Cooking onboard

[lockwood]

The standard cooker in my old Jaguar 22 is now ready for the scrapheap. I have looked at some new alternatives but they seen VERY expensive compared to cookers for caravans & camping.

Would a standard camping stove (2 hobs & grill) connected to a gas bottle be safe on a boat. Obviously they won't be gimballed, but maybe a seperate gimball piece could be made/fitted.

I don't need an oven as I only use the boat for overnighters and the occasional weekend. 2 hobs & a grill are fine for a nice greasy breakfast.

Should the gas bottle be in an outside cockpit locker? Does it need ventilation? can it be close to petrol or battery?

(sorry about the length - he he)

 

[starboard]

I use a Plastimo gimballed 2 burner hob on my 26ft sailing yacht. I find this fine for up to 3 weeks away. You only need 2 pans and the world is your oyster. No need for an oven or grill. Come aboard my yacht and I will prove to you 2 burners is all you need. Only Nancy's sail with an oven!!!!!!!!!

Good luck

Paul

 

[Vara]

Not having gimbals is not a great problem,just use over sized pans/kettleand dont fill them more than a third full.
As to gas installation loads of expertise on the forum,no doubt they will give you chapter and verse in due course!

 

[lockwood]

STARBOARD/Paul

That Plastimo gimballed cooking machine sounds dandy. Do you have a model number or make - I can do a quick google and find a supplier.

 

[Roy]

Camping stove? If for outside use, don't use inside a boat. Gas cyl should be kept outboard or in a locker which vents to outside of boat via vent at lowest point of that locker space - gas is heavier than air and falls downwards, so you don't want potential gas leakage landing near batteries or electrical fields or heat.

 

[VicS]

See here for practically all you need to know about gas installations on boats.

 

[bob_tyler]

Whatever (gas cooker) you fit ensure that it has a flame failure device. This is essential being inside the boat.

 

[starboard]

Would need to check the model no. from the boat...yes it is dandy for what it does...but maybe that is due to the expertise of the chef...cough...cough.

Paul.

 

[graham]

This subject believe it or not is likely to become quite emotive.

People have very strong feelings for their cookers.If you are sensible,and turn off the gas at the bottle after every use a camping stove will do fine.

Obviously a marine spec cooker with flame failure devices on every burner will be safer but also 4 x the cost.

If safety is number one priority you could consider a meths burning stove such as an" Origo"also does away with the problem of where to house a gas bottle.

Heres a pic of my Origo 2 burner with gimballs and pan holders.

 

[scarlett]

Flame failure devices are a must.

 

[tugboat]

>Only Nancy's sail with an oven!!!!!!!!!<
Oh Yeah?
I feel a 'Fray Bentos at sundown' moment coming upon me! Roast chicken and roast spuds -YUM! Bet I'm not the only one either. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

 

[sixpack]

[ QUOTE ]
I use a Plastimo gimballed 2 burner hob on my 26ft sailing yacht. I find this fine for up to 3 weeks away. You only need 2 pans and the world is your oyster. No need for an oven or grill. Come aboard my yacht and I will prove to you 2 burners is all you need. Only Nancy's sail with an oven!!!!!!!!!

Good luck

Paul

[/ QUOTE ]

Well call me "Nancy". /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

One cannot beat a nice roast for Sunday lunch or roast chicken for a late supper or vol-au-vents for a wee snack or heaven forbid a FB to stop the side of one's stomach sticking together.

 

[tugboat]

Yeah, sock it to 'im, sixpack! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[ShipsWoofy]

Your biggest problem here after choosing which stove you are going to fit is the fact you are going to fit it now.

An existing installation may have been overlooked by a surveyor, but a new one will almost certainly have to conform to regulations and be tested by a corgi engineer. I speak from experience.

If you intend to go ahead, may I suggest that you read the Boat Safety Scheme website and an excellent article from the Calor gas centre as this is pretty much what a surveyor and insurance company will expect you to conform to.

 

[snowleopard]

i like freshly-baked bread on passage.

nancy

 

[starboard]

OK guys you win.......sorry to spoil your Sunday lunch, hope the Yorkshire puds not burnt.

Good eating

Paul.

 

[Anonymous]

Strange meeting another Nancy here....we like fresh bread (supermarket long-life part baked) as well as heated pasties, pies, sausage rolls and in harbour we eat at least two roast meals a week, often more. Then there are all the supermarket cook-chill meals that mostly can't be done in the microwave anyway. But I believe we have capitulation in any case!

Other Nancy