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Capital Sea



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PostPosted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 11:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

To respond to a few questions. I would be glad to post a photo of the setup but never learned to do that. If one would walk me through, I will post photos later today.
Regarding the heavy gas and where it goes. The lazarette has a through hull plumbed to a drain at its lowest point. Mounting the stove itself just aft of the cabin with the inner edge a few inches outside the hull assures that any unburned gas from the stove falls to the water. I also have a magma table that mounts over the side next to the stove. Among other things, this preserves the entire cockpit for seating.
The arm was fabricated out of heavy alloy channel so it would mount to my Penn swivel mount. Regardless of the brand, the idea would be the same.
When I post the photos you will see that I have flush mount rod holders, but these would not be required. One nice thing about the system I went with is that I can mount the bbq, the stove, the table, the prawn puller, a crab pulley arm, downriggers and my dinghy motor at any one of four locations.

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 11:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

El and Bill wrote:
Wallas is primary (and coffee water is burbling behind me as I write). Slow but warms the cabin on cool mornings like today in the rain in the San Juans.


Bill, you have so many hours on your Wallas -- surely you have learned a thing or two about the care and feeding of these beasts. Care to share?

Warren

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Capital Sea



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PostPosted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 12:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Warren, I am happy with my wallis stove as well, but it was steady 80's on our two weeks away and we did not fire up the cabin stove once.
In colder times, you bet we will enjoy the heat we get as we cook.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 12:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

HOW TO POST PHOTOS

Ask and ye shall receive...

BTW Capt Steve, someone snuck in and posted some in your album...

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 2:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

In our northern climate the Wallas is the best fit by far. As a backup we have a single burner Colman stove that runs on regular gas-fine for making that morning cup-o-joe.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 5:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

For regular cooking we have a 3 burner propane stove installed inside the cabin with a 5 gallon external tank in the motor well.





For cooking outside, we use a Coleman Grille Stove, which has two burners, and uses the common disposable 1-lb canisters.



One burner is standard, and the second is a grille, which can be used as that, used as just another burner, or be pulled off and be substituted for by a flat griddle instead. This makes for a two burner stove with both a grille or griddle alternatives. It folds up for storage, etc. We use the same stove on our Sea Ray most of the time, as the one there is electric/pressure alcohol, and we also don't like to create residual cooking odors inside the cabin. We use the microwave a lot of that boat as well. The electric/alcohol stove is under the coffee maker and broiler in the second photo below.



On the pontoon boat, we use a standard round 14' Magma propane BBQ.

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 10:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Warren -

A discussion about Wallas stoves would take a whole bunch of pages (and has). Suffice it to say that there are additions to a boat that become a love/hate experience and many owners would agree that stoves fit into that category.

We are on our second Wallas - call it preventative maintenence - and it is (knock wood) working fine. Perhaps use every day or so helps keep them humming - or maybe it's El's singing to the stove that keeps Wally happy!

Sure good news about your upcoming 'upgrade' on your ears - we're all supporting you and your effort. Enjoy that BC coast.

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 8:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Regarding the care-and-feeding of a Wallas - here's what I've always done (per Les Lampman's instructions back in 2003):

1) Use Klean Heat exclusively.
2) Wallas starts best with well charged battery(s)
3) At start-up have the dial turned to highest setting. Once started, reduce to cooking temperature.)
4) At shut down, return dial to highest setting for a couple minutes (to clean-out system?) THEN turn off the switch and let stove go completely through it's own shut off procedure.

As some folks have mentioned this is rather time consuming, and in a warm climate would be bothersome (but in a cool climate it's not bad at all) but if you do it - it seems to work.

In addition to the Wallas we carry a simple one burner electric hotplate (about $7 at Walmart) to use when plugged-in to shorepower. (and it can be use in the cabin, cockpit, or on a dock).

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 10:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

NOTICE - Casey's on the water again!!!
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 12:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have the wallas which is fine in the very cold winter as well as a gas grill mounted on the stern, but nothing else cooks like a Cobb Grill.

I have all the optional pans, grids, etc.. You can broil veggies while roasting or grilling. You can bake bread, rolls, and pizzas. You can stir fry, toast and deep fry. And all of that with 8-10 briquettes in a grill cool to touch that can be carried around with bare hands while cooking.

Ofcourse UPI can boil water and use other pots and pans if you have the flat griddle accessory.

I use mine year 'round.

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 12:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

We love our Vector butane single burner stove and usually take it to the cockpit and use it on top of the cooler. Too hot down here to cook much inside! It is perfect for our needs...heat up the water for coffee/tea and the occasional meal. When on the boat, we mostly eat cold food because it's refreshing in the summer heat. Did I mention it gets hot here? Rolling Eyes

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 1:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dr John,

I too have a Cobb grill and I do love how it works. The downside for me is the time it takes for the coals to burn out. Have you found a way to get them to stop burning when you're done cooking your meal? I cooked sausages one time, and then had to wait a seemingly very long time for the darn thing to burn out. Yes, it was cool to touch, but I couldn't put it away because the coals were still burning. I was at a marina so I couldn't bury them. Tossing them into the trash would have easily caught the trash on fire. With some lesser grills you can shut the air flow top and bottom and stop the 'rapid oxygenation' (aka: fire), but I couldn't figure out how to do that with the Cobb.

Thanks in advance,

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 3:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sarge,

I see how that could present problems in close quarters. I toss the coals off downwind sometimes. At the marina I leave the lid off hoping that will burn them down more rapidly. I suppose one could dump water on them but that could cause some damage to the equipment.

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Help !!!
Can anyone tell me where I can purchase a Force 10 gimballed Cockpit burner ?

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 14, 2017 4:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

flrockytop wrote:
You can't beat the ol COBB grill for cooking a meal while on the move. On my Texas trip. I set it in the cockpit on top of the cooler. Loaded it with 10 pieces of charcoal and got it going. Is does take about 20 min for the coals to get right to start cooking but then you can toss a 4lb roast in there go about you business and forget about it for four hours til its done. With the cobb it is easy to move around while cooking.

Roger


We love the Cobb too - an amazing little thingie, even did a demo of fish, pork, chicken, and even baking bread on the old boat : https://youtu.be/AECpyiAVgtk We also like the induction stuff (NuWave) very much and even more now that you can control the wattage.

Coals and the Cobb - they do burn a long time. We have picked ours out with tongs and into a can of water.

Edited to add: if you do watch that vid - don't try looking up Gene's Camp & Kitchen recipes, he and his wife died within a year of each other years ago and the cookbooks are long gone.

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