[Public-List] Stoves.. and a note about propane

[Dennis K. Biby]

How does a propane Coleman stove on deck differ from the propane BBQ grill
on the rail?

If they leak, either one under the proper wind conditions can send propane
to the bilge where it can mix with the gasoline from a leaky A-4.

Having used pressurized alcohol stoves, propane stoves, and Coleman stoves
plus solid-fuel and electric heating stoves over many, many years of living
aboard, it seems to me that life is prolonged by understanding the risks and
taking the proper precautions and that life is enjoyed by not over-playing
the what-ifs.

Just my 2-barnacles,


Dennis
s/v Ferrity

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On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 4:02 PM, Gordon Laco <mainstay at csolve.net> wrote:

> I am sorry to suggest that the presence of a Coleman stove in a yacht is
> another thing that would invalidate insurance if there were a fire.  They
> are intended to be used only ashore where fuel vapour (highly explosive in
> the case of that fuel) would safely dissipate away.  In a yacht, even up on
> deck, the chances of it accumulating in the bilge or low in the cockpit are
> great.
>
> Sorry to be offering bad news.
>
> Gord #426 SURPRISE
>

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