I don't know much about wood stoves on boats, other than what I've read
about boats in days gone by, but I enjoy looking at the photos,
descriptions, and prices of wood stoves in a 1979 edition of the
Harrowsmith Sourcebook in my home library. For some reason the stove pipe
on a boat is called the "Charlie Noble".

There are lots of space heaters in the book under $500. The two principal
kinds are closed models and models with glass doors for viewing the fire.
They either have cast iron fireboxes or sheet metal lined with fire brick.
The commentary says it doesn't make any difference except you can break
the fire brick if you aren't carefull putting wood into the stove. The
cookstoves tend to be bigger, heavier, and over $1,000 with one under
$500. That was in 1979.

Selection of a stove for a boat would depend a lot on the space avaiable.
The stoves come in different dimensions. Some have the stovepipe coming
out the back which would require more space than a stovepipe comming out
the top. Some of the samller stoves have long legs putting the center of
gravity pretty high for a boat, from the look of them. Personally, I'd
favour a squat stove with low centre of gravity on a boat.

I think old time stoves on boats tended to burn coal rather than wood. I
imagine coal would take up less space on board for the same heat production.

(dh@.) writes:
Hi,

I have a houseboat that I'd like to take out some this
winter, and I'd like to have a small wood stove to use
in it. All the small wood stoves I've been able to find
have been camping related, so I'm asking for advice
in camping groups as well as boating groups. Can
anyone suggest any stove(s) that they feel are good
and affordable, and any suggestions about use etc?

Thanks for any help!
David

PS in case anyone is interested in what I've found
so far, or wants proof that I've done some looking
on my own as well as asking for people to share
what they've learned, here is a list of some related
websites:

http://www.calarmy.com/tents/
http://www.kni-co.com/
http://tinyurl.com/9pbxv
http://www.aaoobfoods.com/shepherdstoves.htm#2%20DX
http://davistent.com/davisTent/html/WoodStoves.html
http://www.cylinderstoves.com/defram...ovepricing.htm
http://www.walltentshop.com/CatStoves.html
http://www.fourdog.com/page2.html
http://www.army-technology.com/contr...manufacturing/


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