cooking on Typhoon

[radsailor]

Reviews and sales material state there is room for a camping stove on the Typhoon Weekender and weekend cruises were part of its appeal. So, where does one cook on the boat ? I have used butane burners before, but cannot see where it would be safe to use on the Typhoon. Any suggestions welcome.

[mgphl52]

IMHO, the safest place would be on a gimballed burner mounted on the bottom hatch board.
Using one that connects to a mount, you could attach the mount on the "inside" side of the hatch board then flip the board around for whether you want the burner slightly in the cabin or only in the cockpit.
I wouldn't plan on any large meals though...

[wikakaru]

We cook on a small propane camp stove in the cockpit. I don't think mounting any kind of stove in the interior makes sense on a Typhoon. The Typhoon is so small that you are not going to want to go on long cruises. You will pick a good weather window for your cruise and won't want or need to cook inside. Likewise, you aren't going to cook under way, only at anchor, so there isn't much point in spending big bucks on a stove with gimbals. Simpler is better on a Typhoon.

Pick a low-profile stove instead of the kind where the burner sits on top of the bottle. That way if there is an unexpected wake, the center of gravity is low and it's not likely to spill.

Here is a photo of a meal being cooked on our Typhoon:

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We store all of our "galley" gear in a small plastic bin stowed in the lazarette and we just pull it out for meal preparation.

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Enjoy cruising your Typhoon!

Smooth sailing,

Jim

[radsailor]

Thanks for your responses. I tend to agree with wikakaru and in fact I envisioned pretty much the same thing. I was going to glue a wooden cutting board to the top of the cooler to prevent the cooler from possibly melting. As long as I anchor in calm water or take a slip . Plenty of storage available. I like the idea of a plastic dish pan. Can wash in salt water and rinse in fresh (a 5 gallon jug with spigot) . Add a sun shower and a complete cruiser !

The boat is new to me and I am almost done getting the boat set up the way I want it after adding several items of hardware and a mast mounted fluxgate compass along with hiking stick so I can sit forward. Also added cam cleats for the genoa sheets which makes tacking and sail trim much much easier.

The Typhoon sails very nicely except for wide tacking angle- I imagine this could be improved with a 110 jib rather than the 150 I have now.

[Steve Laume]

When I had a Typhoon we cooked with a camp stove on the cockpit sole.

If you can get to a consignment shop they may well have the gimble mount for a single burner stove. Don't worry about the actual stove as you can adapt any burner to fit in it. Make sure you get the mounting socket with it. If you mount the socket on a hatch board, you could reverse it to be able to cook inside or out. Having gimble mounted could save you from disaster should someone send you a wake while cooking. It would also free up the cooler so you could access it will the food was on. The older ones, I have seen are cast aluminum. I have one I have been meaning to mount on Raven as a back up for my regular stove, Steve.

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[radsailor]

Steven,

Before I moved "South" I sailed out of Noank for many years. I had a 35' cruiser that I sailed to Block, Cuttyhunk, Newport, The Vinyard and Nantucket. Many great memories. Also, there was a great restaurant at Spicer's marina. I miss it, but not in the winter !

[Markst95]

I've used one like this for the last 5 years and it has worked well. https://www.rei.com/product/156784/ster ... tane-stove

[wikakaru]

I was going to glue a wooden cutting board to the top of the cooler to prevent the cooler from possibly melting.

The bottom of our stove stays cool enough so that melting the cooler lid isn't a worry, but having a cutting board permanently mounted on the cooler is a neat idea. It is difficult to get glue to stick to the kind of plastic that most coolers are made of, though.

I like the idea of a plastic dish pan. Can wash in salt water and rinse in fresh (a 5 gallon jug with spigot) .

Exactly how we do it, and exactly why we store the "galley" in a dishpan.

The Typhoon sails very nicely except for wide tacking angle- I imagine this could be improved with a 110 jib rather than the 150 I have now.

My boat has a 100% jib that sheets to a track on the cabin house. It points much better this way than if I fly the genoa which has to be sheeted to the rail.

Smooth sailing,

Jim

[radsailor]

I was in a solo regatta yesterday. Blowing 12-15 with some higher gusts. I haven't raced in over five years. Bad start and terrible tactical blunder first upwind leg. Despite this I finished 3/7 on corrected time and beat 3 other boats in real time- they had handicaps lower than mine. Also, I was given a PHRF of 282 which I think is too high. Generally on the Chesapeake, a Typhoon rates 312.

The boat sails very well.

[jbenagh]

Nicely done! Keeping up the Cape Dory name.

[Carl Thunberg]

Hey, I recognize that boat in the background. That's a San Juan 24, which is my current boat. Maybe someday I'll get back into a CD.