Small Cook Stove for Typhoon

[Fred Holt]

I'd like to be able to make a cup of coffee or heat up a bowl of chile or the like while under way. Does anyone know if there is a small gimballed stove available that might work in my Typhoon Weekender? Has anyone placed this type cook stove in a Weekender? Suggestions on where to mount it and where I might find one would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Fred Holt




fholt@speartechnologies.com

[Paul D.]

I'd like to be able to make a cup of coffee or heat up a bowl of chile or the like while under way. Does anyone know if there is a small gimballed stove available that might work in my Typhoon Weekender? Has anyone placed this type cook stove in a Weekender? Suggestions on where to mount it and where I might find one would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Fred Holt

Fred,

We have an old Optimus pressure alchohol stove on our Typhoon "Moana". My brother got it from another old Alberg circa 1965. It hangs on a gimble that he mounted on a fore and aft pin into the oak compression post fitted to prop up the cabin top. It swings freely athwartships and has just enough play fore and aft to work very well. Just the other day we enjoyed a hot pot of tea while the temperature dropped (Minnesota you know). You can sit right on the bridge deck and watch the pot. I imagine you could contact Optimus through a camping store. It is important to hang the gimble point high so pots do not swing off.

Good luck,

Paul



nyeme001@tc.umn.edu

[Ron Fitzpatrick (Plumb Kr]

I keep a Trangia alcohol stove on board my Typhoon Weekender. I got it from the Piragis Boundary Waters catalog. It's a very simple stove with no moving parts, but it works well. I don't use it under way, but when I'm tied up, I can boil up water or brew a pot of coffee. The entire rig is an aluminum roof vent purchased from Home Depot which with some modifications looks like a large square cake pan. From the pan, I've attached four light chains that meet at an S-hook. I suspend it either from the aft end of the boom or from a small hole that I drilled in the (vertical) fiberglass lip in the hatchway. The length of the chain lets the pan swing such that it just clears the quarter berth cushion. I think the entire rig was less than $25. When it's windy, I use a small amount of aluminum flashing as a wind-block. The whole rig stows easily beneath the berths or in the cockpit seat.

If you have a web browser, you can find pictures of the stove out at the Boundary Waters web site.

http://www.piragis.com/catalog/98spring ... tml#g52700

Good Luck



rjfitz@worldpath.net

[Nancy Martin]

I'd like to be able to make a cup of coffee or heat up a bowl of chile or the like while under way. Does anyone know if there is a small gimballed stove available that might work in my Typhoon Weekender? Has anyone placed this type cook stove in a Weekender? Suggestions on where to mount it and where I might find one would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Fred Holt

Fred,

I currently use a gimballed one burner stove that is called 'son of a seacook'. It utilizes the disposable propane cylinders for fuel. It can accomodate up to an 8" pot with the adjustable pot holder. We can use the stove at anchor or underway (I never leave the stove unattended while underway). We have a made a mock hatch board that is 4 inches wide that drops into the companionway. The mounting hardware is attached to this board so the stove is free to swing. I have the luxury to either use the stove facing inside the cabin or facing into the cockpit. We used this stove on our CD22 for 12 years and moved it to our CD28 when we bought it. We pulled the old stove off the 28 because I like this stove so much beter.


Hope this helps.
Nancy Martin



nhmarti@ibm.net