Coleman Stove Pan-Clamps

[Wind Chime]

Our Coleman 2-burner propane stove is bolted onto the galley top, not gimballed.
Has anyone made pan-clamps before?

Something like this: http://www.go2marine.com/product/212099 ... 4300e.html

[K9Kampers]

During a stbd tack, I once rigged my Origo stove with a pair of visegrips as a pot cradle.

[Sumner]

I made some real fancy ones with...



...clamps we had on-board one trip. They look like he**, but work and are versatile in how you can use them....

http://purplesagetradingpost.com/sumner ... de-13.html

Sum

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[Divecoz]

Those Pan Clips appear.....to about the size of #9 wire ( Iron Workers Rod Ties etc.) I guess if you have access to a Wire feed welder you could duplicate what they sell for $70 , for about $1 BUT .. it wouldn't be chrome.. I guess now the issue might be? Humm where could you get #9 Solid SS wire? or is there a way to purchase some sort of ... Chromed or SS Wire Fridge or Stove Racks and bend up what works??
IF what you choose to use is not SS I would toss it on your outside gas BBQ and burn off any potential issues.

[Crikey]

What about the gimballing option! Would anyone trust a scalding pot of soup on a topsy turvy MacGregor? Or just wait for an anchorage?

[vizwhiz]

This sounds like the beginning of a great little thread! I've been thinking about the galley in the S, and what to do with it, or perhaps better stated, how much to try to do with it, maybe even doing away with it.

It seems to me that most Mac drivers are rarely underway for long periods, or even for day-long passages, with a few exceptions, perhaps. I know that Sumner has done it, but others?

So how many of you are there that have spent pretty much "all day" sailing somewhere on your Mac? Not just "out sailing" going here-and-there for fun, but the idea of passage-making, where you are away from land, under sail, trying to get somewhere that takes...let's say 8-10 hours or more, or which would require you to be underway when trying to use the stove (or grill) to cook, whether it's a pot of soup or a burger?

[Sumner]

...let's say 8-10 hours or more, or which would require you to be underway when trying to use the stove (or grill) to cook, whether it's a pot of soup or a burger?

During the day it is always cold cuts while we are moving....sandwiches, cheese/crackers, wraps made with tortillas and about anything in them...........

Also our main meals are simple 1 pot most of the time. Not much frying. Simple breakfast of cereal, coffee and sometimes toast. We don't get much dirty, don't have to use a lot of water cleaning up, wash things right away so we don't have to use soap. For us it is about conserving water.

Still we enjoy the meals a lot and look forward to them,

Sum

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[Divecoz]

IMHO None are perfect.. No Guarantees with any NOT to spill or tip or even not to flip.. I wait until I am anchored and will now..... shut off All but one light anywhere on the boat after dark ..

What about the gimballing option! Would anyone trust a scalding pot of soup on a topsy turvy MacGregor? Or just wait for an anchorage?

[flynfol]

3 or 4 years ago, the family and I anchored out a couple nights on Lake Geneva. It was very pleasant until I woke up to make coffee..........some a$$@@@@ curmudgeon in a skiff decided it was time to harass the FIB anchored in the bay. ( this story has a point ) after he circled the boat a few times in the no wake zone we were anchored in, the coffee pot removed itself from the clamped ( like the $70 variety posted earlier)non gimballed origo stove. I probably could have been imprisoned with the thoughts that went through my mind.......... No camera to post this nitwit on YouTube either. I do remember what he looks like....... Troops woke up wondering what the heck was going on. Some of those Lake Geneva- ites believe they own the lake. The stove is now gimballed too, but as Divecoz said.........no guarantees.

[Y.B.Normal]

FLYNFOL,

When did they start allowing overnighting on Lake Geneva again? When I lived in Williams Bay in the 60's, it wasn't
allowed. The water Safety Patrol usually enforced it. Too many FIBs throwing their trash overboard.
BTW, there's a BIG difference between FIBs and Flatlanders. You're probably a Flatlander (a good Illinoisian).

The same thing happened in the North Channel this July. Some power boating jerk decided the anchorage he was in in the Benjamins was his. He drove around the anchorage
in his little inflatable trying to kick up enough wake to bother the 15 of us Trailer Sailors that were anchored there.

Dale
Y.B.NORMAL

[yukonbob]

We recessed the top of the stove 1 1/2" down from the top of the counter and it works great. Was a bit of a project though.

[snotnosetommy]

what's a FIB?

[K9Kampers]

what's a FIB?

F*****g Illinois Bastids

[vizwhiz]

I spent two winters in Chicago.***
That doesn't make me a FIB does it?


***It was 18 calendar months, but I say it that way because it spanned two winters, the most miserable weather experience I've ever had.

[Catigale]

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