OK, I have a couple of rookie questions. My wife and I are getting ready for our first overnight on a/our boat. I've been going over things and let's start with dinner, can my Force 10 BBQ use the Coleman fuel or do I go to West Marine and buy Force 10 fuel? I'm not sure if there is any difference in the fuel or the fittings. Now let's move on to the next morning, I just went out and got denatured alcohol for the Origo stove that's in the boat. I've gone to the Origo web site and read up on the operation of the stove, but what's the best way to use this device to make coffee. I don't drink coffee, but my wife looks forward to a cup or two in the morning and I want this to be a pleasant experience so she'll want to do it more. Do I just go out and get one of the old perculator type coffee pots and put the coffee on top and cold water on the bottom and heat it up? Are there any other options? What do you do? If you've got any other input as to make the first overnight experience a pleasant one, I'd love to hear it. Thanks.
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Coffee
As for the coffee part, I recommend getting the plastic "funnel" that sits on top of the cup with a filter with grounds in it - makes a great cup of coffee and you only have to boil a bit of water - speeds getting that first cup especially if only one is drinking. Enjoy!
As for the coffee part, I recommend getting the plastic "funnel" that sits on top of the cup with a filter with grounds in it - makes a great cup of coffee and you only have to boil a bit of water - speeds getting that first cup especially if only one is drinking. Enjoy!
Percolator or Microwave
We have a little 6 cup percolator that makes relly good coffee. In a marina with 110 volt AC we sometimes microwave usin cofee bags that look like teabags. But the perked coffee from the alchohol stove is the best. David Lady Lillie
We have a little 6 cup percolator that makes relly good coffee. In a marina with 110 volt AC we sometimes microwave usin cofee bags that look like teabags. But the perked coffee from the alchohol stove is the best. David Lady Lillie
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Melita filter system: re:"getting the plastic "funnel" that sits on top of the cup with a filter with grounds in it " Using it over a thermos makes for good coffee that stays hot.
Melita filter system: re:"getting the plastic "funnel" that sits on top of the cup with a filter with grounds in it " Using it over a thermos makes for good coffee that stays hot.
french press for coffee
You may want to try one of those french presses for coffee. I use one on my boat and find it more convient than the Melita style with the paper filters. It is small enough to be settled easily anywhere while it brews and then there are no paer filters to worry about which can get damp and mildewy. For creamer, you can use a small can of evaporated milk, which needs no refrigeration, or some powered creamer. Oh yea, how about some good old Tang? After all, what's a "camp out" without Tang?
You may want to try one of those french presses for coffee. I use one on my boat and find it more convient than the Melita style with the paper filters. It is small enough to be settled easily anywhere while it brews and then there are no paer filters to worry about which can get damp and mildewy. For creamer, you can use a small can of evaporated milk, which needs no refrigeration, or some powered creamer. Oh yea, how about some good old Tang? After all, what's a "camp out" without Tang?
Deja Vu?
This is an almost identical string posted a week ago on the same topic. This was posted on 5/27 at 3:30 p.m., the other posting was on 5/27 at 8:35 p.m. I wonder what happen to this post? Fair Winds. Clyde
This is an almost identical string posted a week ago on the same topic. This was posted on 5/27 at 3:30 p.m., the other posting was on 5/27 at 8:35 p.m. I wonder what happen to this post? Fair Winds. Clyde
"Test Drive" Your Stove and BBQ
If you've never operated the BBQ or the stove before I'd recommend doing so before you leave for the first night out. This way you'll feel confident about how everything works. Do you have the Owners Manuals for these items? If not, try finding a web site for them and see if there isn't something that can be downloaded. For all the future nights you need to make this first night go off without a hitch!!!
If you've never operated the BBQ or the stove before I'd recommend doing so before you leave for the first night out. This way you'll feel confident about how everything works. Do you have the Owners Manuals for these items? If not, try finding a web site for them and see if there isn't something that can be downloaded. For all the future nights you need to make this first night go off without a hitch!!!
Make sure your power bank is fully charged.
Woke up in the middle of my first overnight to the sound of "Turn your ?$@#$% lights on" over the roar of a very loud engine passing close-by. Anchor light had died in the night and I was a dark shadow in a busy anchorage. Freaked me right out. Pulled up the anchor and motored home at 2 in the morning (with a flashlight on deck and a coleman lantern lashed to the boom.) Purchased a Davis Mega Light to make sure that I am never without a low-draw light on board again.
Woke up in the middle of my first overnight to the sound of "Turn your ?$@#$% lights on" over the roar of a very loud engine passing close-by. Anchor light had died in the night and I was a dark shadow in a busy anchorage. Freaked me right out. Pulled up the anchor and motored home at 2 in the morning (with a flashlight on deck and a coleman lantern lashed to the boom.) Purchased a Davis Mega Light to make sure that I am never without a low-draw light on board again.
I second the motion to try out all systems BEFORE that first night out. You want everything to be exceptionally smooth. If the bride enjoys it, there'll be many more. If she's disappointed, the first may also be the last.
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