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although I use a propane stove in the cabin, I really dont see a use for the small gimble stove. If crossing the channel or sailing anywhere for that matter and its food time cold food is the best. useing any kind of stove while underway is hard. If you want coffe or hot drinks during a sail
best heat up the stuff before you leave and keep it in a hot container.

If your going to use it moored hopefully the boat isnt rocking so much
you need a stove like that.

I use a two burner stainless stove rarely, I find the BBQ or going to shore
to get coffee works best for me. It helps that I drink those fraps from starbucks in the bottle more then hot coffee anyway.

Some people cook on the boat alot and that little one burner wont cut it for them. Its strange but the only fire I ever had on board a sail boat was from an alcohol stove that caught my hands on fire. It didnt burn me just scared the tar out of me. The alcohol burner over filled and when I went to light it it went all over my hands and the stove itself. I was able to put it out with a wet rag.

Propane works ok, being that the mac tiny bilge and the fact that we dont
have ignition source in it, ( like engines and electrical stuff). The risk Is minor. If people feel better with an alcohol stove they work too, but they can catch fire also.

Really what were talking about here doesnt work with us. We cant cook very well under way like in a 50 foot sail boat so most cooking is done
when we are stopped and its calm. I think A one burner stove is good for one small pot of water. Not much else.

We've used 1000s of low pressure bottled propane for almost 40 years now inside or out on boats, trailers, backpack trips, etc. with only one incidence of a bad seal on the bottle after initial use. The main problem as we see it is one of disposal of the empty cannisters. If conditions warrant it in the future for very long cruises I will install a bulk tank on the rear.
We currently use a Mr. Heater 4-9K btu single bottle catalytic heater in the cabin to warm it up as necessary, but not during sleep. We currently use a propane Coleman Hillary 2 burner stove for our galley. We use either with additional ventilation to what is normal, which is always forced air in, and after every use of the heater or stove, the bottle is detached and stored in the fuel locker with the fuel tanks.
I'm in a fresh water environment at present, but even with weeks on salt water, I found if a light coating of oil is put on the threads, and the original shipping caps are replaced for storage, no corrosion occurs. The paper labels will come off, so I mark the fuel container that is partially used.

Never detach the propane bottle while another flame is lit nearby. If the seal does leak, just remove the bottle to an outdoor locaton and let it dissipate.

DONT PUT OIL ON THE PROPANE VALVE!!!!!!!!!!

It will cause a fire without ignition.

even co2 bottle will catch fire under extreme pressure with oil on the valve.

This will happen to a bottle being refueled. The disposable ones are not being refueled but oil and high pressure friction will ignite. I just read an artical in a paintball mag about this very thing. while filling a co2 20oz tank
it ignited and burnt the refueling hose up. And thats with a non flamable.
The cause was the owner of the tank used three and one oil on the threads and some on the valve itself before it was filled.

so this really is for refuelable tanks but all the same...

use plumbers silicon grease or food grade silicon like we use in scuba

Moe - Thanks, I was thinking about CNG. I need to look at this a lot more.

Right now, Propane is the fuel of choice on boats. Better than the Alternative. I do know of stories about fires with stoves on boats with all fuels. What people need to do is to turn the bottle off and let the propane burn off before turning off the burner and check the system weekly.

A one burner stove can be use quite well with a Pressure cooker and a little planing. This is the nature of small boats. Unless you want to rebuild the galley and take away the space.

When I was going to school, I rented a very small apartment. It did not have a kitchen per se. Washing up was done in the vanity sink. The place had a one burner hot plate. That's all the heat I ever needed. Now, I have a stove with four burners....I really only ever user the big one. I used to camp out a lot and I had a small gas camping stove. One burner is plenty....for me.