Galley, good and bad bits?

[tony.latham]

Gooooood Gawd, Bob! You need an intervention! I suspect there's been a meal cooked back there.

[Gage]

Here's what my galley looks like. Works great. Well for us anyways.
All good, nothing bad to say about it.

[rowerwet]

PS no tigers

Perhaps they only live in Vegas I saw a white tiger there during a visit to Comdex. Those were the days!!!!

Back to the thread.

The Guys are right! design the galley based on what you're going to need it for. I really spent time on this aspect and it changed a lot during that design phase. Given the fact you may be on sites where there is no water, power or toilets changes the whole design dynamic and my galley (and TD) would look completely different.

your galley should reflect what you want to do. Here in New England, I don't know where I could dry camp, or if my TV could make it where I could camp off-grid. If I move to another part of the country my needs will change and so will by galley. right now it reflects my love for canoe camping, if it can't be used on a remote campsite reachable only by boat, I don't have it. My galley is just a place to store stuff for travel and a counter to prepare stuff on.
If you already camp, you should know what stuff you want, even then plenty of people change things after the first few trips.

[Nobody]

Simplicity! The lower 'cabinets' of our galley is one large compartment which contains the battery box, propane oven, action packer for supplies, & misc items. The swing-out folding table serves various purposes, oven, stove, etc., & the 'add-on' side table is a 'prep' area that supplements the main counter. All utensils & small supplies are in the clear plastic boxes. Power converter is built into the top shelf at upper left. We've since changed the 'fabric' wall/cabinet door liners but general layout is the same. Has worked for us for over 7yrs & 20K plus miles... Like Gage I have nuthin' bad to say about it

[Esteban]

Gage,

I really like the slide out shelving unit in the middle left of your galley.

Can you answer a couple of questions about it, please?

How wide are the shelves?

Is it open on two sides? Or does the side by the stove have solid plywood?

I cannot see the drawer slides. Where are they?
It looks like you may be using undermount slides. Or maybe one undermount and one upper side mount slide. I'm just (wild) guessing.

It looks like there is a shallow top shelf/kind of a drawer in the unit. Correct?

I ask because I'm considering having a bank of three drawers in the middle 20" or so of my galley. A top shallow one for silverware, tinfoil, and other things under 3" high. A middle drawer tall enough for canned goods and packaged food, so maybe 4-1/2" high inside. Then a deeper bottom drawer for pots and pans about 8" deep.

I'll have 19.25" of height (floor to below the counter top) and about 20" of width to work with. The front to back depth will be a minimum of 28" and maximum of 32.5"

I could change it around to have something like your middle set up and then have room for a handy water jug, too.

Hope this is not hijacking the thread.

[Woodbutcher]

[paulnb57]

Theres some great ideas here folks! Keep em coming!

Im leaning towards keeping it simple at first with the option to upgrade as experience dictates, Im loving the table storage in the last post, great use of space and not in the way if not needed.....

Paul

[Oldragbaggers]

No sink, no plumbing, no regrets.

We kept ours very simple and have been very pleased. The water hose provides all the free flowing water I need (or my 7 gallon water jug with spigot on the picnic table), dishpans can be placed where ever is convenient for dish washing.

Same with the stove, (portable stove with no permanent installation). I had mounted a table off my galley counter for the stove, but found I preferred it even further than that from the galley. The picnic table is my favorite place. No spatters, steam, odors, or cooking mess in the galley.

I left my storage area very open, not compartmentalized at all, and use various plastic bins for storage. This has turned out to be great as well because I can change things easily depending on what kind of trip it is and what I need to carry. I know there are those who have a special drawer for every accessory but for us the simple arrangement turned out to be the best.

We have a slide out drawer for the cooler and that is good, would definitely do that again.





All in all, I am very very pleased with my extremely simple galley and would not do it any differently if I were doing it again.

[Juneaudave]

Pretty simple. The storage is really good, and the cooler and the stove have their own slide outs. After using the trailer for a few years, we have found that we prefer the cooler in the back of the element if we have room, its just easier to get at. Also, we typically cook big meals at the picnic table if one is available, and use the stove slide out a quick cup of coffee or something pretty quick.

[Catherine+twins]

Pretty simple. The storage is really good, and the cooler and the stove have their own slide outs. After using the trailer for a few years, we have found that we prefer the cooler in the back of the element if we have room, its just easier to get at. Also, we typically cook big meals at the picnic table if one is available, and use the stove slide out a quick cup of coffee or something pretty quick.

Ooh, Pretty!!!

Catherine