[Alberg30] Request for Help - alcohol stove replacement

[Dave Terrell]

I have had the same experience with Origo - it really gets the job done
and in my case, it fit right into the hole for the previous stove ( I
had to make some truely small modifications - really.) 

>>> NJackson at npr.org 09/29/03 03:18PM >>>
My Origo works flawlessly.  You just have to be careful not to fill
the
burner containers when there is an open flame around.  But that is not
usually a problem.  I can fill mine fully and they will burn for
several
days (say three) worth of meals.  It lights best with one of those
pistol-grip grill lighters that puts a little flame at the end of a
tube,
but you can also just drop a match in the hole (don't wait too long
after
you open the lid!).

I know some of the Albergers like the small, portable, catering-style
counter-top stoves with the butane cylinders.  I have used those in
other
contexts and they are OK, but I believe that the Origo is preferable on
an
Alberg.  Where mine is placed (recessed into a galvanized steel pan on
the
counter behind the sink) one can put a wooden cutting board over it. 
Thus
when the stove is not in use, it preserves all of the counter space
(we
normally use the Origo only for breakfast and dinner and need space
for
other meals).  Also getting alcohol is much easier than getting butane
canisters.  I buy the stuff in gallon cans in the paint section of the
hardware store...none of this branded stove fuel.    

For meat, chicken and fish when weather permits I also use a small
charcoal
Magna grill over the stern, and between it and the Origo we do eat
well!  As
we eat the Origo is usually heating some water for rinsing the washed
dishes
and maybe for a face-wash before bed!

Neal Jackson
PEREGRINE
No. 486

-----Original Message-----
From: Gordon LACO [mailto:mainstay at csolve.net] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 2:53 PM
To: Alberg 30 public list
Subject: Re: [Alberg30] Request for Help - alcohol stove replacement


Hi there - 

I agree.  The Origo is hot and safe.  When we got our Alberg I thought
about
refitting the pressure stove for about 3 minutes then float tested it
(in
the dumpster of course)  One of my first jobs after University was
running
the warrantee side of a large Canadian marine wholesale/retail
operation - I
saw a lot of unhappy people trying to get those stoves to work.  They
CAN
work, and I am sure that many people like them but there are better
alternatives these days.

I built a recessed plywood box for the Origo in the hole the pressure
stove
was in - works great.

Gord
#426 Surprise



on 9/29/03 1:32 PM, Dave Terrell at DTERRELL at message.nmc.edu wrote:

> Is Homstrand 2 a pressurized or non-pressurized  alcohol stove? If
the
> former, Origo makes a two burner non pressurized stove that fits in
the
> same slot. Much safer than the pressurized alcohol stoves.
> 
>>>> ROTHKK at aol.com 09/28/03 11:35AM >>>
> Does anyone know where I can purchased a Homestrand 2 burner alcohol
> stove 
> for my Columbia sailboat? The one onboard is inoperable.
> 
> Thanks,
> K. Roth
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