[C320-list] Stove/Oven Replacement

[Greg Flanagan]

I agree. The oven on our boat is fantastic. We use it all the time. I think it is much better to use a propane oven than to invert DC to supply a microwave. It’s tricky to ignite the oven but once you have done it its routine.

Cheers,

Greg Flanagan
Hoop Dancer # 1076
Sidney, BC 

> On Jan 1, 2019, at 4:05 PM, John Brennan <jackbrennan at bellsouth.net> wrote:
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> I’m amused at how different people have different perspectives.
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> My wife loves to cook and thinks the gas oven is the most wonderful device on the boat. She cooked muffins in it as part of her contribution to a New Year’s raft-up/party in St. Pete’s south yacht basin.
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> She cheered when she got the oven to work after we bought the boat. (The oven had never been used)
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> Jack Brennan
> Sonas, 1998 Catalina 320, No. 528
> Tierra Verde, Fl.
> Dolphin Cruising Club of Tampa Bay
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> From: Ted Harrison
> Sent: Tuesday, January 1, 2019 11:32 AM
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Stove/Oven Replacement
> 
> We use the oven a fair amount. Starting the oven is the hardest part. 
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> Good luck with your project and Happy New Year 
> 
> Ted Harrison
> Hull 424 1997 
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>> On Dec 31, 2018, at 5:46 PM, Jeff Smith <jeffreyssmith at live.com> wrote:
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>> To all,
>> 
>> I am contemplating replacing my stove and oven combination with a cooktop stove placed on a built-in box where I could then install a microwave. We never use the oven, though we do use the stove. I am wondering if anyone else has done something similar? If so, any tip or thoughts would be appreciated.
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>> I am in the early planning stage, so I have not measured for the right cooktop, etc. It seems to me, though, that the oven is currently a big waste of space for us and we are currently running without a microwave, so the upgrade would be nice.
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>> Happy New Years to all!
>> 
>> Jeff, ’94 #121, Sailmates
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