[Alberg30] Request for Help - alcohol stove replacement

[Mike Lehman]

So Neal - are we going to see you on the Fall Cruise?
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Dave Terrell 
  To: public-list at alberg30.org 
  Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 4:20 PM
  Subject: RE: [Alberg30] Request for Help - alcohol stove replacement


  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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