I really do not like pressure alcohol one bit. Strike 1: I am not prone to seasickness, but making a pancake breakfast in heavy seas with the cabin closed up made me sick as a dog from alcohol fumes. Strike 2: The fuel lines started leaking and caused a fire during a race that was a fair PITA to put out. Strike 3: A boat behind us in the Great Ocean Race had the fuel line totally fracture and fill the entire cabin with blazing alcohol. The flames even shot out of the hatch and caught the liferaft on fire. The boat went from no problem to burning stem-to-stern with the burned crew overboard in less than 30 seconds. If it had happened a bit later in the race when they would not have been in view of anyone it would have been a multiple fatality. They were stupendously lucky to be quickly picked up by another boat in the race.
Joe Della Barba Coquina C&C 35 MK I From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Dennis C. via CnC-List Sent: Friday, March 06, 2015 1:53 PM To: David Paine; CnClist Subject: Re: Stus-List Stove The Admiral and I like our pressure alcohol stove/oven, also. Have gotten parts from A&H Enterprises, www.packstoves.net<http://www.packstoves.net>. Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 10:40 AM, David Paine via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote: Hi John, I've grown to love (or at least respect) my Hillerange pressure OH stove. The key is to heat the delivery pipe that runs over the top of the burner without setting the boat ablaze. My usual procedure is to open the valve, look for liquid (small amount) in the pan below the burner then close it off. Ignite, then watch as the flames start licking the cabin liner. The breakthrough for me (many years ago) was the realization that a pot of water on the burner cools and contains the flame and makes everything manageable until the flame has just about died out. When it does, open the valve again, the preheat pipe vaporizes the alcohol and a beautiful controllable blue flame takes over. Works great for me and I'll keep mine until I want to mess with propane, solenoids, gas detectors and the like. Added bonus: Ethylalcohol works great for removing butyl. David On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 10:14 PM, John McKay via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote: An question from another new C&C 33 MK II owner. I have been trying to get the original Hillerange two burner pressure alcohol stove working, and it scares me. One burner lights, flame is blue but not adjustable. The other sounds like a jet engine and burns about 8" high. Made an easy decision to scrap this. Any suggestions about a new stove top would be appreciated John from Enterprise _______________________________________________ Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com<mailto:CnC-List@cnc-list.com> To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com _______________________________________________ Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com<mailto:CnC-List@cnc-list.com> To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
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