am I the only one afraid of fire on a boat. and am I being silly? I
have never understood why boats just don't blow up when grilling? Can
anyone help me?

Why should it blow up? My grill hangs over the side so that any lost propane will fall
outside the boat.


"Richard Malcolm" wrote in message
om...
am I the only one afraid of fire on a boat. and am I being silly? I
have never understood why boats just don't blow up when grilling? Can
anyone help me?

"Jeff Morris" jeffmo@NoSpam-sv-lokiDOTcom wrote in message
Why should it blow up? My grill hangs over the side so that any
lost propane will fall outside the boat.

what about a grill on the back rail of a gas-powered cabin
cruiser type boat? You got gas-fumes to deal with.

Most grill's I've seen were on backs of sailboats, most
of which are diesel powered.

what do gas power boat cruisers do?



"Richard Malcolm" wrote in message
om...
am I the only one afraid of fire on a boat. and am I being silly? I
have never understood why boats just don't blow up when grilling? Can
anyone help me?

what about a grill on the back rail of a gas-powered cabin
cruiser type boat? You got gas-fumes to deal with.

Not unless you hang it over the gas tank vent. And even that's not as
risky as it sounds because it's gas fumes that collect in enclosed
spaces that explode...if gas fumes that dissipate in open air exploded,
every vehicle with a gas leak would explode when started and gas
stations would be blowing up daily.

Most grill's I've seen were on backs of sailboats, most
of which are diesel powered.

You just haven't been looking. There are even more powerboats with
grills--which were all charcoal in the beginning, and some people still
prefer it to gas--than sailboats.

what do gas power boat cruisers do?

Mine were mounted on the transom and overhung my swim platform.

To my knowledge, there has never been a boat fire caused by a grill
that's installed and used properly...that is, overhanging the water and
propane cylinders stored above decks. It's only when they're used
improperly that there's any danger of anything worse than losing your
dinner overboard.

Peggie
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Peggie Hall
Author "Get Rid of Boat Odors - A Guide To Marine Sanitation Systems and
Other Sources of Aggravation and Odor"
http://www.seaworthy.com/html/get_ri...oat_odors.html


"Richard Malcolm" wrote in message
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am I the only one afraid of fire on a boat. and am I being silly? I
have never understood why boats just don't blow up when grilling? Can
anyone help me?

Surely you mean STORE a BBQ...

RichH wrote:
Best place to 'mount' a BBQ is in a LOCKER (with quick
connect/disconnect to a rail, etc.) .... cant wash overboard, isnt
always in the way, doesnt foul the stern with the usual "crap on de back".
A stern that looks like a floating yard sale is IMHO dangerous,
especially for a blue water boat - everthing you add to the stern or bow
results in additional tendancy for the boat to hobbyhorse and 'plunge'
in large waves. You definitely dont want to be hanging onto a stern rail
trying to save a BBQ when there is heavy weather and there are waves
slopping onboard - been there, have the tee shirt. On the other hand, If
you have a 'marina queen' whose primary function is dockside
entertaining, then it really doesnt matter where to put it .... side of
the mast, pulpit, pushpit, top of winch, etc.

Mount the grill already!
I've had my propane grill mounted to the stern rail, directlly over the rail
for 6 years of cruising.
2 circumnavigators that just recentlly returned to the marina have theirs there
also. It's not like it's inside the cabin.
I can't imagine having to mount and unmount the grill every time we wanted to
grill something.
Mount it on the rail, and enjoy it!

The key is in keeping the fire OUTside the boat...overhanging the water.

However, many boats have gas--propane, CNG or alcohol stoves in the
galleys. Yes, they do cause fires...but very rarely except when caused
by "operator error" (polite term for "system neglect and/or somebody did
something incredibly stupid").

Peggie
----------
Peggie Hall
Author "Get Rid of Boat Odors - A Guide To Marine Sanitation Systems and
Other Sources of Aggravation and Odor"
http://www.seaworthy.com/html/get_ri...oat_odors.html


Richard Malcolm wrote:
am I the only one afraid of fire on a boat. and am I being silly? I
have never understood why boats just don't blow up when grilling? Can
anyone help me?

In article ,
(Richard Malcolm) writes:

am I the only one afraid of fire on a boat. and am I being silly? I
have never understood why boats just don't blow up when grilling? Can
anyone help me?

Boat US just sent out their insurance company news letter a few weeks back.
They listed causes of fires resulting in insurance claims. They seemed quite
surprised that a tiny percentage of boat fires was from propane grills. Most
were caused by electrical shorts or fuel leakage. I tossed it so I cannot
quote it exactly.


Ted Edwards
Chatham Bound

Richard,
I have worried about this also. Those single pole brackets shown holding up
a grill plus the weight of the foods being cooked just look incredibly weak.
I have yet to see anyone at the marinas around here using one.
Greg Luckett
St. Joseph, MI

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have never understood why boats just don't blow up when grilling? Can
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On Wed, 09 Jul 2003 17:39:34 -0400, in message

Glenn Ashmore wrote:

All this talk about Magmas and Dikinson grills is making me hungry. It
is also making me wonder about the best place to mount one.

Usually I see them mounded on the side of the stern pulpit but I have
narrow side decks back there so I would have to stand in the cockpit
seat and lean over to cook. The other option is off the transom but I
have a sugar scoop stern and am worried about dripping grease on the
swim platform.

I have a boat with a fairly narrow transom that puts rail space at a
premium. I mount my Force Ten kettle (which for some reason blows out
if fully closed, but is good to about 15 knots of breeze with the lid
cracked about 1/4 inch open) more or less at the corner of the stern
pulpit. It drips a little, but only on the far edge of one side of the
transom, and has never been an issue in docking.

Ryk