zefender
Well-Known Member
Popped down to the boat on Sunday, intending to take her out for a little while and turn on the de-humidifier on leaving.
I arrived early (yes I forgot about BST ending) so I thought I'd be really good and have a bit of a clear up/clear out first. I noticed the cooker, which had grease drips between the two pieces of glass on the front. I set about removing the glass, assuming it would be easy to remove, just like the one at home. Didn't quite work out like that. There's no obvious screws to do it easily. About 50 screws, nuts and bolts later, the entire cooker was on the cabin sole in various pieces. Bit of a sod to put back too. Three hours later, I'd re-assembled the thing, amazingly without finding any spare screws and lifted it back in place. I then remembered what I'd started the project for and had to unassemble and reassemble one more time. So didn't leave mooring.
My back now completely buggered and nasty gash to finger from poorly/un finished metalwork.
I can't believe how anyone can design a cooker quite so badly given what should be simple maintanance/cleaning tasks . Is this yet another case of saileyboats being designed by men who consider heating a Pot Noodle to be the peak of culinary perfection? On anything remotely to do with comfort, cooking or personal hygiene, most sailboat designers must sub-contract the job to Jarvis.
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I arrived early (yes I forgot about BST ending) so I thought I'd be really good and have a bit of a clear up/clear out first. I noticed the cooker, which had grease drips between the two pieces of glass on the front. I set about removing the glass, assuming it would be easy to remove, just like the one at home. Didn't quite work out like that. There's no obvious screws to do it easily. About 50 screws, nuts and bolts later, the entire cooker was on the cabin sole in various pieces. Bit of a sod to put back too. Three hours later, I'd re-assembled the thing, amazingly without finding any spare screws and lifted it back in place. I then remembered what I'd started the project for and had to unassemble and reassemble one more time. So didn't leave mooring.
My back now completely buggered and nasty gash to finger from poorly/un finished metalwork.
I can't believe how anyone can design a cooker quite so badly given what should be simple maintanance/cleaning tasks . Is this yet another case of saileyboats being designed by men who consider heating a Pot Noodle to be the peak of culinary perfection? On anything remotely to do with comfort, cooking or personal hygiene, most sailboat designers must sub-contract the job to Jarvis.
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