Galley: Yes or No?

[Bilbo]

Squidd,
My quote above is directly from our Ohio State DNR authorities page. Not some one named Peggy Hall. I shall repeat it for your perusal if you'd like to follow the link because this is what the State Park police will quote as they write you up if you violate their regs. Porta-Johns are actually legal.

http://ohiodnr.com/watercraft/opsgui...2/Default.aspx

"Vessel Sanitary Systems
(ORC 1547.33)
Except on Lake Erie, the Muskingum River and the Ohio River, no person shall launch, moor, dock, operate or permit to be operated any vessel with a sink, toilet, or sanitary system capable of discharging urine, fecal matter, contents of a chemical commode, kitchen wastes, laundry wastes, slop sink drainage, or other household wastes into the waters in this state. Such a sink, toilet, or sanitary system shall be removed, sealed or made to drain into a tank or reservoir that can be carried or pumped ashore for disposal in an approved sewage treatment works. "


The hypocritical paradox with my lake is that they attempt to control the discharge from visitors to the park system on and off the water but that discharge from farms and residential septic systems & grey water seems to do a sufficient job of polluting the lake anyway. The lake isn't all that clean and bacterial counts in the heat of summer make it potentially unsafe for swimming.

 

[Barnacle Bill]

Getting back to cooking and the galley. Doesn't anyone use a BBQ anymore? That is what I use to cook most of my on board food (except maybe breakfast).

 

[jfrench]

I've wanted a charcoal grill since I got my boat, but at $200 - $300 plus another $150 for accessories to clamp it to the rail, I'll stick with cold canned stew!

 

[Bilbo]

regarding stew...
http://www.12volt-travel.com/12-volt-appliances-c-88.html

 

[jfrench]

That is an interesting site. Perhaps one of their 12v coffee makers will find its way into my life.

 

[Bilbo]

There is something called dorm cooking. This is where you can use a coffee maker to make a good pasta w/red sauce. Of course heating up a few hot dogs or making sloppy Joes is a snap with the right coffee maker.

 

[GorillaToast]

There is something called dorm cooking. This is where you can use a coffee maker to make a good pasta w/red sauce. Of course heating up a few hot dogs or making sloppy Joes is a snap with the right coffee maker.

Sorry, I'm a snob. I don't like hot dog flavored coffee, nor coffee flavored spaghetti. ;-)

 

[Bilbo]

Sorry, I'm a snob. I don't like hot dog flavored coffee, nor coffee flavored spaghetti. ;-)

And I wouldn't prefer that either. If I were reduced to using such equipment in multiple duty, I'd clean it in between. I would also say that I don't necessarily recommend the 12v appliances that are in the link above. I have never tried the web company. I was only pointing out that such things exist.

 

[GorillaToast]

And I wouldn't prefer that either. If I were reduced to using such equipment in multiple duty, I'd clean it in between. I would also say that I don't necessarily recommend the 12v appliances that are in the link above. I have never tried the web company. I was only pointing out that such things exist.

That's a foreign concept to me...

I think I've been to that site before when looking for 12 appliances. The coffeemaker with the s/s carafe doesn't look to bad, although drawing 25 amps doesn't sound like something I'd want to do too often with a barely capable (of providing lighting) electrical system.

Think I'll make my coffee with the camp stove and camp percolater.

 

[Chris Patterson]

I've owned one of those coffee makers before, I think mine only brewed 4 cups though. Unless this brand is significantly better, mine was maddeningly slow. I knew from the beginning that it would be a real power consumer, as the wire looked like jumper cables. I threw the piece of garbage away. The little lunchbox warmer was kinda cool though. I put ready made meals wrapped in aluminum foil in it, and it worked well. Especially if you're under way, and don't have time to fool with much. But again, you'd better have an alternator. Same thing with the 12v cooler. That thing would kill 3 HP31e batteries in less than 8 hours.
While coffee seems to be a mini subject, I looked high and low for a decent percolator pot. I like them a lot, reminds me of growing up, (giving away my age here). There's a company here in Wilmington, N.C. called Tomlinsons, (I know there's more than one, just don't know how widespread), that sells a great pot made by Farberware. After going through some real turkeys, (coleman), this one is a real quality product. I'm thinking it was a little less than 25 bucks..

 

[shipwreck66]

i had one of those Catalina slide-in galleys for years, in my store room, useless piece of junk. Eventually donated it to an auction with stipulation that this was a one way trip. I just carried a single burner stove for coffee and quick breakfasts, those galley drains will clog up with any size food, and any food that does get stuck will stink to high heaven. I always thought that galley drain hole would have served better as a head drain similar to what a lot of aircraft carry, the pilot relief tube.

 

[jfrench]

Speaking of useless galley items... who's the sadist that decided I could wash my hands while using one of them to operate a water pump handle for the faucet?

 

[Merlin Clark]

jfrench,
A stopper for the sink or a plastic flatish bowl (what I use) placed in the sink might solve the problem but if not a foot pump mounted where you could operate it with a knee might be the ticket.
I've read on the forums, think it was "ask an O'day owner, about using a windshield wiper pump to pressurize the sink water.

 

[shipwreck66]

My wife referred to the slide in galley as the coffin, as in mine if I didn't do something with it. While in the boat it does slide out of the way, into an area that otherwise is great storage. With it gone you can have a nice little sofa to stretch out on, and that is much more important. Mount a single burner stove on the table next to the wall and just carry a plastic tub for a sink that you can toss over the side as needed.