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Hi Fellas, I want to replace the electric stove/oven on our 36 Carver with a propane stove. My insurance company tells me that it has to be a “marine” stove. As far as I can find out, there’s really no difference between an “RV” stove, and a “marine” stove, except some stainless, and a big difference in price!
Of course I guess that it doesn’t really matter what I think, if the insurance company says that I have to have a marine stove, so I’ll have to spend the big dollar and buy the marine stove. Has anyone else run into the same problem with their insurance company?
I plan on installing the propane tank in a propane locker on the swimgrid like I’ve seen on other Carvers, and run the propane line through the transom up to the galley. I installed a new propane stove on out 4207 years ago, but I do remember that it was a big job!

Sometimes "marine" is a markup for no good reason and sometimes it actually makes a difference. If you're boating in fresh water, maybe an RV stove would be totally fine and never corrode. But you're dealing with propane in a humid, corrosive (especially if salt water) environment and that is not a place to mess around. I would stick to well-known brands where marine rated actually means something. There are probably knock-off brands out there that throw "marine" on an RV stove and it actually doesn't mean anything. A good marine stove will be made with stainless steel and have corrosion resistance in mind.

I agree.....here is a good read regarding this matter.

http://www.pcmarinesurveys.com/Safe%20B ... lation.htm

All insurance companies do what they can to maintain profit. If they find one thing on your boat that caused a loss and was not marine rated, do not expect any payout.

Thanks fellas, I installed an even stove on our Uniflite about 20 years ago,, and it’s still working just fine, with no apparent corrosion that I could see the last time that I saw it. We have 40 year old boats rapt our club that have rv style stoves on them that have never had any problems.
I agree with waybomb though, if there’s a way for an insurance company to not pay out, even if the problem had nothing to do with the rv style stove, they will not pay any5hing!
That is a great article Bud37, thanks.

Darn spellcheck. That should have read that I installed a propane stove on our 36 Uniflite. I also installed a Force 10 propane stove on our 4207, now that was a not so fun job!

Well, I guess that I don’t have to worry about installing a propane stove any more, my wife has decided that she wants to sell our boat now. Great, another boat on the market, but I still want to change out the stiff upper throttle cables before selling the boat.
Thanks for all the advice fellas, you’re the best!

MyPleasure wrote:Source of the post Well, I guess that I don’t have to worry about installing a propane stove any more, my wife has decided that she wants to sell our boat now. Great, another boat on the market, but I still want to change out the stiff upper throttle cables before selling the boat.
Thanks for all the advice fellas, you’re the best!

Yea, you might as well plan on changing those, because they likely would show up as an issue on a survey and you'd either have to fix it then or concede some pricing.

Sorry to hear about selling the boat though. Is she looking at another one to replace it?

Thanks km1125
I couldn’t sell the boat with the stiff throttle cables anyway, they drive me nuts! If I know that there is a problem with the boat, I couldn’t sell it until the problems are taken care of first.
As far as another boat goes, probably a sedan of some type, maybe even with a single diesel ( as long as it’s not a Volvo ). Something with less stairs for my wife’s arthritis.