Hello SH,

We lived on our boat in the Seattle area for 2 years. Heating was a real
challenge as we had a 15amp dock. The refrigerator and hot water heater
would cycle at random times so we had a little portable electric heater that
we could set on low and put it on a 20' extension cord. We had a diesel
stove in the forward down galley which worked great for the front half of
the boat. It burned about 1 gal a day.

We had a free-standing fireplace in the up main Saloon, and we burned presto
logs. Incidently, we had to break off sections and found a claw hammer did
that easy enough.

The down aft stateroom was the biggest problem. We would drag our little
electric heater down there but it was pretty nippy when we hit the sack. The
second winter I discovered a god send for the master stateroom. An electric
blanket. It was toasty, drew minimal current, and we did not have problems
with condensation on the bottom side of the mattress.

I always thought the solution would be a Espar diesel forced-air furnace as
one respondent noted. In any case winter will be here soon. Have fun...dave