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Adding Heat to a Cabin Cruiser's Cabin
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. 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???????? Thanks in advance? |
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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. 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???????? Thanks in advance? Is LNG still available around there? I don't of any heaters that use it. How about a Force 10 "Cozy Cabin" heater? Runs on propane, uses only a 1" vent pipe, quite compact. Evan Gatehouse |
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Webasto has a self-install kit for diesel furnaces.
I put one on my boat last fall, and it didn't prove to be difficult at all. You would want one of the smaller units, and you would have to install a tank for the diesel. The diesel option is likely to be more effective and safer than propane or alcohol. Another good option might be a Wallas stove. They are commonly found on boats of your size category. Do a search for Wallas on the internet, and you'll surely get a bunch of hits. (You'll still need a diesel tank). Send me a good email address if you'd like the text of the heater-installation series. |
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I also would like the heater-installation series. Pleae send to
Thanks, Norm |
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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. 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. http://www.defender.com/product.jsp?path=-1|6880|48311|324057&id=48912 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 |
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"DSK" wrote in message . .. 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. http://www.defender.com/product.jsp?path=-1|6880|48311|324057&id=48912 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 |
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"Professor Freshwaters" wrote in message oups.com... OK, experts here's one for ya........... Hello . Espar, or Wabasto heaters makes small diesel air heaters than can heat an cabin very easily and cheap truck shops sell them. Rey |
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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. 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???????? Thanks in advance? The Mirage 33 sailboat I crewed on had a propane furnace to heat the water and cabin space. |
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If I were you I would go with one of the bus style heaters. It works
just like the heater in your car, warm water is pumped up to the heater core which has a blower and ducts. They work just fine, and can be had for, I beleave, a few hundred dollars. John |
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