Scotty wrote:
"Gary" wrote in message
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Scotty wrote:

it's cold sailing now. I thought about Thom's pilot house

more

than a few times last weekend. I got (for free) a small space
heater that fastens to a small propane bottle. It works OK,

takes

the chill out of the cabin, but doesn't make it toasty. Maybe
I'll get another one (for free).

What do you use to heat your boat?

Scotty



I also have a pilothouse with a Dickinson Pacific diesel stove

in it.

It keeps the boat wamr as toast. We spent this past weekend on

it in

weather just above freezing and pouring rain. Comfy, not fast

but warm

and comfy.


Any smell to it?

SBV


Not normally but sometimes if the wind is brisk and the sails are
trimmed close we can get some downdraft and exhaust in the cabin. The
other boat I sail, much bigger, also has a dickinson and it downdrafts
more often. I normally just shut mine down when sailing unless it is
light winds.

thanks.



"Gary" wrote in message
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Scotty wrote:
"Gary" wrote in message
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Scotty wrote:

it's cold sailing now. I thought about Thom's pilot house

more

than a few times last weekend. I got (for free) a small
space
heater that fastens to a small propane bottle. It works OK,

takes

the chill out of the cabin, but doesn't make it toasty.
Maybe
I'll get another one (for free).

What do you use to heat your boat?

Scotty



I also have a pilothouse with a Dickinson Pacific diesel
stove

in it.

It keeps the boat wamr as toast. We spent this past weekend
on

it in

weather just above freezing and pouring rain. Comfy, not
fast

but warm

and comfy.


Any smell to it?

SBV


Not normally but sometimes if the wind is brisk and the sails
are
trimmed close we can get some downdraft and exhaust in the
cabin. The
other boat I sail, much bigger, also has a dickinson and it
downdrafts
more often. I normally just shut mine down when sailing unless
it is
light winds.

I helped a friend take a new 30 footer from Balto. down the bay and up
the Patomac a few years ago in November. It took 4 days of sailing
9am-4pm. We had one of those little ceramic heaters and it did an OK
job at night.