Next message: Alan Lewis: "Re: lv-ab: Re: gimballed stoves/cooking underway"
On Fri, Sep 28, 2001 at 12:52:06PM -0400, M&D wrote:
> Hello,
> We have a trawler, so don't need to gimbal our stove, but I do have a
> question for those of you who cook underway - how do you do it? I'm fine on
> the river and in calm water, but underway on the ocean is another story. We
> have been preparing sandwiches the night before for the next day's lunch and
> then hope to be at anchor for supper. But the mention of gimballed stoves
> brings to mind sailors on long cruises not anchoring overnight, and surely
> some of their tips would be helpful.
> On another topic, we are one of the slow trawlers complained about in
> another post - we cruise at 6.5 knots and like it that way. We often travel
> with friends on a sailboat, obviously not together during the travel time as
> they are tacking or choosing a different route for the wind, but we can
> manage to arrive in the same place at the end of the day.
I can cook while underway, but I have an ELECTRIC stove, and a conventional
(small) oven underneath.
In rough seas, however, the microwave is all that gets used. The concept of
having a pot of something go cascading all over the galley and (potentially)
into the bilge through the cabin sole hatches is NOT my idea of a good time.
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