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"Bob" wrote:


Skip Gundlach wrote:
Well, Magma sux.

We went to get our grill today, and two successive lid latches fell
apart on exercising them. Back to the drawing board.

Hmmm. We just got a second Magma after the first died after a decade of
heavy use. We could probably have replaced a couple of parts and kept it
running, but I wanted the "party" size, so I can more-easily cook
flotilla-sized servings. Were pleasantly surprised to also get the hinge
-- which has worked for 2-3 seasons now. Ours have been the round ones,
and we couldn't be happier.

Do you realllllly need a grill? When I got my boat that was the first
think I removed. I gave it to friend living in an old building with
iron fire escapes. He bolted on and used it twice. He said it was
too much of a pain.

Iknow this is a real life style choice but will you really burn that
much flesh to justify the cost and head aches?

We use ours for more than meats. Ours makes a great single-burner stove.
Even can bake in it, though we haven't tried that enough to get the
technique down pat except for foil-wrapped veggies and other easy stuff
like that.

When it's hot, it's far more useful than the galley stove, and forget
about an oven.


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Jere Lull
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As I stated earlier, I just replaced my dickenson with another dickenson.
The new one is even better than it's predesessor. We use it alot, mainly to
cook meat and steam veggies, and bake potatoes. In December, we'll be full
time liveaboard cruisers.

just me wrote:
As I stated earlier, I just replaced my dickenson with another dickenson.
The new one is even better than it's predesessor. We use it alot, mainly to
cook meat and steam veggies, and bake potatoes. In December, we'll be full
time liveaboard cruisers.


Got to agree. Lived with an oil fired model years ago. Nothing like a
toast and dry boat on a wet cold day. The oil fired stoves are greatly
improved over the old school models. When I hit the loto or my ex wife
pays all the back child support she owes I might be able to afford my
dream power boat: Gulf Shrimper 80'x23'x12' and of course that CAT
3412.

http://www.dickinsonmarine.com/shop5...ies-stoves.asp

Then I could slip that sweet Dickinson Atlantic stove in the kitchen.

Yesterday was bright sunny warm with a beautiful wind from the
WNW........ although the fog rolled in. Today wet and gray on the
Oregon Coast.
Bob