At 05:11 PM 1/11/2010, Doug Noganav wrote: >I had thought alcohol stoves were the only fuel allowed. When I were a lad, people used alcohol, diesel, coal and maybe wood. The diesel stoves were primed with alcohol. Alcohol was favored because it dilutes with water and doesn't smell to speak of -- but it's expensive and doesn't give lots of heat. Diesel was favored for BTU content, cost, ready availability and low volatility -- but it tends to smell up the galley. Coal was used for heating more than cooking, diesel for both, alcohol just for cooking. Nowadays all the above is still true, but except on small diesel-powered fishing boats I'd bet that LP outnumbers all the rest, and coal has faded away some. And diesel stoves tend to be primed with a propane torch. Big commercial fisherman might even use electric ranges, though I've seen a bunch of medium-sized fishermen with a pair of hundred-pound tanks standing on deck somewhere. Yours, d |
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