Propane in PNW and Alaska

[Don and Brenda]

Looking at options whether I want to go electric cooktop with Genset or go the propane route. Are there any issues finding propane on inside passage trips through Canada and into Alaska. Most of the boats I am looking at have electrip cooktop with Genset. Are the Gensets load in a quiet anchorage?

 

[mspaugy]

I think most only use the gen sets at infrequent intervals to charge batteries etc. I am guessing that A/C isn't required much in the PNW. The MASE website lists noise level as 56 dBA @ 23 ft.

 

[Larry H]

I have found propane to be available at most fuel docks along the Inside Passage, and yes, a generator in an anchorage is much louder than a propane stove! LOL

 

[JamesTXSD]

I have found propane to be available at most fuel docks along the Inside Passage, and yes, a generator in an anchorage is much louder than a propane stove! LOL

Unless you allow the propane to build up before it lights! 😱

 

[knotflying]

Buying a genset for the purposes of cooking is a bit expensive. I carry one of those single burner butane cooktops as a backup with a few canisters so far I haven't needed to use it. However, I'm on the East Coast, not Alaska.

 

[NewMoon]

As said earlier, propane is readily available on the Inside Passage. Our small (~10 lb empty, 19-20 lb full) aluminum tank lasts 4-6 weeks running the propane cooktop for coffee in the morning and dinner nearly every night. IMHO, a better cooking device (turns the heat up or down immediately when you ask it to) than any electric. Install it to the highest standards, including a sniffer, and you should have no problems.

 

[Don and Brenda]

Thanks guys this is the info I was looking for. The boats I am looking at are used and have gensets and electric cooktop. My preference would be propane. I like the idea of using the portable butane/propane stove and set it on top the electric one.