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DON CASEY HAS WRITTEN MANY BOOKS AND ARTICLES ON MARINE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS

GORDON WEST IS AN ELECTRONICS EXPERT WHO SPECIALIZES IN RADIO COMMUNICATIONS

NIGEL CALDER IS AN AUTHOR AND EXPERT ON BOAT SYSTEMS AND DIESEL ENGINES

BRIAN HANCOCK IS A SAILMAKER, WHITBREAD RACE VETERAN AND CREATOR OF GREATCIRCLESAILS.COM

STOVE TROUBLES

What do you do with a stove that refuses to stay lit?

Q: I have a Broadwater two-burner propane stove with an oven and broiler. It’s from 2003, but still looks new. When I acquired the boat in 2015 all four burners worked. But a_ er I had the boat transported to Wisconsin and then back to Florida, it went from four working burners to one with a second working intermittently. I get gas

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