At least once a month there are questions on the cruising forums or one of the Facebook pages about alcohol stoves.  Invariably people will chime in about how dangerous they are, how slow it is, how it doesn’t burn hot, etc.   I try to dispel the myths, but I figured it was time for a blog post on the subject.  Perhaps it will help people who Google the subject but don’t necessarily participate in the forums or use Facebook.

We bought an Origo stove for our Bristol 24 and Pegu Club came with one, so we have been using them now for the seven years (wow!) we’ve owned a boat.  Given that we did a complete refit on Pegu Club and touched virtually everything on her, it would stand to reason that if we weren’t satisfied with an alcohol stove we would have taken the refit opportunity to switch to propane or gas.  But I can honestly say that the subject of switching never came up because we were 100% satisfied with using an alcohol stove.

So without further introduction, below are my answers to the questions that seem to come up most frequently: Continue reading “An old workhorse – our Origo alcohol stove.” →