Our old round Magma grill we sold with the old boat. We did have a Magma Newport grill for a while but with the small rail space are on our Islander Freeport 36' boat and the adding of a bimini we sold it. We bought a Magma Kettle grill and like it.
July 2010 - Currently At Marina Cortez Harbor Island, San Diego, CA
Magma Newport grill took up too much rail space and you could not use it as a stove or use a walk on it like the kettle grill.
We attached two 1 ½ lb propane bottles to it. They should last about three months of cooking in the Sea of Cortés (Gulf
of California).
All the fittings and hoses were bought at Downwind Marine and they helped fit it all together and made up the hoses. They let me use their tools to put the houses in the regulator etc.The regulator I got online. It is for connecting two tanks together and to the grill. It will automatically flip over to the other full tank when one goes empty. It shows a red flag indicating the the one tank is empty. This way you never stop grilling dinner!
When mounting them I left enough space under them and the cap rail for a dock line to pass through.
To make the setup I got a 4’ piece of PVC black pipe at Home Depot. The sell them in 4’ sections. I then cut it so I had a piece that went around about a third of the tank (guessing). Then I drilled some holes in it for the rail mounts and mounted them. The holes are a bit of a pain because it is curved so you need to hone them out to fit in the screws. You will see what I am talking about when you make one. Not a big deal.
Debbie mad sunbrella covers for the tanks and grill.
For a stainless stee(SS)l frame I simply bought a piece of 1” SS tubing and cut it to fit. Also got some SS brackets, two 90 deg elbows and a couple rail end clamps as shown. .
To hold on the tanks we got SS hose claps at Marine Exchange . They are large. Two for each tank. We cut off the extra and put the red rubber end caps on so you do not slice yourself up.
Also we made some sunbrella covers for the SS clamps so we do not have SS against aluminum tanks. That could have been overkill.
We tried different placements of the grill until we were happy with it. It ‘s final resting place is on the rail but we added a bimini so it changed things. I will need to update the photos.
The rail is plenty strong enough but we will be adding support because we will be adding KyoceraSolar KD-135GX 135 Watt 12 Volt Solar Electric panel to the bimini and Kato Marine Island Davits. And AirBreeze wind generator.
It is closer to this spot
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