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How to Select a Marine Stove

• By Lynda Morris Childress
• Updated: May 7, 2020

There’s no question about it: On cruising sailboats, an efficient, safe marine stove is as important as good sails, functioning systems and top-notch safety gear. The ability to prepare and enjoy home-cooked meals on board makes for a happy and healthy crew, and at the heart of it all is a reliable stove.

Many owners of pre-owned vessels have inherited the stove that came with the boat—with either happy or hair-pulling results. If you’re in the latter category, or if you wish to retire your once-reliable galley workhorse, it might be time to ponder an upgrade. There are many considerations, but one of the first things you should decide is: Which type of marine stove?

For upgrades, the three most prevalent types of marine stoves rely on liquid petroleum gas (LPG, or propane), nonpressurized alcohol and, in recent years, electric. Other types, such as kerosene and compressed natural gas (CNG) burners, have fallen out of favor for various reasons: Kerosene spills are extremely flammable, burners require priming before lighting, the fuel smells unpleasant, and the odor often permeates interior fabrics and the food itself. While some sailors still swear by it—it’s widely available and burns fairly hot—use of kerosene is waning. CNG made its appearance (along with LPG) in the 1980s, and early on was touted as the “safe gas.” Unlike LPG, it’s lighter than air and can’t settle in the bilges, though fumes can collect in other areas of the boat that aren’t well ventilated—and it still can explode. Today it’s hard to find and rarely used.

Butane, another form of liquid gas, has been used for years to fuel small, portable one- or two-burner stoves equipped with small canisters of fuel. Popular on smaller sailboats for simple cooking, and on some cruising boats as an inexpensive backup to the existing galley stove, it can be useful for preparing coffee, tea or one-pot meals without heating up the galley too much, but probably isn’t under consideration for an upgrade.

Diesel stoves are not widely considered either, but if you dislike propane and alcohol, stoves and ovens that use diesel forced-air technology, such as those made by Wallas in Finland (imported by Scan Marine ), might be worth a look. Prices range from $2,500 to $5,000.

Marine Propane Stoves

On most production cruising boats built from the mid-1980s on, marine propane stoves and ovens have been the rule. When you’re considering an upgrade, they are an excellent choice, though there remain skeptics who are either unwilling to install and maintain a propane system, or are downright terrified of propane and actually switch to an alcohol system for precisely this reason. LPG is heavier than air, and fumes can settle in the bilge if proper installation, usage and safety protocols aren’t followed, creating the potential for explosion. Most who use propane aboard safely feel that the benefits outweigh the risks: It’s available worldwide, the cost is reasonable, it burns hot and cooks food quickly, it’s odorless while burning, and it’s easy and safe to use as long as you practice strict safety measures. Propane stoves and systems on U.S. boats must meet American Boat & Yacht Council standards, which outline specific parameters for safe installation and use. The West Marine Advisor also offers tips on safe installation.

Marine propane stoves have improved over the years; most newer models have built-in safety thermocouples that automatically stop the flow of gas within seconds if a flame is not present. This feature, plus other required and optional safety measures—such as a leak-detection system, a dedicated exterior tank-storage locker, a simple electric solenoid switch that allows the gas to be shut off manually and remotely, and a vapor detector—are key to safe operation, along with careful use by all aboard. On today’s new-stove market, retailers report that the Force 10 gimbaled two- and three-burner series are top sellers. For a new two- or three-burner range, you’ll need to budget between $1,000 and $2,000, depending on make and model. If you’re short on galley space but still want propane, Eno makes compact two- and three-burner built-in and gimbaled propane cooktops, which sell for $300 to $400.

Marine Alcohol Stoves

Alcohol stoves burn denatured alcohol, and over the years they’ve suffered a bad rap: Older, pressurized models achieved widespread notoriety not for their cooking ability, but for their uncanny knack for setting anything above them (sometimes including the cook) on fire. Pressurized stoves were famously difficult to light; they required pumping and priming with alcohol to get the burners hot enough for sustained cooking, which often led to flare-ups and disaster. Compounding the problem was that an alcohol flame is nearly invisible, resulting in burns from touching a burner that was invisibly lit. Fortunately for fans of this fuel, newer, nonpressurized, highly functional models of marine alcohol stoves are available to eliminate the danger as well as the priming process. The Dometic Origo system uses canisters fitted with wool “wicks” that soak up the alcohol, allowing the fumes to be lit in a controlled way that avoids flare-ups. In addition to being nonexplosive, alcohol stoves are easy to install; every component needed comes with the stove.

But while alcohol has advantages, it also has drawbacks: Like kerosene, it has an odor when the stove is in use that makes some people queasy. It burns at a much lower temperature than either kerosene or propane, using more fuel and taking longer to cook food or even boil water, but fans of alcohol stoves claim they don’t notice or mind the slightly longer cooking times. Though more expensive overall than propane, stove alcohol is widely available in the U.S.; worldwide, it’s harder to come by. Nonetheless, alcohol marine stove proponents cite not having to worry about a possible onboard explosion and ease of installation as two benefits that outweigh all the drawbacks combined. According to retailers, the Dometic Origo 6000 is today’s top-selling alcohol stove/oven, followed closely by Dometic Origo stove-top units. New ranges are priced between $1,500 and $1,800; stove-tops are in the vicinity of $200 to $350.

Electric Marine Stoves

Until recently, electric stoves and ovens were found mainly on large powerboats and superyachts and would not have been a possibility for the average sailboat. But as new boats equipped with generators as standard equipment make their way into the mainstream market, and as more owners of older boats retrofit gensets, electric marine ranges and fixed or portable ceramic cooktops are making inroads. Most U.S.-made boat stoves require 120 volts; if a boat spends much of its nonsailing time at marinas with shore power available, or if running the generator each time the stove is used isn’t a problem, it may be a viable alternative. The price range for a new two- or three-burner electric marine stove and oven is $1,500 to $2,000; for one- and two-burner electric and induction cooktops, from the simple to the sublime, the price ranges from $100 to $900.

Induction Cooking

The newest trend in electric stoves is induction cooking, which cooks food using electromagnetic induction rather than conduction from electric heat or a flame. In simplified terms, when you turn on the stove burner, a metal coil beneath a ceramic cooktop uses alternating current to produce a magnetic field. When magnetic cookware is placed on top, voilà! The pot heats up, but the cooktop remains cool. The advantages seem endless: Induction stoves drastically reduce fire and burn risk, as the cooktop itself does not heat up; they don’t warm up the boat; they cook food fast and efficiently; and because it doesn’t ever get hot, the cooktop is easy to keep clean (and can double as extra counter space). One disadvantage to most electric ceramic cooktops on boats is the lack of rails or clamps to keep pots in place. Another is that induction cooktops require use of specific cookware with magnetic properties; when you replace your existing stove with one, you might also have to replace your pots. Kenyon Marine has addressed the problem of keeping pots on the stove with its innovative new Silken2 two-burner Trimline induction cooktop; it comes with a fitted, patented nonskid silicone mat that can be used during cooking. Another popular induction cooktop is the single-burner unit by Furrion. This technology is new and still evolving. If you’re on the fence about an upgrade, keep a close eye on marine induction stoves — they just may be the wave of the future.

Before You Buy a Marine Stove

Before you start to shop, answer some basic questions: How much stove do you need? How much room do you have in your galley? Where do you plan to cruise? The stove you select depends largely on how—and how often—you use your boat. If it’s a small boat with limited galley space, used mostly for daysails, weekend cruises, and the occasional overnight not far from home waters, a simple stove-top system (nonpressurized alcohol, butane or, if you have shore power, electric or combination alcohol-electric) might suffice. If it’s a midsize boat used for extended vacation or liveaboard cruising, you’ll likely want—and have room for—a marine stove with an oven. If there are only two of you aboard, a two-burner stove and oven might suffice; if you’re a family, consider a three-burner. Measure your space carefully and, unless you want to undertake a major carpentry project, be sure you select a boat stove that fits. (If you own a European-made boat, you’ll likely need to order a metric size.) If you cruise outside the U.S., choose a marine stove that uses fuel that’s available and affordable everywhere you plan to visit.

Depending on where and how you sail, there are also some stove safety features to consider. Almost all marine stoves and ovens are gimbaled, allowing them to swing back and forth, essentially remaining level when the boat is heeled (or rolling at anchor). Your best bet will be to go for a gimbaled replacement. Other safety features should include a sturdy, built-in safety rail around the outer edge to guard against pots sliding off the stove-top; a set of pot clamps to keep pots in place while cooking underway; and a latch that allows the oven door to be securely locked in place.

Choosing and installing a new marine stove doesn’t have to mean jumping from the frying pan into the fire. If you know exactly what you want before you shop and do your research on features and installation, outfitting your sailboat with a new stove that meets your needs will be worth its weight in comfort — not to mention delicious home-cooked meals.

Lynda Morris Childress and her husband, Kostas Ghiokas, cruise and charter their Atlantic 70 ­cutter, Stressbuster , throughout the Greek Islands.

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Eight of the best marine cookers

We’ve selected the best marine cookers on the market, this article contains affiliate links. the products or services listed have been selected independently by journalists after hands-on testing or sourcing expert opinions. we may earn a commission when you click a link, buy a product or subscribe to a service – at no extra cost to you..

Dometic Marine Moonlight cooker

Dometic’s Marine Moonlight cooker comes with a gas oven, grill and three-burner hob. It boasts a heat-resistant glass door and interior light for easy viewing of what’s cooking. For safety, it has an oven door safety lock and safety ignition system.

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Eno Open Sea

Constructed using highly polished marine-grade stainless steel that lasts well in the marine environment and is easy to clean, the Eno Open Sea features twin burners and an enamelled oven.

• RRP: $1,269 / £725
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Dickinson Marine Mediterranean gas stove

Dickinson Marine’s Mediterranean stove features its trademark heavy-duty stainless steel construction, with laser cut decorative touches. It’s equipped with three efficient and powerful burners, and push-and-turn electronic ignition. 

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Taylor’s 030L diesel stove

Taylor stoves are fuelled by pressurised diesel, which is a sound alternative to gas. 

The 030L is the largest and most versatile in the range and offers an enamelled top plate hob with two burners, a grill underneath and a deep oven.

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GN Espace Levante

GN Espace high quality cookers and its Levante range is purpose-built for cruising sailors. 

The Levante comes with the choice of 2, 3 or 4 hobs. There is the option of a solid or glass door and it’s quick to heat, economical with gas and provides excellent cooking performance. It comes with a multi-directional gimbal system option which provides a stable platform for cooking.

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Tasman 4500 gas hob

The Tasman is a good budget option if you don’t need an oven.

This gas-powered cooker features twin hobs and a grill.

It is lightweight at 5.8kg (12lb 11oz) and compact, being just 45cm wide and 37cm deep. It comes with an enamelled pan and features one large hob burner and one standard burner. 

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Origo 3000 stove

The Origo stove is definitely aimed at smaller boats and daysailers. It provides a compact alternative to a large gas cooker. There is no oven and this simple cooker is fuelled by methylated spirits. The stove is topped up by removing a pair of canisters stored underneath the hob. The Origo is also available as a single-burner unit. It’s available with gimbals or can be mounted directly into a worktop.

Kuranda Nordic 85NDT diesel hob and heater

Another interesting alternative to a standard gas cooker, the Nordic NDT lacks an oven, but by way of an alternative, doubles up as a heater, being an excellent source of the sort of dry heat that gas installations are not able to provide. The Nordic can be run direct from your diesel tank and is flush mounted on your worksurface making it a smart, compact and practical option.

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Induction cookers on yachts: Why it’s finally feasible to ditch the gas

• November 25, 2020

Advances in electrical technology mean sailors no longer have to rely on gas for making hot meals and drinks. Rupert Holmes reports on the latest generation of induction cookers

With the advances in induction cooking technology, cooking with gas could become a thing of the past

For most of us, cooking with gas has been so much the norm both ashore and afloat that it’s easy to forget the march of yachting technology has the potential to offer better alternatives. Induction hobs have yet to be routinely adopted in the sailing world, but that looks set to change.

Ten years ago the idea of using electricity to cook on any serious cruising yacht would have been a non-starter. However, much has changed in the last decade, particularly the myriad of efficient and affordable ways to deliver large amounts of battery charge, even when cruising in remote locations, and the growing feasibility of fitting large lithium ion battery banks .

Equally, induction hobs have much to recommend them on a yacht. Energy transfer is extremely efficient, which means only the pan and your food is heated, whereas a gas stove heats air, which makes the interior of a boat even warmer in hot climates. At the other end of the spectrum, burning gas releases water vapour, which adds to condensation in cold climates.

Kenyon induction plates

In addition, finding gas can be a problem for longer distance cruisers, who may need to ship a variety of bottles and adaptors to suit those used in differing territories. But if you can generate and store sufficient electrical power to run an induction hob, it’s possible to be entirely self-sufficient in fuel for cooking over extended periods. Induction hobs are also easier to clean and the safety implications of burning gas in an enclosed space are eliminated.

Marine galley specialist GN Espace has waited a long time for the market and onboard infrastructure to be right to introduce an all-electric induction cooker. “Back when we started in 2008 we designed our cookers so that we could produce an electric version when the time was right,” director Ralph Olingschlaeger tells me.

“The market wasn’t there until things started to change a couple of years ago. Since then we’ve seen a rapid trend towards more onboard electrical capacity through the growth of lithium batteries and increased means to generate large amounts of power.”

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Products for the times

Olingschlaeger says there are still limitations in size and power consumption, but there are enough boats with sufficient battery and generating capacity in the 45-65ft segment for GN Espace to launch a product into this market. The electric version of the OceanChef is a feature-rich cooker that marries an induction hob to a multifunction electric fan oven with grill and a defrost function. It’s a 50cm wide product that can be fitted as a drop-in replacement for many marine cookers.

A power management system limits maximum energy draw to under 3kW, which means the unit can be used with inexpensive standard inverter technology. Nevertheless, it’s a sophisticated product, with a power-boost function enabling 2.5kW to be delivered to a single hob to get a pot boiling quickly. An algorithm is used to learn the heat settings needed to heat a pot from cold to boiling and then automatically reduce heat settings for simmering. There are also ‘bridge zones’ that allow a giant pot to straddle two induction zones.

What were the biggest challenges in creating the device? “Induction cooking is a mature technology that’s driven by the domestic market and its standard sizes,” says Olingschlaeger. The problem is that won’t work on a boat, where cookers even on relatively large craft are smaller than their domestic equivalents. As a result, he says development was an involved process that required a lot of lobbying to get components of an appropriate size and quality.

The OceanChef is thought to be the first gimballing electric cooker with induction hobs designed for the marine market

The first electric OceanChef was fitted to an Arcona 465Z in September. The company has also been in ‘very encouraging’ talks with a number of other builders of quality yachts. Looking ahead, Olingschlaeger says they also plan to develop a smaller model with fewer features at a lower price point.

As far as we know GN Espace is the first company to produce a properly marinised and gimballed induction cooker, but it’s certainly not the only one looking at this market. Dometic announced its Induction Cooktop aimed at the RV market back in 2016 and we’re told now has a product for the marine market in development.

Similarly American company Kenyon offers a number of two- and four-ring induction hobs aimed at various guises of outdoor cooking. Some of these have an optional silicone mat that helps keep pots in place. However, like Dometic, the firm has yet to introduce a gimballed option.

Prices for the OceanChef electric gimballed induction cooker start at £4,794, the non-gimballed alternative costs £1,295, and a built-in multifunction electric marine oven will set you back £2,895.

IKEA’s portable induction hob

Other induction cooking options

If you’re not ready yet to make the step up to lithium ion batteries and a full induction cooking system, but spend time on board connected to shorepower, a single zone portable induction hob is worth considering.

Members of the niche Marine Induction Cooking Facebook group are enthusiastic about these, with the unit simply sited on a worktop when in port. They can be surprisingly inexpensive – IKEA, for example, sells one for less than £40 (ex. delivery) [ed. It’s also available on Amazon for around £65 (inc. free delivery) ].

Beyond that, pressure cookers have long been de rigueur for cruising sailors as they markedly reduce cooking times, which minimises gas consumption and generation of unnecessary heat.

There’s also an increasing contingent with breadmakers on board. Of course, these are by no means essential – it’s possible to bake good bread on a stove top – but the convenience of a breadmaker is compelling. They are surprisingly frugal on power, using around 35Ah – a fraction of the daily electrical consumption of a typical yacht of more than 40ft – to bake a standard loaf.

Solar ovens, which gather heat from the sun to cook your food, are also worth considering. A key benefit for those venturing off the beaten track is the self-sufficiency element in that no fuel is used. They also add a layer of redundancy – you can still make warm food even if other systems have failed. On the downside, solar cookers are by necessity bulky and therefore take up valuable deck space.

First published in the November 2020 issue of Yachting World.

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Best boat cooker: how to choose an oven or grill for your boat

• July 5, 2022

Is your pie piping hot? Does your toast brown evenly? Does your kettle boil briskly? If not, you may need a new boat cooker. Chris Beeson tests ten of the best

Whether you’re roasting a chicken with two veg, browning a gratin and steaming new potatoes, or just warming a pasty and heating some beans, the right boat cooker makes a big difference to the comfort of life on board.

So why are thousands of us soldiering on with rusty, ancient cookers, fitted 20 or 30 years ago when our boats first left the yard, which now can’t even muster a half-decent piece of toast?

For this article, we looked at 10 two-burner marine cookers with oven and grill, to find which ones offered the best combination of performance, ease of use and value for money. You can use the results to inform your choice, but there are other considerations.

There’s budget, of course, but also how much space you have. Most northern European boats have a 450mm space, a legacy of the once-ubiquitous Flavel Vanessa oven and grill. The rest of Europe has a 500mm space but they’re no friends of toast, so there’s no grill. For a typical Brit, this is beyond contemplation.

Which brings us to the next consideration – do you choose a separate or combination boat oven and grill? The former usually allows you to use both simultaneously but means a smaller oven and a hole in the hob to vent the grill heat, which can be useful for heating food while you’re making toast but it is susceptible to hob spillages.

Choose the latter and you’ll get a bigger oven, but it will be less efficient because the heat escapes through a hole either on the hob or at the back, designed to vent the grill’s heat, and the grill itself hampers convection.

All in all, there’s a lot to consider

Best boat cooker options

Techimpex mastergrill.

The pan supports lift out for cleaning and the forward fiddle is low enough for a frying pan handle, but it’s the only one. It comes with a rack, baking/drip tray, grill tray and harbour lock. The position of the door lock means you can open it one-handed.

The hob’s grill vent has raised sides but some spillages will get through. It boiled water in 3 minutes and 46 seconds, the quickest on test, but toasted only a single slice.

The grill tray handle was tricky to remove. It was one of two on test with a thermometer, which may not be entirely accurate, but it’s a good indicator.

The oven, second biggest on test, heated very evenly.

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LP Voyager 4500

Leisure Products, of Bolton, also make the Bainbridge (formerly Plastimo) cooker range.

The Voyager has slide-lock pan clamps and front and back fiddles, which are secure but too high for the average frying pan handle. The pan support lifts out for cleaning but the hob’s grill vent isn’t raised enough to stop spillages onto the grill burner. You also need to fit your own harbour lock.

There is an oven setting guide in the manual so getting the right temperature isn’t entirely pot-luck. It comes with a rack and grill tray, but no baking/drip tray. The oven unlocks and opens with one hand.

It toasts two slices and took 5 minutes and 13 seconds to boil water. The oven was much hotter at the back.

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Bainbridge Neptune5000

The two-burner Neptune couldn’t be supplied in time for our tests, so we tested the three-burner version.

There’s an all-round fiddle at a good height for a frying pan, pan supports that lift out for cleaning, and two pan clamps. It has a good-sized oven, and a separate grill with the vent at the back. One AA battery provides electric ignition, there’s a simple spring lock for the oven door, and it comes with a rack and grill tray.

At 7 minutes and 16 seconds, it was the slowest to boil water. The grill toasted a single slice and the shortbread was burned at the back of the oven, yet still soft at the front.

Spinflo Nelson

The fiddles front and back are frying pan-friendly and the pan supports lift out for cleaning. Both burners are the same size, limiting options, but are set in wells, which should stop spillages entering the hob’s grill vent.

The oven was the second smallest on test, but comes with a rack, roasting dish and baking tray. The grill tray sits in a wire fiddle which stops it sliding out accidentally. The harbour lock gimbal isn’t suitable for yacht installation so you’ll need one fitted.

There are oven settings from 130-240°C. It boiled water in 5 minutes and 26 seconds, and toasted two slices. The oven had very good heat distribution.

Dometic Starlight

The pan supports lift out for cleaning but the hob’s grill vent is prone to spillages. There are no fiddles and the pan clamps have brass knobs which heat up despite the grill’s pull-out heat deflector.

It has a harbour lock but no door lock. Nor is there a grill tray, just a rack and a baking/ drip tray. There’s no oven setting indication on the knob, which controls both oven and grill, so you can’t use both at once despite them being separate.

It boiled water in 4 minutes and 46 seconds, and toasted one slice. The big oven burner and insulation meant it warmed quickly and cooked evenly.

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Eno Gascogne

This French combination oven-grill has three solid fiddles plus a frying pan friendly one at the front, and the pan supports lift off for cleaning. The door lock is top left, the AA battery-powered electric ignition top right. The edge of the oven door handle was sharp.

Using the grill means deploying the heat deflector, so you can’t close the door, and the big grill vent in the top of the oven (which vents at the back) means the oven warms slowly. There are no oven settings either.

It comes with a rack and a drip tray, which must be used to stop fat falling onto the burner in the oven base. The big wok-friendly burner boiled the water in 4 minutes and 42 seconds.

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This cooker doesn’t run on gas, but on bioethanol or denatured alcohol, which is not readily available in the UK but easy to get in France. We used meths, which works, but you do get that smell.

Pour the fuel into the canisters and the wadding soaks it up, preventing spills. There are two burners on the hob and a third in the oven, but no grill. The knobs move a plate that covers the canister opening, so you can control heat to an extent.

It has a harbour lock, a rack and a baking/drip tray but pan clamps are extra. Water took 5 minutes and 46 seconds to boil. The small oven took 25 minutes to reach temperature, according to its thermometer, and cooked very evenly.

Force 10 Two-Burner Compact Grill

This product stood out because the open door slides under the oven, keeping the cooker balanced so it doesn’t tip forward. Push the lock button, lift the handle and away it goes. It’s very neat but it does result in the smallest oven on test – too small to roast a whole chicken.

The pan supports and all-round fiddle lift and remove for easy cleaning, as do the Sabaf burners. Harbour lock and electric ignition are standard, and the water boiled in 4 minutes and 1 second.

The ceramic grill looked great but toasted just one slice. The shortbread cooked beautifully, thanks to the head diffuser/drip tray that made the oven even smaller. On the downside, when lifting the door handle, I burned my knuckles against the hot door.

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Levante Two-Burner Compact

This Essex company’s cookers were standard on Discovery and Gunfleet yachts as part of an integrated galley system, so the ovenware also fits the rails in the sink, fridge, and recesses on the saloon table.

The rack and grill trays slide on rails in the oven sides, so it’s easily cleaned, but this reduces tray size. The oven has temperature settings, and the hob has two super-efficient Sabaf burners.

Pan supports remove using a central bolt and the burners remove, too. There are fiddles all around with the front one frying pan-friendly. It has an oven door lock but no harbour lock, and electric ignition is powered by an AA battery.

The boil took 4 minutes and 35 seconds. The grill was excellent, easily making four slices, and the shortbread was near-perfect.

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Boat cooker conclusions

We learned several things from this test. First, high-volume boatbuilders don’t buy off the shelf. They give cooker companies a low price and a spec and ask them to deliver. So the cookers you find on many new boats are unlikely to be as efficient or as well made as the models we tested.

Secondly, most of the cookers we tested are based on 30-year old technology because it’s not economical for companies to invest in R&D for a market with just 2,000 UK unit sales per year.

The exception is the Levante, which has been recently designed. It’s an excellent cooker with great galley-wide design ideas. However the price-tag shows why.

But if you’re a keen galley chef and you can afford it, get the Levante. If you can’t, go for the Spinflo Nelson, which just shaded the Techimpex (£415) because of the secure two-slice grill, the extra ovenware that comes with it, and the burner wells which will prevent spillages dropping through the vent and onto the grill.

How we tested the boat cookers

Peter Spreadborough of SoCal in Southampton knows gas. He was part of the team that helped us blow up a yacht to make an important point about gas safety. He kindly agreed to host our test of galley cookers, adapted from a Which? test of domestic cookers.

First, we inspected the cookers. Are therefiddles all round or just at the front? Are they low enough to allow a frying pan handle to rest over them? Could the pan supports be removed for cleaning? Are the pan clamps easy to adjust and secure, with knobs that won’t overheat? Is there a harbour lock to secure the gimbals at anchor, electric ignition, a door lock and an inversion proof gimbal mount? How big is the oven, and what ovenware comes with it?

After that, we timed how long each cooker took to boil 600ml (two mugs) of water, cooling the kettle and replacing the water between each test.

Next, we gauged how well the grill toasted white bread after five minutes’ pre-heating.

Finally, we baked shortbread, – very sensitive to variations in temperature – at around 190°C to see how evenly each oven heated. Sometimes we burned it, but if it burned evenly, at least we knew the oven was achieving a consistent temperature.

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What Brand Stove for Your Boat?

Published on March 30, 2014 ; last updated on January 21, 2023 by Carolyn Shearlock

A bit ago, Judy asked me for recommendations on brands for a replacement stove — she wanted a three burner, with oven and broiler.  Since I’ve only had extended experience with an older Force 10, I asked the question on TBG’s Facebook page .  Here’s the info I got, along with comments/questions/complaints I’ve gotten at other times via email and in the comments on other “stove” posts.  Brands are listed in no particular order and this is FAR from a scientific study!

Hillerange/Princess Seaward: Three readers (including my cookbook co-author Jan) all report that they like the stove; I’ve heard other good comments on the Women Who Sail Facebook group.

One feature that I’ve heard about several times is that the Princess has an enamel-lined oven, instead of the stainless than most others have.  Several people have commented how much better it holds heat in.  Other specific comments:

“We love our 3 burner Princess by Seaward. Reliable, even heating in the oven so that if we set it to 350, it stays at 350. Works as well as our high end oven at home. Stovetop burners are fine, but all are the same size. Can’t get a fast boil nor a very slow simmer but these are very minor complaints.”

“So far the Seaward Princess is working pretty well for us. The clips to keep the stove eye grids from rattling are a bit of a PITA but I can live with that. Broils pretty well too”

Force 10: Mixed reviews. Three readers liked theirs, but I’ve also heard comments elsewhere that the installation instructions and customer service are both pretty bad in recent years.  Comments:

“Installed a 2 burner Force 10 with broiler last fall. So far so good. Ordered extra rack too.”

“Replaced our old 1970’s stove with a Force 10 3 burner. OK. BUT used to be able to cook a whole turkey. But new oven is soooo much smaller that is no longer an option”

We had a Force 10 on Que Tal and it wasn’t horrible, but it did have some problems with the oven just not coming up to heat.  The burners and the broiler both worked well, and I liked the way that the oven door tucked away when open.

Morgan’s Cloud has published three posts about the problems they encountered and how, once they dealt with them all, they like it best of any stove they’ve had:

• Force 10 Problems
• More Force 10 Problems
• What We Like About the Force 10

Dickinson Mediterranean: I’ve never heard anything bad about one, and the Facebook comments that were left were very positive:

“We have a Dickinson Mediterranean. The oven size is GREAT but probably just need 2 burners. Rarely have more than 2 pots on the stove and 3 don’t really fit. We’ve had it for about 6 months and gets used multiple times a day. I’ve been having some issues with lighting the burners but other than that it’s perfect! Super easy to clean too!”

“Love the Dickinson Med…even has broiler and wooden cutting board cover, pot holders…looks nice too”

“We installed a Dickinson Mediterannean on our still-being-built Dix 43. It’s a quality looking piece of kit, well fitted and finished. Time will tell if it can boil water or not. Oven’s big enough to roast a small turkey in.”

Eno: Had one good comment on Facebook about their 2-burner stove, and I’ve heard that the oven on the 4-burner does not do a good job — it is a single strip along the back wall and has very uneven heat as a result.  Online reviews elsewhere talk of non-existent customer service.

“We have a eno 2 burner with oven. Has worked very well for us”

Broadwater (Australian): Gets some great comments but apparently parts are no longer available as the stove is no longer made..

“We have a 4 burner Broadwater ( Australian ) it’s Fantastic !! Lots of broiling room & great temperature control. 5 stars”

However, Morgan’s Cloud was not very happy with theirs. Sadly their post on it has been removed from the site..

Spinflo (British): Got one great review, but it’s actually an RV stove not a marine one.

“We have a British Spinflo with 4 burners, a grill and large oven. Great temperature control. Not gimballed but that doesn’t matter on our boat. But is designed for campervans. You can get extra parts. I got a 2nd rack for inside the oven. It has electric ignition. Love it but need someone to make me some potholders.”

Attwood: Got one positive comment here too:

“Attwood 3 burner oven from 1997. Works great. Use a lot as liveaboards.”

And, finally, here’s a Practical Sailor review of four boat stoves from July 2007: Galley Ranges and Small Stoves Update  (note: you must be a subscriber to read the article).

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Dawn Cason says

March 31, 2014 at 11:50 am

Following. Dallas Shaw

April 4, 2014 at 3:35 pm

i installed a seward princess in 2001. i am happy with it & is my second one. i find it very hard to use a pressure cooker on it. takes forever to come up to pressure if it makes it at all. reaching behind the stove fo any reason is dangerous. i have slit my hand wide open on bare sides of stove. i put tape over the extensions to keep from doing that. it’s a two burner.

Jennifer Brett says

March 31, 2014 at 11:52 am

We bought a new Force 10 4-burner range a few years ago. Overall, I love it. I went with 4-burner not because I actually use all 4 at the same time, but because I feel like it gives me more usable cooking space (two pots/pans fit well diagonally). My only complaint is that it only has 1 big burner and the rest are tiny “simmer” burners that barely boil water. The big burner is awesome though. As is the ceramic broiler.

Nicola says

March 31, 2014 at 7:18 am

My oven/stove was not mentioned above, so I thought I’d weigh in. I have a Tasco, and I am quite happy with it so far. 3 burners that I have used simultaneously. I can adjust them to 3 flame settings and have been pleased to maintain a very low flame even in a breeze. The oven is small but I have roasted a chicken. It only has a single burner strip across the bottom so I installed a pizza stone and have baked a full sheet of cookies very evenly. Piezo-electric starter for the oven and need a match/lighter for the burners. It is gimballed, but did not come with pot holders. I tried to contact Tasco, but they apparently do not yet understand web business. Left a phone message and they did get back to me eventually but I ended up finding and buying the pot holders in a surplus marine store for $10 each.

Chuck Reed says

April 3, 2014 at 8:07 am

Nicola forgot to mention that the Tasco oven is insulated others are not. Also it does not have a glass door that you can not see through anyway. The interior of the oven is mirror finished Stainless Steel, so it will radiate the heat back to the inside of the oven. I did get one set of pot holders with my order. We love this oven it is much better then our old Seward.

Jim and Barbara Shell says

March 31, 2014 at 7:39 am

The best range/stove is the one you have. There are reasons for replacing what you have, but we have constantly found that there are no perfect products and all will have issues. Safety and loss (or lack) of function drive our replacement agenda.

Frances Garrett says

March 31, 2014 at 1:33 pm

I replaced a 2 burner Seaward CNG with a 2 burner Force 10 propane. Works very well. Pretty much the only stove you can buy anymore, except the Seaward. I agree with Jennifer, too much difference between burners.

Yvonne Miller says

March 31, 2014 at 11:42 am

We have the 3-burner Princess with the oven/broiler. Oven is true to the thermometer I check it with. We have a woodblock cover that we keep over the burners when not in use and this provides more working space.

Gloria Rooney says

March 31, 2014 at 7:00 pm

Got a Force 10 three burner with oven after I just couldn’t put up with the stove that was on the boat when we bought her. Love the Force 10 and the swing away oven door! The oven does need to be watched as it gets hotter than you may realize after about an hour or so. I keep an eye on the hanging thermometer in the oven door and make any needed adjustment. Lighting and cleaning are wonderful.

Lynn Van Den Broeck says

April 1, 2014 at 1:01 am

I have a Neptune 2000 and I love it because of the grill between the two stove tops and the oven. It’s perfect for keeping things warm, making toasts and… grilling off course! I would like to have more burners but we have a small boat so it doesn’t take too much space.

Tim Sheahan says

April 1, 2014 at 11:51 pm

We picked up a Campchef 2 burner propane, added gimbals and safety solinoids, and got an excellent oven for a whopping $500.00. Brass and stainless steel and cooks better than the stock propane the boat came with, plus the oven itself is larger and can take medium sized bakeware.

April 3, 2014 at 10:15 am

bought a new 3 burner Princess/Seaward 3 years ago when we moved onto our CAL 30, and as we now move up to the Challenger 40 inherited an older Force 10. Thinks I like/don’t like with each – Burners/Topside: Princess burners started well, but never that super high heat and always needed the ‘flame tamer’ to cook rice or slow simmer. Also the three small burners meant that a big pot took a long time to get going. The Princess was always a bother for me to clean well as you had to remove the whole grate – Sunday mornings was usually my ‘stove cleaning time’ where everything was removed and wiped down well. Older Force 10’s get’s lighted with bbq lighter and I have to hold on much longer to get burners going, but once going works very nicely. Big burner works on big pans wonderfully and small burners simmer nice and low, have left the flame tamer on the little boat. The lifting grill makes it much easier to clean (so it gets thorough cleaning more often) however the Princess had a better lip to contain spills on both burners and stove top and they drain down pretty quick on the Force 10. Oven – Princess oven was easy to clean, had a dial to set temperature, my Force 10 model has an On knob and a thermometer built in, you have to guesstimate the position and then watch the temp to get where you want. I’ve pretty much figured out where to set the dial for the temp I want but the Force 10 swings more widely (maybe the Princess did too but I just didn’t know without the thermometer. Size of both ovens was fine for everything I’ve tried to cook – did cook a small turkey in the Force 10. Both ovens have been bad about turning off – especially at lower heats (the F10 has the advantage in that I can spot it quicker as the thermometer goes down), and both ovens have tended to heat the bottoms of pans too hot – have not yet tried the Pizza Stone, but have successfully used an old broiler pan with a rack under the baking pan to avoid scorched bottoms of cookies, etc. One thing about the Princess oven – if you spill any food onto the rubber gaskets that seal the doors, be sure to clean thoroughly – if you cook with food on the gaskets, the gasket will stick to the oven and tear when you open the door. You can’t believe the heat that leaks out without those gaskets, and they were rather expensive to replace. All in all, I prefer using the Force 10, and would love to be able to get a new Force 10.

April 3, 2014 at 1:58 pm

2 burner F-10. In use 9 years. Oven temps spot on and we bake a lot. Only replacements so far the AA batteries. However, all indicators are the stove side of the company barely exists and replacements, when needed will require s new stove.

August 8, 2015 at 10:38 pm

I replaced a 35-year-old Hillerange 3-burner with a new gimbaled Mediterranean 3-burner. I was pleased with the looks of the unit, but there were some serious design issues. First, the rail for the potholders was sharp as a razor. Since it bolts onto the front of the stove, having a razor-sharp edge pointing upward at that location was unacceptable. Second, the new stove does not hang level on the gimbals. It is tilted down toward the back, with a front-edge to back-edge elevation difference of about 1 inch. That creates enough slope to be a problem, especially when placing the weight of a full pot on the back burner. Third, natural frequency of the stove as it swings on the gimbals is about 1 Hz, which coincides with the wave frequency of most boat wakes here in the river. Several times, when crossing wakes, the stove starts swinging and builds up amplitude until it is hitting the oven door on the stainless harness bar that the cook straps himself to. I am very worried about crossing the bar next year and going offshore with it. Fourth, the oven definitely has a hot spot in the center, resulting in cookies in the center of the baking sheet with burned bottoms. Fifth, when cleaning the stove top, the food debris is too easily swept into the oven vents. Sixth, one of the battery connectors was supplied with a wire that was too short. I had to add about 1/2-inch of additional wire to make the connector reach the 9VDC battery holder. One last comment about design (although it’s a personal style thing and not a deficiency)…I would prefer the have the order of the burner knobs match the layout of the burners, but these do not. The burner knob for the (centered) rear burner is at the far right, while the knobs for the front burners (located at far left and far right) are at the left and center positions. I guess I can adjust to that after a few cruises. Despite the design issues…when at anchor and with the gimbal lock engaged, the stove works well. It puts out much more heat than the old Hillerange. It is heavily constructed and should last many years.

Roy Hulse Cox says

May 17, 2016 at 7:26 pm

This made me look twice at a boat listing that has a 4 burner force 10 with oven and they have added a convection oven as well, then I went back and it was the Eno 4 burner that was commented on in your article …. 🙂

September 17, 2016 at 2:46 am

We just replaced a Seaward Princess with a Force 10 3 Burner Euro Standard size. It fit in the same hole pretty well, just had to add a bit of wood because it is about half an inch narrower. Happy with it so far. The door sliding under takes a little getting used to but it seems to be a good idea.

December 27, 2016 at 1:16 pm

Seaward is no longer in the stove business. Nor is Broadwater.

Chris mentioned that the stove side of Force 10 barely exists. It is the only side as they are owned by Eno (for about 10 years) and only make stoves.

I have had a Force 10 3 burner with oven for 17 years and am about to replace it with a new Force 10. Improvements over the older model are a glass window for the oven, thermostat for the oven, and top burner grate that removes easily for cleaning. I think they make a good stove and have never had a problem dealing with Force 10 in Canada or their dealers.

Louise Catherine Cole says

May 26, 2018 at 1:05 pm

How do you get the top ofito clean under the burner or to replace the piezo On a hillerange seward 2 burner stove. .? There’s nothing in the manual

Carolyn Shearlock says

May 27, 2018 at 7:42 am

I have not had one of those stoves. On ours, we just started removing screws and taking lots of pictures as we went. The company or a dealer may be able to help you.

Danielle says

October 24, 2020 at 5:01 pm

I know this is an older post but wanted to say we’ve had our Dickinson Mediterranean for over a year now. We love the quality of the range, made in Canada and not China like other models. Boy, is it beautiful. The cutting board that came with it is lovely and the potholders are wonderful during passages. Fit better than the original Princess three burner.

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Best boat cooker: 10 alternative options for gas-free cooking

• Rupert Holmes
• May 5, 2022

Rupert Holmes encourages a broad-minded approach when choosing the best boat cooker, considering options such as induction hobs and solar ovens.

Gas cookers used to be the standard choice on almost every boat, but there are good reasons why they are not necessarily the best boat cooker.

The dangers of fire or explosion are well documented, yet there are still plenty of older vessels without gas lockers that drain safely overboard .

Equally, most sources recommend changing flexible hoses every five years and regulators once a decade, but I suspect most are not.

Today there’s a wide choice of boat cookers to choose from, some of which are more economical than gas to run and easier to install.

Many other devices, from solar cookers to JetBoils, can aid preparing great food on board.

10 of the best alternative boat cookers

Alcohol stoves

Like Marmite, lots of people love them, but there are also plenty of detractors. A key drawback used to be the odours caused by the additives that give methylated spirits its distinctive colour. Today, the easy availability of bioethanol means this is no longer a problem.

Alcohol hobs may not be as fast to boil water as a gas stove, but they are still pretty good. We use one on Zest that’s as good now as it was when the boat was new 30 years ago and have no inclination to go to the hassle of installing a gas system.

This makes spirit stoves an excellent easy option for older boats in which the entire gas system, potentially even including the gas locker, needs to be replaced.

Unfortunately, production of the long-running Origo brand stopped a few years ago. The German online chandlery Compass24 has reintroduced similar products – the single burner Alcohol Pan 1500 (pictured above) and twin burner Spirit Cooker 3000 (which is also available via Amazon ) – but there doesn’t appear to be a gimbal set or pan clamps designed specifically for these models.

Pure alcohol is a flammable liquid, so carrying it on board demands appropriate care, but it’s soluble in water and solutions under 20% (around the strength of fortified wine) aren’t considered hazardous. A bucket or two of sea water will therefore render a large quantity innocuous.

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Diesel stoves.

It’s perhaps telling that yacht surveyor Ben Sutcliffe-Davies uses a diesel stove on his boat in preference to a gas cooker.

In addition to the safety aspect, the fuel is far cheaper and very easy to source. As a result, some of the extra up-front costs can be recouped over time.

The most common by far are the Wallas 85 series hob (pictured above) and 87 series cooker and oven. These don’t use a naked flame and fumes are directed out of the boat, though electrical power is needed at start up.

Buy the Wallas 85DP hob on kuranda.co.uk

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Induction hobs

The advantages of induction hobs over using a gas cooker are that burning gas creates water, which can add to condensation in winter.

In hot weather the direct heat transfer of an induction hob means the cabin is not heated as much as when using a gas ring.

Increasingly common on yachts with big battery banks and large arrays of boat solar panels , the power draw means they’re unlikely to suit most of us, unless connected to shore power, when a low-cost portable unit, like IKEA’s Tillreda (pictured above), can be used.

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Slow cooking

Slow cookers, the best known of which are Crock-Pots, also fall into a category of devices that need far more electric power than the average boat could possibly deliver.

While one could be used on shore power, their physical size means many smaller boats won’t realistically have space to stow one for occasional use.

However, there are a couple of alternatives that cook food in a similar way, without needing on-going power.

One option is a top-quality vacuum flask, such as the Thermos Stainless King Food Flask, which is rated to keep food warm for up to 14 hours.

Everything needs to be piping hot to start with, the flask needs to be pre-heated with hot water and it needs to be exactly the right size for the quantity of food you want to cook.

The flask will then keep the food sufficiently hot to continue cooking food in much the same manner as with a slow cooker.

Another option is the Wonderbag (pictured above) – a pot within a well insulated bag that will keep contents warm enough to continue cooking for several hours.

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Solar cookers

Another power-free variation on the theme of slowing cooking food over several hours, solar cookers focus heat from the sun onto the cooking area and are reported to have potential to work well, especially when preparing lunch, rather than an evening meal when the sun is lower in the sky.

GoSun’s Sport Marine (pictured above) is a folding model that encases the food in a cylinder in the focal plane of the cooker to prevent it being cooled by wind.

At the other end of the scale, the concept is so simple you can make a basic solar cooker yourself.

Buy the GoSun Sport Marine solar cooker from gosun.co

Tefal 6L pressure cooker

Long a favourite of the budget constrained part of the liveaboard cruising community, pressure cookers work faster than a conventional saucepan, and require little heat input for simmering, saving both time and fuel.

This is marked when preparing dried goods such as chick peas, beans and lentils. They also produce far less steam than conventional cooking, which helps keep condensation at bay in cool or damp weather.

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Kelly Kettle hobo stove

The Kelly Kettle (pictured above) has many advocates and in many ways is the ultimate survivalist’s tool. It heats water in a chamber around the circumference of the device using twigs as fuel in the central void.

It’s a very neat idea, but it has a couple of drawbacks for use as a boat cooker – they cannot be used below decks and keeping sufficient fuel dry may be a challenge on smaller vessels.

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JetBoil flash stove

A much better option for water heating is the JetBoil, which is among the best designed of all cooking appliances.

The outside is insulated with a neoprene layer, which minimises heat loss, while the gas flame is focussed efficiently on the base of the container.

It will therefore boil water in an amazingly short period of time, using a tiny amount of gas. They are widely used as boat cookers in the offshore racing community, while for cruisers they provide a quick and easy source of hot or boiling water.

PBO reader Chris Comerie adds: “As an active rock climber/mountaineer for most of my life, this is a stove that I am very familiar with, have used regularly and can vouch for its efficiency. “I also have one installed in my small yacht, I mainly sail single-handed and find that this is a quick safe way of boiling water when you’re short-handed. “I have a self-built François Vivier-designed Beniguet and have installed a Jetboil mounted in a quality built stainless steel gimbal supplied by Safire Associates . “Notwithstanding that it’s a relatively expensive piece of kit, it’s a great product of which I could recommend, particularly if space is at a premium.”

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Cobb Premier Charcoal Barbecue Grill

Barbecues are a long-standing boat cooker favourite, allowing convivial cooking on deck in fine weather, when using the galley stove can make the cabin uncomfortably hot.

If possible, choose a model that can be both rail-mounted and taken ashore to use on a suitable beach.

Portable barbecues are ideal for use at anchor or on a swinging mooring, though not in the confines of a typical marina berth.

One of the most popular ranges is by Cobb, which has a flexible design that can be used for grilling, baking, frying, boiling and smoking.

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Omnia stove-top oven

Portable stove-top ovens, with a central void that allows heat from a hob to dissipate evenly, have been around for a long time.

They have many fans who use them for baking bread , pies and cakes, or cooking anything from fish to lasagne.

The Omnia is a classic example based on a 1940s design. It is 25cm (10in) in diameter, 15cm (6in) high and is lightweight, making it easy to stow.

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Let’s Get Cooking: Marine Stoves for a Gourmet Galley

Imagine the scent of bacon, eggs and freshly-brewed coffee wafting through the boat in the morning. When it comes to cooking onboard, most boaters are content to use a good old portable grill. But what do you do when you crave more than hot dogs, burgers and the occasional BBQ chicken? 

If you liveaboard or plan to be on your boat for an extended time, you'll probably want to save a little money and calories by preparing some of your own meals. Dining out while traveling, especially by boat, is wonderful. But sometimes it's nice to just stay put.

If your boat's big enough for a galley (kitchen in boat talk), then you'll wanna brush up on marine stove knowledge. Regardless of how big the galley is, you can find a marine stove to fit your needs for sautéing, baking or just boiling a pot of water.

A wide range (pun intended) of marine stoves are available on the market. Depending on your boat galley's available space, you can find stoves with just a cooktop or with an oven.

Whether you're replacing a current stove or searching for one to add to your home on the water, scroll on down to discover safe and efficient marine stoves for your trawler , cabin cruiser, sailboat or canal boat .

What Makes a Marine Stove Different From a Regular Stove?

• Compact in size: One noticeable difference in marine stoves are their size. Boat galleys are not as spacious as the kitchen in your house, so the stove (as well as other appliances) needs to fit into tighter spaces.
• Gimbaled: Since boats are nearly always moving, a marine stove must pivot to stay level. This is called gimbaled. The stove has two pivot points that allow it to swing, which keeps pots or pans from sliding off onto the floor. Typically, sailboats have gimbaled stoves. Powerboats usually don't have gimbaled stoves, as they tend to stay steadier than sailboats.
• Pot restraints: Metal brackets or clamps go around the pot to hold it in place.
• Securely latched doors: Doors are kept shut by secure restraints so they don't just fall open on their own.
• Stainless steel: Marine stoves are usually made from non-corrosive materials such as stainless steel , making them less susceptible to rust.

Considerations for Cooking on Board a Boat

Cooking on board, like other actions on a boat, requires new approaches to everyday kitchen practices. First and foremost, keep those knives in a drawer.

• Eliminate glass  - This one doesn't need an explanation. And don't worry, you don't need to stick with Solo cups and paper plates. A variety of brands make quality acrylic and non-shattering dishes and drinkware. Tervis (check prices on Amazon) is one of my favorites.

• Purchase non-slip products  - Non-slip is your new best friend. This goes for cutting boards, knives, dishes and anything imaginable.
• Allow ventilation  - Your boat galley's confined space is going to produce extra heat. Open a window or leave the hatch open for a nice breeze.
• Condense food and storage  - Your boat galley's limited space also means you'll need to put on your creative thinking cap when it comes to food and accessory storage . 
• Combine Cleaning products -   The same Better Boat scuff erasers you use on the rest of the boat can be used to remove stains, drips and such from your marine stove. Simply wet, squeeze and wipe. For tough stains, accidental boil-overs and rust buildup, stainless steel scrubbers work wonders on pots and pans. Even 100% biodegradable  boat soap can be used for dishwashing chores along with a microfiber cloth . 

Check Price on Amazon  - Better Boat's boat erasers have a textured surface and a reinforced core for extra durability to remove shoe scuffs, dirt and stains on upholstery , consoles and walls.

Types of Marine Stove Fuels

I was surprised to discover just how many marine stoves are available. The main differing factor is the type of fuel they use. Combustible fuel, as well as electricity, are two energy sources that provide power for marine stoves.

Alcohol marine stoves, which heat by way of pressurized tanks or non-pressurized burners, come in a wide variety of makes and models.

Alcohol marine stoves are a safe choice. If there's a fire, it can be extinguished with water.

On the downside, alcohol lacks in providing a high level of heat, which puts it on the less efficient side. It's also expensive and gives off an unpleasant odor.

Diesel marine stoves are mainly used in commercial boats. Diesel burns very hot and is cheaper than alcohol. However, on the negative side, it can leave soot when burning and puts off a terrible odor.

Without an open flame, electric stoves are the safest choice out there. Unfortunately, they're also the most expensive because they require a large amount of electricity from generators or marina shore power. But if your boat has an AC genset, you're good to go with an electric marine stove.

Propane, also known as Liquid Petroleum Gas, has become the fuel of choice for many marine stoves. It has a high heat factor, lights quickly and has no offensive odor.

The major safety factor with propane is that it can ignite and cause an explosion. However, safety features like a propane fume detector (check price on Amazon)  should be put in place to alleviate this worry.

The Best Marine Stoves

Let's discuss the different brands and features of marine stoves. Depending on the size of the galley, you can keep it simple or go full-on gourmet if you so choose.

Force 10 has made marine stoves for more than 30 years. They make gimballed, built-in and cooktop marine stoves. Two, three, four and five-burner versions are available in gas or electric models.

Features include stainless steel construction, ceramic glass cooktops, thermocouple protection on burners, removable top grates and slide-away oven doors.

Dometic Origo

Along with cooktops and stoves, Dometic Origo (check prices on Amazon) makes a variety of marine stove accessories such as pot holders, flame spreaders and stove gimbals.

Pressure-free gourmet stoves feature spacious ovens, adjustable oven racks, roasting pans, gimbals and two burners. You can enjoy that Thanksgiving turkey or Christmas ham on the water. Two and one-burner stove tops are also available.

Seaward by Whale Marine

If you're searching for a cooktop, Seaward offers great choices. They make three-burner and two-burner cook tops (check price on Amazon) with marine-grade steel housings and aluminum top burners.

Thermocouple valves shut off if the burners are extinguished. The cooktop heats quickly and the smooth glass wipes clean.

Dickinson Marine Two-Burner Cooktop

This Dickinson Marine two-burner drop-in propane cook top (check price on Amazon)  is quite an efficient stove with a powerful "Triple style" 11,000 and a 7,000 BTU burner. The cooktop is also a breeze to install and includes under-counter brackets.

Avanti GR2013CSS Gas Range

For a boat with not much galley space, this Avanti 20-inch wide freestanding gas range marine stove (check price on Amazon) is the perfect option.

It might not be ideal for monohull sailboats that tend to sway, as it lacks gimbals (although you could install your own), but it could work for a trawler or more stable catamaran.

It also offers automatic electronic ignition and a glass oven door with a light to check on meals.

What to Cook With Your Marine Stove

They say every meal tastes better on a boat. I would tend to agree. With all this talk of stoves, ovens and cook tops, I'm getting hungry. 

Put that new marine stove to good use and collect a few cookbooks (all available on Amazon):

• The Boat Galley Cookbook: 800 Recipes and Essential Tips for Cooking Aboard
• The Boat Cookbook: Real Food for Hungry Sailors
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• The One Pan Galley Gourmet: Simple Cooking on Boats
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The Hunter 30 built from 1974 until 1983 is a John Cherubini design, as was the companion Hunter 27. Over the course of its nine-year production run, approximately 1,000 were built. The latest 30 we examined was a 1980 model, hull #934.

The Hunter 30 is handsome from some angles but just a bit too flat in the sheer and high in the cabin top to be considered beautiful. The hull is very full to give a lot of interior room, but otherwise quite typical of the racer-cruisers of the 1970s.

The interior was originally a strong selling point for the boat. Almost every owner commented on the size of the interior – often relative to low price – when talking about their reasons for buying the 30.

Layout is conventional, with a good V-berth forward, then a head with small hanging locker opposite, settee berths on each side with a drop-leaf table in the middle, an L-shaped galley, with the sink underneath the companionway, and a quarter berth, with a tiny chart table at its head. The berths are of decent size, though a tall person will wish they were all a few inches longer.

Many of the boats have alcohol stoves (“Cooks about like a solar oven,” said one owner) that will be due for upgrading. The icebox on the boat we looked at had minimal insulation and would benefit from several more inches all around.

The deck house is high and wide, and this gives a look of spaciousness below. The white hull liner overhead helps to offset the extensive teak veneer on the bulkheads, ceilings, sole, and furniture.

There are adequate windows and hatches for adequate light inside, and opening portlights (Hunter was one of the first production boats to offer numerous opening ports as standard) to give good ventilation. If the boat has not been upgraded by the time of purchase, the new owner will probably want to add Dorade or solar vents to keep the air moving when the opening ports must be closed.

Finish below is average – typical of the low-cost production boats which depend on pre-fab components, rapidly installed in the hull. In our owner surveys, there were a great many complaints about sloppy detailing in the joinerwork, door hinges, hardware, and loose trim. Storage space is minimal, and water tankage of 35 gallons is marginally adequate for cruising.

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The origo 3000, my trusty marine alcohol stove, a review of the origo 3000, the 2-burner stove in my boat's galley.

Origo 3000 fits on top of a mini-fridge

Hope this is informative for those thinking about an alcohol stove!

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I love my alcholic stove. I even got the one with stainless steel lined pots and pan. It has a clever design that makes it unlikely to tip over and is good best tea kettle for gas stove in the wind. It’s not the fastest to boil water but it’s fast enough. The flame regulator allows for cooking of real food and if used properly, saves a lot of fuel.

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Why were these great cookers discontinued? I love my Origo 3000, propane terrifies me. Worried about replacement burner cans though. Tried registering but platform won't accept my url. [email protected]

May want to reconsider hardware store variety stove alcohol as they don't guarantee ethanol/methanol percentage ratios. Can be up to 70% methanol. My understanding is that methanol fumes are toxic. I opt for reagent grade Volusol bio ethanol from Amazon.

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Sailing a Beneteau First 30: Real life Test & Review

• August 4th, 2017
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“So what was it like?!”, that´s the question many people were asking me after I came back from my seven day sailing trip to the Danish Island of Bornholm and back . This was the first time ever I sailed on a Beneteau yacht and since the company where I am employed started working for the market leader for production cruising yachts my interest was only natural. Here´s what I derived from going on a trip on the FIRST 30 as a small sea trial and review of this boat.

Well, as you may know, Beneteau no longer builds the FIRST 30 as there are just the FIRST 20 and 25 left to be acquired as new boats. On the used boat market quite a few FIRST 30 are offered for prices ranging between 80.000 and 110.000 Euros, although there are some bargains of around 60.000 Euros I discovered here and then. The last FIRST 30 of the line was designed by Juan Kouyoumdjian (or in short, Juan-K) who kind of was and still is a shooting star in naval architecture : The ClubSwan 50 or RAMBLER 88 are just two of his latest big throws. Expectations are high upon boarding the FIRST 30 …

The Beneteau FIRST 30: A fast sailing pocket cruiser

The design of the boat is appealing, modern. Like a cat ready to jump the hull has an aggressive, racy look, reminding of her bigger Open-class racers. There is no Teak except for some pads on the cockpit flooring. Although she is marketed as a performance cruiser there is nothing “cruisy” about her design from the outside: She wants to be noticed as a racer. And I like that very much. This last version of the Beneteau FIRST 30 was introduced in 2011 and production was halted in 2015.

The First 30 has an overall length of 9.85 metres with a max beam of 3.21. Her maximum draft is 1.90 metres with a T-keel and lead bulb. A very reliable Yanmar 20 horsepower Diesel engine powers her when not sailing, the engine is sufficient for maneuvers and steaming along in flat times. Fore sail has an area of 26 square metres, main sail features 27 square metres. 160 litres of fresh water can be poured into the tank situated in the bow area (good for the trim!) and 30 litres of Diesel in the tank. Let´s hoist the sails!

I must admit when we started sailing the FIRST 30 I was a bit disappointed. But that´s always the case with (maybe overly exaggerated) expectations. The FIRST 30 is in no way an all-out racer! And I don´t know what I was expecting, but this 3.7 tons boat won´t start to plane as easy as a Pogo . She just won´t. She is a good sailing boat and was responding even to light puffs. We reached maximum speeds of around 8 knots, when trimmed and in a steady force 4 she could go some 7.5 knots steady upwind. Which is a nice speed with quite some nice heeling.

Nevertheless, I must also admit, that I never really “got warm” with this boat. It´s nothing in particular and nothing that I could specifically identify by name. But it´s a sort of feeling. When we´d had the sails up and had her sailing, even when everything was fine, I just couldn´t get away this slight feeling of … well, of the boat being unbalanced in some sort. Nothing that was bothering me or even hindering me, but a slight discomfort. Maybe, as my sailing mate told, this was my “drive to constantly trim the sails” on a boat like this: I don´t know. I just guess, the seven days on board was too short to really get to know the boat and the things she is capable of.

Steering the FIRST 30

As I said: She is a fine sailing boat, easily responding and jumping to speed when wind is blowing. As she is just a 30 feet boat, handling her lines and sails is a no brainer. Even in strong winds with lots of swell (that´s fun on a small yacht like this!) reefing process was done in a matter of minutes without hustle. Nice! I must say, we particularly loved the steering properties of the Beneteau FIRST 30. This is done just perfect by Juan-K.

Although the owner warned me that the rudder blades – from his point of view – could be too small in some circumstances, we never had any reason for complaints whatsoever: The stable and rigid tiller from stainless steel gives a direct and immediate response from the blades and the water flowing around. The helmsman may hold the boat exactly at the “edge of the wind”. The boat is responding in an instant. Being helmsman on a FIRST 30 is pure joy! The racy feeling is complemented by a solid, simple mechanic (good for maintenance and repairs) and it´s just loads of fun, guaranteed!

Even in very strong gusts with (compared to the boat´s size) high waves going upwind I´ve never felt any pressure on the rudders, the boat was controllable at any time. Just when there´s too much canvas up in the wind and the boat is broaching, it´s hard to bring her back or hold her on course (like with any other boat as well). I found her perfectly well balanced on her rudders – there it was again, the Pogo-feeling …

Even in slow speeds in marinas or when maneuvering to the jetty, the small rudders did a wonderful job. Done with caution, the steering even going stern first was very direct and a skipper can land the FIRST 30 very precisely to her mooring site. She just needs some little speed and she´s fine on the rudder. A skipper must remember that double rudders won´t be directly streamed in by the screw so the boat always needs a little speed to respond. All in all: Excellent steering properties, her sailing capabilities must be “explored” by the sailor, it needs some time – the FIRST 30 is a boat for the second date, I would say.

In the Cockpit of the Beneteau FIRST 30

The FIRST 30 was marketed as a racing cruiser with an emphasis on performance and I can state that the boat lives up to this promise quite nicely. She is not an all-out racer for sure, this in mind, a small crew can sail fast and retain a certain level of comfort as well on longer trips like we did on our 7 day Baltic cruise. There is a lot of space both in the cockpit and below deck. Although the boat may be sailed with 6 persons, our charter company recommended 4. We finally set sails with 3 and I found this crew size more than enough on a trip like this.

The cockpit benches are sufficiently sizes and offer a convenient width for both sitting there working the sheets or reclining and having a decent sunbath. The length of the benches fit to an adult person´s body size, with bent knees two adults will fit with ease on each bench. There are very rigid stainless steel stirrups which can be adjusted and folded away for sailing heeled which will provide for a safe and firm hold of the sailor´s feet. The coamings are perfectly sized for the crew´s buttocks when sitting high up and heeled. You´ll always have a nice view over the boat – everything other than this would have surprised me considering the short length of this yacht. The only thing bothering me was the low hanging boom whilst maneuvering, but again, that´s a price you´ll have to pay on a small yacht.

Mainsheet roping is similar to a jolly-boat. The mainsheet and vang are fixed with a cleat on the cockpit floor. Traveller sheets are also down on the flooring which may cause a mess during and after the boat performs a gybe or a tacking maneuver. So keeping the lines tidy and in order by constantly coiling up the ropes is a definitive must – besides, that´s always and on every boat a good idea and a sign of good seamanship. Although we didn´t really went into fine trimming the main sail, the large traveller offers the whole width of the stern for tuning. Nice! Also nice: The perfect autopilot and the huge, huge locker on starboard.

Below deck: The Beneteau FIRST 30 as a Cruiser

So in the end, the Beneteau FIRST 30 wants to be a thoroughbred racer, but upon coming down the companionway, a whole different flair unfolds: Cruising time! Of course, after my two sailing mates arrived with large carry-alls we had to put them anywhere. Since the aft cabin offered less stowage than clothing, they lived out of the bags which had to be placed in the saloon. This narrowed the space available, nevertheless, for a 9 metre-boat, the FIRST 30´s saloon is very, very roomy. Two three-seater settees facing a folding table for dinner, quite some nice wooden fittings create a modern yet very cozy atmosphere. We liked the interior design very much.

Seeing the saloon so full of clothing, you might now understand my recommendation to not go on a longer cruise with the FIRST 30 with more than 4 people. It´s just too small. Anyway, with us three, it wasn´t a problem at all. We could also stow away all the food and water provisions for a complete week as both the fridge and the stowage underneath and behind the sofas in the saloon are big enough to be stuffed with food. It´s really a big, big small boat!

Cabin size was more than sufficient, again considering the size of the boat. I´ve seen much smaller cabins on 31 or 32 feet boats as well. Though lockers and cupboards in the aft cabin are lacking, the fore cabin was more than well-equipped with stowage for my clothes. I liked the fully equipped galley with her 2 flame stove and the considerably sized fridge. A role model was the navigation station with a full fledged forward facing chart table , a bend seat for working in heeled condition. The switch panel   VHF and secondary chart plotter are well within reach and sight. Very, very nicely done!

My review-verdict of the Beneteau FIRST 30

In the end, what´s the Beneteau FIRST 30 designed by Juan K like? First of all, I liked my time on board very much and my two mates enjoyed it as well. Surely, on charter yachts are always some issues and ours was not an exception, but that´s something different. The FIRST 30 is a nice, vivid little sailing yacht. She offers huge space for her size and a handful of very intelligent solutions. I loved her nav-station and the huge, huge aft locker in particular together with her – from my point of view – terrific steering properties. She appears to be very stable and stiff, can take huge loads of the wind and heels very nicely. She seldom loses her temper, it takes a lot to bring her to the edge.

But she is also a boat with her own, very special character. As I was pointing out in the beginning, I never really “got warm” with her. Not a feeling of discomfort, but a sense of “there´s something not quite perfectly balanced yet”. Something, I cannot describe properly. I guess – and that´s what owners told me – it takes some time to get to know each other and adjust to her properties. What was a downside for sure was her big tacking angle of considerably more than 100 degrees – she loves reaching and running. In the end, I waved a Good Bye and felt bad upon leaving her: She was fast an fun and at the same time safe and reliable. I think, that´s what counts in the end. I liked the FIRST TRY, the sprinting Beneteau FIRST 30.

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Catalina 30 Stove/Oven Suggestions

• Thread starter Chuck Kretschmar
• Start date Sep 15, 2000
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I recently purchased a 1988 Catalina 30 with a Tall Rig. The prior owner had removed the original galley stove and had replaced it with a small microwave oven and a 2 burner alcohol stove. All of this was bulit into the orginal stove space. I'd like to take this arrangement out and install a propane stove with an oven on gimbals. I have two questions:1. Can anyone recommend a good reliable propane stove with an oven that will fit in the standard opening in the galley for this model of Catalina? 2. Can anyone who has this arrangement tell me the best place for locating the propane tank where it can be properly secured and ventilated as well as being easily accessible for removal? I can only think of placing it in the port side cockpit stowage area. All suggestions are welcome.  

Seaward Hillerange I've got the same boat, Chuck, and it still has the stock Seaward Hillerange 2 burner + oven, which I think is now called a 2172.The propane tank is located in the stern lazarette in a special container that is vented overboard at the transom. Its a very convenient arrangement. There is a solenoid activated valve in the container that I control from the electric panel that prevents gas from flowing into the cabin when the main power switch is off. Very nice set-up....I guess the previous owner installed it.Good luck  

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Aft lazerette That's the standard place for the propane locker. You really need to research before installing it yourself cuz there are certain requirements (sorry if this is obvious) you need to implement in setting the configuration up.LaDonna  

Bob Camarena

Seaward Locker West Marine carries a Seaward locker that comes complete with tank and solenoid for about $200. It will fit in the aft lazerette. I mounted mine on the centerline over the steering quadrant access port. I mounted it using wing nuts for easy removal for access to the port. In running the hose forward to the galley I ran the hose inside a piece of clear plastic water hose to give it some additional protection from damage. Also, spend the extra $ to get a sensor and alarm for inside the cabin.  

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Hey All, The PO removed the stove and put in a worthless dorm fridge. We would like to pull the fridge and replace it with drawers or a cabinet with a non-pressure alchohol 2 burner stove on top. I have been looking around for something that would fit the bill but have yet to see anything. Any ideas? Thanks  

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I have an Origo 4000 and I would recommend it. It cooks the the food about as fast as propane without all the plumbing. Mine is over 10 years old an is fine. Just be sure the canisters are cool when you fill them and fill them away from the stove so no fuel will get into the base.  

We have an Origo two burner plus oven on Aeolus and love it. Benefits include no propane aboard, no sniffer to worry about not working, absolutely low-tech and indestructible. Drawbacks include a lower burner temperature which yields longer cooking times, and the byproducts of burning alcohol are a whole lot of H20 in the air as well as carbon monoxide. Because we sail with kids we love that our alcohol stove is not a combustion hazard. We never worry about them messing with knobs or anything. We deal with the condensation and CO by always having the window open above the stove. But then again Aeolus is a pilothouse with great windows that open. I would be concerned about an alcohol stove in a more typical boat that lacks good ventilation. Just have to be more careful. We cruise Aeolus heavily, about 2-3 months per year in total nights around the Salish Sea, and our Origo is one of the things we love most about the accomodations aboard the boat.  

Not sure if your question is really about the stove or the cabinet that would be needed to replace the fridge. If the later, I doubt you will find something ready-built that will just drop in. You are going to have to build something. Not hard with veneered plywood however.  

Yeah I was pretty sure the Origo was the way to go. My main concern is the cabinet, I was talking to some people at our club today and there is someone there who can probably build it for me. I am going to talk to him and see what he thinks. I was hoping there may have been something out there that could just drop in to the space.  

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SMALL STOVE REVIEW: Navigator Stove Works – Sardine

Navigator Stove works has been building quality (made in the USA) tiny cast iron wood stoves since 1997. They are specifically made for boats but have been used for many other applications like RV’s, yurts and other small spaces. One thing I really like about these little stoves is they have a traditional look and feel with a small window on the front so you can enjoy the mesmerizing flames as you get warm. The window also helps you keep the fire maintained as you can quickly reference the state of the fire.

Here are the stove specifics:

Price: $1200 + $150 Glass Front Option

BTU: 7500 – 18000 BTU (How much do I need?)

Dimensions: 12” x 12” x 11”

Weight: 35lbs

Material: Cast Iron

Fuels: Wood or Hardwood Charcoal

Flue Pipe Diameter: 4”

Certified? Yes! (US EPA & State of Washington)

Notes: You can additionally get a custom porcelain color finish in: red, gray, black, green, blue & mint. These popular little stoves have a long back order status! There is between a 4-12 month waiting list depending on what you need. These little stove have been manufactured in the Seattle area for years and I have sometimes found used stoves on craigslist . If you decided on this route for your small space heating it’s better to order sooner than later! Order Here!

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Too expensive when Cub mini’s are available at half the price… Really??

Thanks for the input! That’s a great point. Budget is a big factor when deciding which stove to use for your space, and the Cubic Mini Cub is certainly one of the cheaper options in this size.

Cubic Mini makes nice little stoves for their price point, and they’re a great fit for a lot of folks’ smaller projects. But there are a lot of other factors to consider like style, finish, materials of construction, air controls, flue size, available accessories, UL and EPA certification (Navigator makes some of the only UL/EPA stoves available in this size if that’s something that matters for your project), and supporting a small WA State business.

Also consider our own Dwarf 3kW Standard, which is between the Cubic Cub and the Navigator Sardine in price. It has top and rear exit options, a large fire viewing window, and tight air controls that make it easy to control the fire for long, slow burns. And we fully support everyone’s stoves in 3″, 4″, and 5″ flue sizes, so you can get the solid fuel rated stovepipe you need, regardless of where you bought your tiny stove.

Our view on this issue: buy once, cry once. Stoves are a long-term investment, so it’s best to figure out which one is the best for your space and your personal needs, and buy the right one the first time. You’re going to be living with your decision for a long time. There’s nothing more expensive than buying something just because it’s cheaper, and then having to replace it later because it doesn’t work for you.

Is there a direct air intake option for the sardine, little cod, or halibut? Or just the dwarf?

Tru- I do not believe Navigator makes direct air options for their stoves but I would contact them directly to confirm. The Dwarf Wood stove we make has a direct air option and many of the other small wood stoves out there also have this feature but I do not believe the Sardine, Cod, or Halibut does.

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But coincidentally those two features are non-negotiables in my selection of cruising - I would entertain neither, my below.   29-01-2020, 21:25   Boat: Jon Sayer 1-off 46 ft fract rig sloop strip plank in W Red Cedar But coincidentally those two features are non-negotiables in my selection of cruising boats - I would entertain neither, my below. 29-01-2020, 22:25   Boat: Morgan 44 CC fin to me... certainly not a form of "full" keel. Jim 30-01-2020, 02:44   Boat: Victoire 1270 30 racer/cruiser , its main possible drawback for my needs is that it's fin keel and spade rudder. Just want to know opinions on this for ? 30-01-2020, 04:04   Boat: Moody 31 30-01-2020, 09:04   Boat: 42ft Moody Ketch 30-01-2020, 10:28   to you if you specify with far greater precision what it is you want use the boat for. Where do you want to sail her? to SanFrancisco is certainly "blue water". So is Stavanger to Newcastle-on-Tyne and Poole to Algeciras. Does crossing from Port Hardy to Skidegate count as "blue water"? Each of these passages would place different demands on the boat, and not least on the . So what in particular, is it you would be concerned about in regard to taking this boat out of the sight of land? Is it her structural integrity? Is it the fitness of her rig and suit of ? Is it her ability to handle heavy ? If you give us a clearer idea of what it is you intend to do with the boat, we'll have a sounder foundation for offering pointers. All the best, TrentePieds 30-01-2020, 14:18   Boat: 1976 Sabre 28-2 . Not identical to yours as it was an early IOR design with a different . Boat sailed well, seemed to be well built and capable of crossing oceans but definitely not a cruising boat. I had visions of doing the Handed Transpac with it. The cost of mandated and upgrades even before I tackled the rehab. ended those dreams. was pretty stripped out with little for other than sail bags and lines. was minimal and as was the tankage. Actually, on mine, tankage was non existent as it had been built with foamed in place and had gotten in completely corroding out the backside of the . The gas tank had already been removed when I got the boat. When I tore out the tank, found it had only three sides. Depending on how your boat is fitted out, doubt it would be a goos long term cruiser unless you plan on living the simple life. 30-01-2020, 15:42   Boat: Cutter rigged Tahitiana in a Holland 30, written by Stuart Woods, called Green (pub.Stanford Maritime 1977). For your interest as a prospective Holland 30 buyer, the author's direct and detailed dealings with Ron Holland and co. as the boat was being built might prove informative. Good book! I also once met a Holland 30 sailor who came into Hobart from US. He loved his ship. 30-01-2020, 19:45   , its main possible drawback for my needs is that it's fin keel and spade rudder. I've seen the from a year ago and apart from some other relatively minor things it seems to be in order. I had ideally been eyeing something skeg hung with full keel but the is really good on this. Just want to know opinions on this for bluewater? Thanks 31-01-2020, 01:08   Boat: Northshore 33 ft sloop . It is fast and very good to windward. I want to go cruising so i need to fit: 1. bigger 2. more water capacity 3. decent fridge 4. 5. vane 6. roller reefing 7. 8. feathering 9. decent stove/oven 10. gas bottles 11. boarding ladder 12. larger and chain Almost the price of the boat extra and five years of do it yourself . Better to buy a cruising boat ready to go!!! 31-01-2020, 02:41   Boat: Victoire 1270 02-02-2020, 09:00   Boat: Beneteau . It is fast and very good to windward. I want to go cruising so i need to fit: 1. bigger 2. more water capacity 3. decent fridge 4. 5. vane 6. roller reefing 7. 8. feathering 9. decent stove/oven 10. gas bottles 11. boarding ladder 12. larger and chain Almost the price of the boat extra and five years of do it yourself . 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Owned a Holland designed 30' boat built in Florida. Not identical to yours as it was an early IOR design with a different deck. Boat sailed well, seemed to be well built and capable of crossing oceans but definitely not a cruising boat. I had visions of doing the Single Handed Transpac with it. catamaran gulet motorboat powerboat riverboat sailboat trimaran yacht