Our Espar works great. Used it for an entire winter here in Pasadena.
Kept the boat warm for 3 months on about 90 gal of fuel. Not
bad, never had a failure.

Doug
s/v Callista

"Richard Cassano" wrote in message
t...
I am interested in installing a Hydronic, (hot water) heating system
aboard
a Tashiba 40 sailboat. Does anyone have any comments, recommendations or
warnings about the two leading brands, Espar and Webasto? Cost is about
the
same and specifications are also very close. Webasto requires a 2.5 gallon
expansion tank that uses up some space aboard. As far as I'm concerned,
reliability and performance comments from experienced users are the most
important factors in making my decision. You can send replys to my email
address if you do not wish to post here.Thank you.

Richard Cassano

S/V Gray Eagle, Oyster Bay, NY