"Charles T. Low" [withoutUN] wrote in message wsgroups.com...
A very practical problem is windshield fogging. This happened on my boat one
cool evening this Fall, and after I realized it wasn't getting foggy
outside, I had my daughter up on the foredeck wiping the windows constantly
while I sponged them off inside - just so we could see. The amount of sudden
condensation was formidable. (Trojan 26.)

Is general pilothouse heating adequate for this? I suspect not. Anyone heat
their windshields, the way the "defrost" setting works in an automobile?

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Charles T. Low
www.boatdocking.com

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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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The more I get into designing the new interior of this '68 Chris Craft
Corsair I want to turn into a winter boat, the more I get to wondering
about different things. One of which was brought home this morning as
I took the dogs out for exercise.

Having arthritis, cold isn't my friend. Adding to that, I don't enjoy
the cold all that much - never have. I tolerate it, but I don't like
it. Therefore, it is paramount in a winter boat to have....

HEAT.

My thought was to pull heat off the engine much like the radiator
system in a car. The way the design is developing, there will be an
interior cabin of a sort or at least a place where one could get out
of the wind, rain, etc. Think of a Parker/Steiger type pilot house
without the adjoining cuddy space. This is where I would put the
heating unit.

I'm just not sure this is a valid way of heating this small space.

Any thoughts?

Later,

Tom
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"Angling may be said to be so
like the mathematics that it
can never be fully learnt..."

Izaak Walton "The Compleat Angler", 1653


@ Charles:

You can buy electric heater/fans which you may be able to instal and
blow warm air on the windshield. This will ad some fire hazards so
watch out. A quick fix would be any little 12V fan placed to blow on
the windshield.

I tried Anti Fogging compound on my windshileds with NO effect.

@ Tom:
I think running heat of the motor should be possible but take in mind
that you are adding all the headaches that come with water
heatexchangers and leaks, pipes ... not a good thing for reliability.
If you have the space and cash then maybe get an external heater. They
make them for cars and they run of diesel or gas and heat the/a
watersystem one manufacturer is webasto.

Matt