Why does the manual say I have a slide out berth?

[Northoceanbeach]

Was that Kenyon stove any good? I'm not sure if I'm glad the old owner took it out or not. Right now that whole area is storage and has been ever since I bought the boat. The big hole on top doesn't look so pretty though. But it's easier to access than if I had to get everything out through the little door.

And I do need all the storage space I can get. I don't like to cook inside the boat, I find it makes a lot of mess. My last two boats were smaller and I cooked but in the cockpit on a butane or last year a green Coleman stove. But it's a lot of food waste and bad smells and dishes. Easier just to eat ready to go food, like power bars and dried fruit, nuts, canned tuna, cereal, what's have you. So I haven't been super compelled to get a new stove yet.

[Joe Myerson]

My Kenyon stove leaked alcohol when I tried to use it. It was the alcohol/electric model, and my boat's shore power connection was deemed uunsafe when I had the boat surveyed. It was a poorly executed home job that I removed. I also a removed the stove. I'd suggest going either an evaporative alcohol stove, like the Origo, Or a propane model. I'm using a portable two-burner camp stove that takes 1-lb. propane bottles, but I don't do much cruising.

--Joe

[Neil Gordon]

Was that Kenyon stove any good? I'm not sure if I'm glad the old owner took it out or not. Right now that whole area is storage and has been ever since I bought the boat. The big hole on top doesn't look so pretty though. But it's easier to access than if I had to get everything out through the little door.

And I do need all the storage space I can get. I don't like to cook inside boat, I find it makes a lot of mess. My last two boats were smaller and I cooked but in the cockpit on a butane or last year a green Coleman stove. But it's a lot of food waste and bad smells and dishes. Easier just to eat ready to go food, like power bars and dried fruit, nuts, canned tuna, cereal, what's have you. So I haven't been super compelled to get a new stove yet.

Pressurized alcohol stoves have a tendency to flare up, i.e., they try to set you and the boat on fire.

If you're day sailing, you can get away without a stove. Since we cruise for several weeks at a time, I find the stove handy for coffee every morning, cereal or pancakes for breakfast, and just about anything you can name for dinner. (Fresh if we have access to a store, otherwise fabricated from what's on board.) We rarely have leftovers, and dishes usually consist of two bowls or plates, two wine glasses, a skillet, and some utensils. The saucepan used to make rice or pasta is so easy to clean it barely deserves mention.

[fmueller]

I replaced the broken Kenyon flame thrower in my CD27 with the 4000. It was "almost" a drop-in, but did require a little shaving of GRP at the bulkhead end, which, while trivial in amount, was difficult due to lack of access (ie the SawsAll did not fit into the space).

It's a great little stove for what it is. The flame will boil a quart of water in 5-10 minutes. The flame regulates well, but it is actually hard to "see". If you leave your boat for a week, whatever alcohol you left in the canisters will have vaporized, even if you have remembered to close the regulating covers - so in a sense it uses a lot of fuel if you keep loading it up. So, if I am just out over-night I have learned to just load up one side with about 4-6 oz and that will cook a one pot dinner, and coffee in the morning, maybe eggs too.