[Alberg30] galley and nav station reconstruction

[Kevin Blanc]

I forgot to add that the inexpensive, ungimbaled butane stoves work 
great so long as you are not underway (it's like cooking on a gas range 
at home). The propane stoves are hot, too, but I found the portable one 
I had hard to disassemble and store. The butane cylinders are a bit 
expensive unless you get them at a Chinese grocery. They are cheap there.

It sounds like you have a good plan, Jay.


Mike Lehman wrote:

>We took the stove out from behind the galley sink (I hated that damn alcohol
>stove). This left really nice access to the storage area under the sink. I
>put in a nice large shelf with a large fiddle under the sink/stove area. I
>added some chocks, and that is where we keep our portable stove along with
>pots and pans and coffee pots etc. It works great.
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "J Bergquist" <j at ship.saic.com>
>To: <public-list at alberg30.org>
>Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 5:15 PM
>Subject: [Alberg30] galley and nav station reconstruction
>
>
>>Dear List,
>>
>>Since I am big on cooking, I am planning to improve my galley, along
>>with some other projects I have going at the current time. One of my
>>highest priorities is to improve the cooler. I figure I should be able
>>to keep a block of ice for at least several days and hopefully up to a
>>week in the summertime. The cooler I currently have is the one that has
>>a hatch in the cockpit and a side-opening door in the cabin. It is on
>>the portside, and I assume it is pretty standard.
>>
>>I saw how the guy who does http://www.triton381.com had a similar cooler
>>and improved his galley situation by removing it, constructing a
>>top-loader on the portside in its place, with the countertop doubling as
>>a flat surface for food preparation and as a nav station (his electrical
>>panel and VHF are located portside outboard and above the
>>cooler/countertop). I thought this was a good arrangement, but that it
>>would require pretty major reconstruction.
>>
>>Another friend of mine who used to own an A30 told me that he replaced
>>the portside cockpit/side opening cooler with an RV style propane
>>stove/oven (not gimballed, fore-aft orientation - the oven door opened
>>forward), then moved the cooler to the starboard side outboard of the
>>sink. This sounds really cool (because I love to bake, and the idea of a
>>sho-nuff stove with oven is very appealing). I figured I could take my
>>non-pressurized Origo stove and move it to the portside for now (once
>>I've removed the old cooler and made a new countertop), and that would
>>leave room for expansion to the propane model when I can afford it
>>(which, unfortunately, is not now). In the meantime, I could utilize all
>>that space outboard of the sink and below the counter (which is a royal
>>PIA to access right now because I have a folding counter on the forward
>>side of the sink cabinet fwd. bhd., which gets in the way of opening the
>>beneath cabinet hatch) for the cooler. Then I would have a cooler
>>outboard of the sink, starboard. This would also be advantageous because
>>it would be far from the machinery space (a big source of heat and
>>therefore also a drain on the cooler's efficiency). Then I thought that
>>I could also maybe come up with some creative way to use the shelves
>>that are currently installed outboard of the cooler on the portside,
>>running back to the bulkhead between the cabin and portside cockpit
>>locker. One thing I could do with that space is install a new electrical
>>panel (my boat is in desperate need of one). I am looking for other
>>creative ideas.
>>
>>What do y'all think about all this? Has anybody done this kind of job
>>recently and have some words of wisdom? Or a better idea?
>>
>>J Bergquist
>>Calliope #287
>>
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