I would imagine that a fire being fed by a pressured fuel leak of any kind would be difficult to extinguish. Propane is certainly not intrinsically better in that regard, and if it is safer in practice then it must be due to either better engineering, better operator competence, or both. Practically everyone who would purchase a sailboat has at least some experience with propane, and hopefully then at least some respect for its hazards. Not so much for alcohol.
I lived for a month on a boat with an Origo non pressurized stove, and found the low heat and very poor resistance to drafts to be major flaws. I had flame shooting out from under a pot for several inches due to drafts with that stove. That was dangerous. The pressurized stoves, no matter what the fuel, are better at keeping the flame at the burner. I am only talking about stove top burners, my only experience with ovens on a sailboat is with propane, and that was limited. I just purchased a propane stove for my 27, but I do not regard it as a safer device than the Kenyon alcohol stove I have been using. It was the simplicity of operation that drove my decision. I still consider propane to be more hazardous a fuel to carry on a sailboat than alcohol, but I am willing to accept the added risk and necessarily more complicated fuel system engineering in order to have a better stove. Steve Thomas C&C27 MKIII ----- Original Message ----- From: Joe Della Barba via CnC-List To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2015 08:01 Subject: Re: Stus-List Stove Have you ever actually tried that? Any significant pressure leak and you won’t be able to get anyplace near the stove. Joe Della Barba j...@dellabarba.com Coquina From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of John Irvin via CnC-List Sent: Friday, March 06, 2015 10:17 PM To: Bill Bina - gmail; cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Stove Alcohol stove fires can easily be extinguished with water Surely a plus. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: Bill Bina - gmail via CnC-List Sent: 2015-03-06 11:55 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Stove You would have also discovered that many insurance companies will not insure a boat with a pressurized alcohol stove. They go strictly by the numbers, and those stoves have a very bad track record for claims. It is one of the "hot" items they look for in the insurance survey. The other issue with alcohol is that the flames it makes are virtually invisible, which can also lead to unintended consequences. Bill Bina On 3/5/2015 10:14 PM, John McKay via CnC-List wrote: An question from another new C&C 33 MK II owner. I have been trying to get the original Hillerange two burner pressure alcohol stove working, and it scares me. One burner lights, flame is blue but not adjustable. The other sounds like a jet engine and burns about 8" high. Made an easy decision to scrap this. Any suggestions about a new stove top would be appreciated John from Enterprise ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
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