On Fri, 3 Feb 2006 13:18:19 -0500, "RCE" wrote:

Wayne,

Do you have the cooktop and oven in your GB? Reason I ask:

Mrs.E is really getting carried away with the "refurbishment" of her boat.
It originally had the stainless, propane cooktop with an oven. The oven was
removed by the original owner to provide extra shelving plus he installed a
small microwave.

Now, Mrs.E wants to replace everything with new, meaning a new propane or
electric top plus possibly an oven. My opinion is that the oven is a waste
of space and would rarely, if ever be used. I also don't see anything wrong
with the existing, original stove top and think it may deter from the
originality of the boat by replacing it.

Opinions?

She's also replacing the fridge because "it's noisy". It is, but it works.

To her credit though, "Pangea" is looking good. All the brightwork is being
done over the winter. The exterior teak decks were done before winter
storage. And, it now sports a brandy-new full enclosure of the bridge.

I'll see if I can post a couple of pics over at ABPSO later on.

Yes, please do that.

Our GB has the three burner electric Princess stove with oven. We
don't use the oven that much but every so often Mrs B will whip up
some homemade cookies or brownies, and on very special occasions, a
blueberry custard pie that is to die for. I think Tom and his wife
might have had some of that. The oven is also useful for storage.

If you're only using the boat for day trips or week ending, I could
see getting rid of the oven if you gain back some important space
somewhere else.

To me the most controversial decision is electric vs propane. Our
last boat had the electric Princess stove also, and before that we had
CNG on our old sailboat. I'm not in love with propane on a boat,
primarily for safety reasons, but also because it's a pain to swap out
the tanks, leak check, etc. Don't forget to leak check with soapy
water, very important.

Our microwave is in an overhead cabinet space off to the side of the
galley in a small "L".

Refrigeration is the original Grunert holding plate system with engine
room compressor. It has been rebuilt to use a modern CFC friendly
refrigerant but is otherwise original equipment. We also have a small
apartment style fridge in a cabinet which used to contain a
dishwasher. That swap was made by a previous owner. Since it doesn't
have holding plates, we use it primarily for beverages.

Have you discovered the Grand Banks owners forums? Some useful stuff
pops up from time to time.

http://www.grandbanks.com/resources/...rums/index.cfm

and also,

http://oxfordyachtagency.com/ubb/