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tparrent

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I thought my 22 had a stove but found out differently upon picking it up (my fault totally, the owner had disclosed it properly). Those dehydrated backpacker meals, unlike revenge, are NOT best served cold!

While I could survive on granola and bologna sandwiches, my cruising experience would be enhanced with a little hot food now and then. I do not cook much at home and, when I do, it's microwaved stuff or omelettes. All I really need is a way to boil water with a minimum of fuss so I can reconstitute the aforementioned backpacker meals.

I appreciate any suggestions.

Tom
 
I have one of these as a back up and for cooking crab on the dock. If you are not going to install a cooktop this would be a great and cheap way to go. Uses the disposable bottles or a full size tank. really quick and easy. takes up little room when stored.

coleman folding stove
 
Aurelia":23eflk5r said:
Lots of folks use these stoves on their boats and we have also used one when we don't feel like firing up the Wallas. You should be able to find one in a sporting goods store or a Walmart or Target type store. The fuel runs about 2 bucks a can and goes pretty far unless you are boiling for long periods.

http://www.toolplanet.com/product/Porta ... 3031373032
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Yep. Go with this one. I had one for years on my Nimble Arctic. Inexpensive & always works.
 
C-Gypsy":2n7rw9n3 said:
Aurelia":2n7rw9n3 said:
Lots of folks use these stoves on their boats and we have also used one when we don't feel like firing up the Wallas. You should be able to find one in a sporting goods store or a Walmart or Target type store. The fuel runs about 2 bucks a can and goes pretty far unless you are boiling for long periods.

http://www.toolplanet.com/product/Porta ... 3031373032
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Yep. Go with this one. I had one for years on my Nimble Arctic. Inexpensive & always works.
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:thup :thup I like my Wallas, but this is fast and easy. We are still using the one we had on our sailboat before the C-Dory.

Having the ability to make a real meal, not just a backpacker-type package, goes a long way for spending even more time onboard.
 
We have one of the Coleman Dual Fuel single burner backpack stoves on board for a quick cup of coffee or cooking on a picnic table somewhere when we don't want to heat up the cabin in hot weather.

It burns either white gas or unleaded, so we can use the gas we have on board for our dinghy motor. No need to buy any type of fuel cylinders and fuel is universally available.

Nick
"Valkyrie"
 
We have used a single burner Butane cookstove along with a 4qt SS pressure cooker with good results on our boats. The butane fuel is widely available and the cookstove costs $30-45. The fuel will last about one week if you cook three meals a day + coffee a couple of times a day. The pressure cooker cuts down the cooking time by about 75% and the pressure cooker base can also be used as a fry pan and sauce pan so you can get away with one cooking implement on the boat. Hope that helps. Rich
 
We used one of the portable butane stoves for several years on our boat. It really worked well and did not use much fuel. It came in a nice plastic case and you could keep the canaster of fuel in the stove.
 
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