[Alberg30] galley and nav station reconstruction

[Mike Lehman]

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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