Natives prove friendly
Stove Project: Day 1
Bright sunny morning, no wind, so we move promptly to bring the boat from where we were anchored in Marine Stadium to Southport Yacht Club. But by the time we've put her in the allocated pen, tied her up snugly, joined the Yacht Club and paid all our dues, we are hungry and eat lunch in the club.
We get advice from the friendly bloke in the chandlery about where to find stainless steel gas bottles, and the Yacht Club reception gets us a taxi. We head first to Bias Boating in Biggera Waters, because we have already confirmed that they have a Force 10 stove on the floor that we can look at. The cook has seen these stoves at Boat Shows in Sydney and Melbourne, and has been hankering after one since then, but needs to look more critically now that there is a real prospect of purchase.
The helpful people at Bias Boating lug the stove off the shelf so that we can measure everything, see where the gas connects, even try out the cook's favourite twin roasting dishes (carried there for the purpose) to see if they fit side by side in the oven, which they do. Engineer is happy with the general quality, and the bloke in Bias Boating says it will be no issue to drop the stove off at the Yacht Club Marina if we decide to buy. We have a look at gas alarms while we are there, another expensive item required as part of the project. Bias Boating recommend the same firm as did the Yacht Club chandlery, and as they are not too far up the road, we walk to Southern Stainless who have stainless gas bottles in all sizes, together with elegant stainless holders to clamp on to your rail. Engineer has the bright idea of buying a holder, on the basis of being able to return it if it doesn't fit, so that we can see just where it might be simply fitted to Nahani's rails. We take the bus back to the Yacht Club and the boat, where we are delighted to find that we can fit a holder on the rail just behind the side poles of the "jungle gym" that supports the radar, arials and wind generator. The Danbuoy will have to be relocated on one side, but that isn't a serious problem. So now we have both ends of the project sorted, apart from the actual purchase. Now for the really tricky bit - working out where and how to put a gas line from bottle to stove. We also have to find a spot for the gas alarm, but there are plenty of options.
The prospective hole in our finances is deepening all the time. We thought the stove itself was expensive, but two gas bottles, two holders and a gas alarm will cost nearly as much again. And then there's the cost of the bit in between, and a gas-fitter to do the connecting up. Once again BOAT = Bring Out Another Thousand. But we don't have much choice - can't keep going with an ageing stove that has continence problems.
Everyone was most helpful today, including the bus driver and a fellow passenger who saw us trying to memorise bus stops for future reference. We think we made a good choice in deciding to do the changeover here in the Gold Coast.
Bright sunny morning, no wind, so we move promptly to bring the boat from where we were anchored in Marine Stadium to Southport Yacht Club. But by the time we've put her in the allocated pen, tied her up snugly, joined the Yacht Club and paid all our dues, we are hungry and eat lunch in the club.
We get advice from the friendly bloke in the chandlery about where to find stainless steel gas bottles, and the Yacht Club reception gets us a taxi. We head first to Bias Boating in Biggera Waters, because we have already confirmed that they have a Force 10 stove on the floor that we can look at. The cook has seen these stoves at Boat Shows in Sydney and Melbourne, and has been hankering after one since then, but needs to look more critically now that there is a real prospect of purchase.
The helpful people at Bias Boating lug the stove off the shelf so that we can measure everything, see where the gas connects, even try out the cook's favourite twin roasting dishes (carried there for the purpose) to see if they fit side by side in the oven, which they do. Engineer is happy with the general quality, and the bloke in Bias Boating says it will be no issue to drop the stove off at the Yacht Club Marina if we decide to buy. We have a look at gas alarms while we are there, another expensive item required as part of the project. Bias Boating recommend the same firm as did the Yacht Club chandlery, and as they are not too far up the road, we walk to Southern Stainless who have stainless gas bottles in all sizes, together with elegant stainless holders to clamp on to your rail. Engineer has the bright idea of buying a holder, on the basis of being able to return it if it doesn't fit, so that we can see just where it might be simply fitted to Nahani's rails. We take the bus back to the Yacht Club and the boat, where we are delighted to find that we can fit a holder on the rail just behind the side poles of the "jungle gym" that supports the radar, arials and wind generator. The Danbuoy will have to be relocated on one side, but that isn't a serious problem. So now we have both ends of the project sorted, apart from the actual purchase. Now for the really tricky bit - working out where and how to put a gas line from bottle to stove. We also have to find a spot for the gas alarm, but there are plenty of options.
The prospective hole in our finances is deepening all the time. We thought the stove itself was expensive, but two gas bottles, two holders and a gas alarm will cost nearly as much again. And then there's the cost of the bit in between, and a gas-fitter to do the connecting up. Once again BOAT = Bring Out Another Thousand. But we don't have much choice - can't keep going with an ageing stove that has continence problems.
Everyone was most helpful today, including the bus driver and a fellow passenger who saw us trying to memorise bus stops for future reference. We think we made a good choice in deciding to do the changeover here in the Gold Coast.
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