Armond Perretta wrote:

Alvin North wrote:


I have acquired an old boat (Cape Dory 28) about 25 years old. It
has a Kenyon stove Homestrand (SN 152460). A quart tank with pump
up, large dial for clean and close. What type fuel, alcohol or
kerosene? Thanks, A North



Depends. The stove _as_shipped_ usually required denatured alcohol.
However Kenyon (and others) offered a kerosene burner conversion kit that
looked almost identical to the alcohol burners. It even used the same tank,
although the setup was really minimal at best. In all probability you have
alcohol. If so, observe the warnings of the other posters.

BTW I have a CD 28 that shipped with the same stove. Best thing I did was
to dump it at the first opportunity.



We've used a Princess alcohol stove for 11 years. My wife is afraid to
start it without my watching, but it not only has worked flawlessly for
11 seasons, but boils a quart of water about as quickly as our friends'
propane stoves. Eventually, we'll switch over to propane, but all the
extra 'stuff' we need for that switch has been prohibitive while the
Princess has worked properly.

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