"DSK" wrote in message
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Professor Freshwaters wrote:
OK, experts here's one for ya...........

I want to go boating in or near the Great Lakes and I'd like to stretch
the season. Am considering about a 22ft cabin cruiser but I want some
heat in the cabin while underway.

A wise decision. The only thing more miserable than being cold on a boat
is being wet & cold on a boat.

You mean that's not nooorrrmmmaaalll?

What kind of heater or furnace is available and/or practical? The
power is an outboard so I know that electrical heating is not an
option, do some of the sail boats use alcohol or kerosene or diesel
fuel to heat their cabins?

Propane or LNG, or what????????

Even if it's an outboard powered boat, the chances are that it may have a
propane stove. This gives you one possible fuel source.

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There are alcohol & diesel fueled heaters, too. If going totally from
scratch, I'd consider diesel as being the safest & least smelly (assuming
it doesn't leak or spill).

The simplest type of heater is to get one of those little camp heaters.
They're relatively safe (assuming intelligent operation) but since the
exhaust isn't vented, they pump a lot of moisture into the cabin
atmosphere. Not good... IMHO many times when you shut the thing off, the
cabin ends up clammy & colder than ever. It's more trouble to install, but
a vented heater is far better.

DSK