And the Origo never heats up enough to melt the plastic dishpan? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Riker" <wriker@mindspring.com> To: <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 6:14 PM Subject: stoves and the big bang stoves and the big bang Gary, Actually, I usually cook in the cabin, especially in the morning when it's cool. It seems more convenient to me, since I can reach everything I need, except the fridge (the cooler lives at the stern end of the cockpit, under the tiller), while sitting over the potti. And I can put things away as I'm finished with them. In hot weather, of course, it's preferable to use the cockpit. It's more likely that I will need to heat water for coffee than make dinner. The fumes are minimal, and flames aren't a problem. The stove sits over one of the bunk lockers, after stowing the cushion in the forepeak, and my kitchen box over the other locker. A couple of plastic boxes of food and equipment live under the cockpit, reachable only from the cabin, since both cockpit lockers on my boat are the shallow, sealed variety. It works for me. I've never tried cooking in any kind of rough conditions. A stray powerboat wake occasionally, but nothing more. Since I sail alone, I've thought about permanently removing one cabin cushion and building a "galley" in it's place. Maybe if I had more time to spend on the water . . . Bill Riker M-15 #184 Storm Petrel -----Original Message----- From: montgomery_boats-admin@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:montgomery_boats-admin@mailman.xmission.com]On Behalf Of Gary M. Hyde Sent: November 22, 2002 3:14 PM To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Subject: stoves and the big bang Bill: Do you cook in the M15 cabin with your Origo or just in the cockpit? Thanks. -- Gary Hyde M15 #235 "Vanilla" on 2002-11-06 5:20 PM, Bill Riker at wriker@mindspring.com wrote: I love my Origo. To migitate the sharp corners, I keep it in a plastic dishpan. There is enough room around it for the potholder a butane lighter. Bill Riker M-15 #184 Storm Petrel -----Original Message----- From: montgomery_boats-admin@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:montgomery_boats-admin@mailman.xmission.com]On Behalf Of htmills@bright.net Sent: July 10, 2893 6:44 PM To: >Mboats< Subject: stoves and the big bang Scott, While I haven't actually used one of those Origos, I have seen some of the other M-boaters using them on the rendezvous' and I agree, they do seem very nice. I don't keep my propane cylinders in the cabin for the very reason you cited. The risk of a leaking valve is very real (just had a leaking one the other day) so when I'm not using them, they go in the wet locker on my 17 with a low vent to the atmosphere through the transom. If I had a 15 I'd probably make the switch. The only thing I've seen about the Origo that I didn't particularly care for were the rather sharp edges on it, but that's pretty minor. The burn time you list for a quart of fuel is very comparable to what I get with a 1# propane bottle. Tod