Force 10 stove installed and potroast made! - 2010

New stove! Yes we bought a new Force 10 stove. It was not planed. We were going to wait at least a year before taking on this project. As it were a dock mate saw our stove and wanted it. He to wanted a Force 10 stove but decided financially he could not get it. Our stove was like new condition. When we took it out only one of the three burners looked like it had been used. It was made for CNC gas.

July 2010  - Currently At Marina Cortez Harbor Island, San Diego, CA

The new owner of the stove re-jetted it for propane.
I think we made a mistake in letting go the gimbals. The mounts for the stove.
We then had to make new ones. Luckily a friend made up some teak blocks for us and helped me mount the stove.

Next I had to make teak blocks for the gimbeling of the stove, again not easy to put them in place.
Before we mounted the Force 10 stove and made the mounting blocks the stove was just sitting in the .space where it goes on the wood surface.

I went round and round about a three burner verses a two burner. In the end my wife Debbie said she rarely uses three burners. That mad it a lot easier. We would have had to change a lot in the stove are to make a three burner fit and we wanted to keep the boat as original as possible. We like the way it looks. My wife is teaching me how to cook, She is a great cook. I plan on doing most of the cooking once we clear away most of the projects and we set sail south.

There is IF 36 who did put in a three burner and there are photos in the FOGGers group.

 We were tired of sitting at the dock so we went for a motor out in San Diego harbor. On our way back after out for about an hour a big motor boat came whipping by causing a big wake. We heard a crash and it as the stove. We had forgotten about it. It fell out and in doing so broke a handle off a drawer and scratched up the loved door under the sink. Not too bad but any is too much.

Here is the stove installed with a crock pot meal I made (Debbie helped) of potrost.

Lesson learned.

• We like that the stove needs no matches to light.
• It also has two different size burners.
• The oven also broils
• The door slides out of the way.
• The top grate lifts up for easy cleaning (also will come off)

This is using our old boat plastic dinner  wear.