Tod,

Good question! With this particular arrangement, the hanging cable is rather long-about 2'-and thus it's sine wave would have a fairly long period that would inhibit rhythmic, high arc swings. However, I've never tried it in a chop, since such conditions rarely exist in Middle Tennessee. Having piqued my curiosity, I shall look for opportunities to find out.

IMHO, it's best to cook in the cockpit of a small boat rather than the cabin, for safety reasons-it's easier to evade hot materials in the event of a mishap, and these stove do have propane in their fuel mix. Toying with explosions is not why I'm out there.

Speaking of toys, I also have an Esbit pocket stove that I keep on board all the time. It's tiny, the size of a deck of cards, and uses very safe solid fuel. Though it requires a heat resistant surface to sit on, and isn't powerful, it's fun to heat water or beanie weenies for the kids when we're out messing about. They're also cheap. I think I got mine for $10 from Campmor

In a message dated 11/4/2002 5:59:44 PM Central Standard Time, htmills@bright.net writes:

Thanks, Steve

One thing I've wondered about hanging anything in the boat is if it should get to swinging
harmonically......I've hung up my VHF radio only to have it swing (from it's loop) so
violently that it smacked the cabin top and went flying across the cabin. And it wasn't even
very rough out, it just happened to be the right frequency.

Someone on the Cruising World board recently suggested experimenting with it to try
to dampen the swinging. I'm not sure how a stove and pot would behave; I'll have to
try that next season.

Have you tried it out in some chop?

Thanks,

Tod