Good point on reselling the boat. I think I will remove, but keep the stove and build a box out of teak with a hinged lid that will fill the space for storage, but can be removed. With a good inverter we could run a small microwave and coffee pot. And we have a grill. We also have a heater. I'm also planning on getting a small generator to use on any dock that doesn't have shore power. I just know I won't use the alchohol stove and I'd like to use the space differently. Thanks for the suggestions. Mark C27 #5306 "Mad Hatter"
--- On Sat, 2/6/10, Herb Clark <[email protected]> wrote: From: Herb Clark <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [IC27A] Alchohol Stove Removal To: [email protected] Date: Saturday, February 6, 2010, 10:35 AM Remember, the day will come when you want to sell your boat. A new buyer may want to cruise it overnight so you may want to keep that in mind whenever you make modifications to a boat. On our Catalina 25, which had an alcohol stove which we found to be not user friendly, I replaced it with a two burner, light weight, propane stove with a piezo lighter. I made a small shelf where the alcohol stove top would have been, and this created a nice space for storage below the shelf and a place for the propane stubby. When cruising, a good stove is a necessity. In a pinch, it can also become a cabin heater by placing a ceramic flower pot on the burner, or some other item made from stainless steel to increase the heated surface area. CO must be monitored as one would do with any other combustion type heater used below. Herb Clark [email protected] Chico Yacht Club s/v Imagine - Catalina 270 s/v Hotel Charlie - Catalina 25' d/s Coyote - Coronado 15' "Why sail a blow when I can tow?" On Feb 5, 2010, at 7:01 PM, rivermark83 wrote: > I have Dinette model with amidships galley. I never use, and doubt > I ever will use, the stove. I'm thinking of removing it. Has > anybody removed the stove and done anything interesting with that > space? Thanks. > > C27 Mad Hatter > 83 # 5306 > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
