Cookin' With Gas!

After almost two years without a real stove or oven, we have a working galley again. Three-burner propane Shipmate with oven, found it on Ebay.

A few weeks ago I'd picked up what I thought was a decent oven as part of a swap/salvage deal. Turned out to be very leaky, so I had an expert look at it. All the parts would have had to come from the UK and it would've cost about 3/4 as much as a brand-new one. So, I decided to go shopping.

Found this unit in Sausolito, California, for about 1/3 the cost of an equivalent new unit. It is now installed and temporarily plumber for the little camping bottles. I'm planning to upgrade it to a larger 10- or 20-pound aluminum tank with pressure gauge, regulator, the works. But! It works now! That's our first boat-cooked meal in quite a while: two nice ribeyes (on special) with mushrooms and onions. YUM!

Solar power!

We are closer to cutting the shore lines! The latest upgrade, SOLAR! Two Kyocera 135W panels, plus a 1500W PSW inverter and a 25A charge controller. We're getting there.



Oh, and dangling below it is the new dink "Serf." I tried selling "Vassal" and finally ended up donating it to a church with a sailing program for at-risk kids. So, we now have an excellent deflatable slung in the davits, solar panels on top, and new lift rigging (clean white lines for the win).