OK, that’s good, feeling calmer now! The simplicity of alcohol stoves is appealing, as it is in the mountains.
Strike that, it goes into CO2 – getting old.
I am a relatively new sailor in the SW of the Uk and I am always amused by comments like…
Thanks John….price has gone up of course but some deals on the first version….a decision to make !
Hello John Recently I had to decide on the cooker for my new-to-me Alajuela 38, Iron Bark III. Here is…
We have used an unmoored pizza stone with some success in our Force 10 propane stove for baking bread, which…
HI PD, Don’t think there would be any difference. The keys to keeping going in light air and waves are…
Hi Dan, Good tip. One of the things we like about the Force 10 is that it has a heat…
Hi Mike, No, first I have heard of it. Given that version one is great, I’m betting version 2 will…
Hi Colin, Thanks for coming up on that. I agree that the idea that kerosene is safe is a myth.…
Hi Nikolas, This is a wholly unfounded fear. There is, in fact, no liquid alcohol that’s burning on the surface…
Being a mountain walker interested in sailing who has been close to destroying the valuable resource of a shelter hut…
> 2) It is definitely the case that alcohol is a wetter burning fuel It has an extra O to…
It is often light at sea, sometimes light wind and a leftover sea. What is easier to keep set and…
A cut to fit pizza stone/ceramic tile slotted into the bottom of an oven lacking in thermal mass makes a…
I’d finally decided that an eWincher was the way ahead on my Boreal 44 especially for raising mainsail……went to the…
One of my early boats had a rather grand looking kerosene stove, which, having used Primus stoves extensively in the…
Nice and simple. I wonder if it could be made easier to reach from the cockpit to both attach and…
Hi Juan Luis, First off, thanks for the kind words on the site. Interesting links, but I have to say…
Hi Trevor, Good to hear from you and thanks for a great analysis. Interested that you would say that kero…