Stavanger, Sunday
This is an interesting thread. Of course the dominating factor (behind safety) when deciding the type of fuel is the availability of fuel and spare parts for the stove. I guess we who generally stay in one country have much less trouble than those of you who sail all over the world.
As for the Taylor stoves, I would be surprised if their burners are not from Optimus. At least the Taylor paraffin heater in Johanna has an Optimus burner (here, at page 3). I just googled Optimus. They seem to have specialised in portable stoves for hikers now, but I also find dealers which still sell the Optimus 155 boat stove ( which sits in Johanna) and also full spare kits to the burners. Their burners are pretty standard kerosene burners with internal cleaning needle and should be easy to fit in any stove. As for fuel, it is funny that kerosene is difficult to get at on some places since the most common jet fuel, JETA1 is kerosene. The problem may be to find a dealer who would sell it by the litres instead of by the tons...
My Johanna came with a 2-burner Origo alcohol stove. However, the alcohol was so expensive (70Nkr/l) and the burners not so powerful, so I gave the Origo to Sebastian in Peregrine (they only pay 10Nkr/l in Germany). Nowadays I can get alcohol for 25kr/l which makes more sense. Still, I like my Optimus 155 (here on Youtobe) and as long as it works well, I’ll keep it. I am less fond of that Taylor heater as so much of its heat output disappears through the chimney and I could anyway not leave it on over night. Now there is a little stainless solid fuel heater from Dickinson sitting on the shelf at my local dealer....
Cheers, Arne