Cabin heat underway with outboard engines

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If for this question one assumes no diesel heater nor generator, how does one heat the cabin while underway?
 
Using the Inverter one could run a small electric heater I suppose.
 
Do you not have a cabin heater that runs off the hot engine coolant, like a cars heater?
 
With no diesel heater you are talking about an electric heater or body heat. There is no heat off of the outboard.
 
There are various marine propane heaters on the market. They tend to be a little less pricey than diesel heaters. They come along with the safety considerations of propane and do require cutting a hole in the cabin roof to run the exhaust. We had one on our first C-Dory that gave the ambiance of a fireplace. It was kind of nice.

I'd caution against any sort of camp style catalytic and/or radiant heater. Aside from the safety issues they make for a very damp cabin. Great for the tropical rain forest experience but not so good for staying both warm and dry.
 
The Wallas stove with the fan top as installed on our C-Dory 23 was one of those things people either loved or hated. I loved it, especially for heat underway or at anchor. I've actually been considering replacing the Kenyon alcohol/electric in our R25SC with a Wallas. I wouldn't need it for heat, having the Wabasto, but it's better for cooking than the alcohol. I couldn't boat all year without some heat underway or at anchor.
 
Chimo:
I also loved my Wallas on my 2010 R-25 Classic. It never gave me trouble, it was a pleasure to cook on with its two hot plates and the heating with its lid down was awesome and did a pretty good job keeping the cabin cosy when needed.

A Wallas stove replacing the cooking device in the R23 would be a good soln for providing cabin heat when underway, but is hindered significantly due to it needing diesel fuel.

For the R27/OB which has a nice propane stove I think the only sensible approach is to use the Inverter for powering a small electric heater.
 
baz":12kelxoe said:
Chimo: I also loved my Wallas on my 2010 R-25 Classic. IT never gave me trouble, it was a pleasure to cook on with its two hot plates and the heating with its lid down was awesome and did a pretty good job keeping the cabin cosy when needed. A Wallas stove replacing the cooking device in the R23 would be a good soln for providing cabin heat when underway, but is hindered significantly due to it needing diesel fuel. For the R27/OB which has a nice propane stove I think the only sensible approach is ti use the Inverter for powering a small electric heater.
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Barry,

I didn't know about the R27 OB and the propane stove. For the R23 the same solution would be as for the C-Dory 23, a gallon jug of diesel under the stove. I used maybe 1.1/2 gals/season.

Chhers

David
 
If the boat is already equipped with propane a 6500 but Dickenson propane stove can be had for about $500. If paying someone else to install it you can probably double that. That equates to a little over 2kw of electric heat. A standard household electric space heater is 1.5kw and draws roughly 125 amps of 12V power.
 
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