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

[Gordon Laco]

Hi there - 

The difference is where the stove is used, and how it is put away to be
stored.  A BBQ is most safely used when it is astern and it's fuel never
stowed below or in the cockpit.

A Coleman stove has to be laid on deck or on a cockpit seat; and when not in
use is liable to stowed somewhere below decks.  If there is any leaking in
the cap or feed valves the vapour has nowhere to go but into the bilge.
That is more than a what-if... A good analogy would be driving on bald
tyres.... One can get away with it for years but one occurrence of speed and
rain would be fatal; and who would not agree that such an accident in such a
circumstance was preventable?

Gord #426 SURPRISE


On 14/03/10 10:17 AM, "Dennis K. Biby" <sailor at aweigh.com> wrote:

> 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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