Cruising Helmsman

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I would love to have an oven on my boat. However, my otherwise excellent galley lacked convenient storage for regularly used food items. This suggested that the space required for an oven would be more useful as shelving.

On my previous boat I blocked the area in with a plywood front and hinged doors, leaving room on top for a non-gimballed, two burner stove with griller. This was excellent but the contents of the shelves tended to slide around unless securely chocked.

On my nine metre cat yawl the space was much deeper. Accessing

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