, that's an option, but it's the same argument as a washing machine: how much space can I afford for something that isn't essential and won't be used that often.  Hence my interest in a folding oven.
  • 05 Feb 2013 01:42
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    Mark Thomasson wrote:..........But I have a suspicion the translation for "outside N America" is simply the "Carribean", in which case, the Origo is reported to run excellently on cheap Rum.
    Anyhow, the stuff is available cheap throughout Asia ($3/L in Aus, $1.5/L in Indonesia) so I think we're safe.

    So Gary is that the Meths or the Rum! (or is there any difference!!)
    I see your point (about my crap sentence structure). 
    Rum in oz would cost $3/L if the govmt didn't include its $40 tax..

    In Indo, if a hardware store isnt handy, there's always the local arak liquor (which is pretty much meth) which could be 20c/L and at 50% proof would make a great fuel, they only end up poisoning themselves with it otherwise.
  • 04 Feb 2013 19:56
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    ..........But I have a suspicion the translation for "outside N America" is simply the "Carribean", in which case, the Origo is reported to run excellently on cheap Rum.
    Anyhow, the stuff is available cheap throughout Asia ($3/L in Aus, $1.5/L in Indonesia) so I think we're safe.

    So Gary is that the Meths or the Rum! (or is there any difference!!)
  • 04 Feb 2013 18:07
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    Reply # 1198437 on 1197820
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    Gary Kepper wrote:
    My partner Sue had an accident on our last boat when I was away on another boat working. She decided to fill the stove with alcohol and in the process spilt alcohol and it ran down underneath and there was more than she realised as there was poor lighting. Also underestimating the danger, she continued to light the stove and within seconds the galley was alight and she panicked and used the fire extinguisher and what a mess!!! Partly my fault for not have a fire blanket at hand, luckily nothing was burnt just powder everywhere :o
    Some years ago, when I was still priming the Taylors with meths, I had a crew aboard who did a similar thing - just kept pouring the meths ... and pouring the meths ... and then lit it. I had to use the fire blanket on that one. Any leakage or spillage of any kind of fuel can be messy/dangerous. Later, I did as Bob does, and primed the Taylors with a gas torch, which I thought was safer overall, and more convenient.
  • 04 Feb 2013 17:33
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                                                                       Stavanger, Monday

    One big asset with alcohol stoves is that a fire like the one described above by Gary Kepper, can be dowsed with a bucketful of water - a method I would not recommend on a diesel or paraffin fire.

    Arne
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