cabin heaters

[Roger Efird]

...My previous one was a Taylor kerosene burner which was bulkhead mounted on the PORT side...yes...I did away with the bulkhead mount table in favor of a fixed mount table on this CD-36.
...Well, got EXTREMELY annoyed with kerosene and am looking at wood/charcoal burners such as the Dickenson cabin heater....it looks good and appeals to me...so COMMENTS??



refird@ix.netcom.com

[Joe Brown]

Might look for a Cole solid fuel stove/heater. Wonderful to use on a chilly morning, and no odor of kerosine.



joebrown@mint.net

[Tom]

...My previous one was a Taylor kerosene burner which was bulkhead mounted on the PORT side...yes...I did away with the bulkhead mount table in favor of a fixed mount table on this CD-36.
...Well, got EXTREMELY annoyed with kerosene and am looking at wood/charcoal burners such as the Dickenson cabin heater....it looks good and appeals to me...so COMMENTS??

I don't like solid fuel burners. They throw off ash through the Charlie Noble which covers your deck, sails, dodger, you and everything else downwind. I had a Cole Stove once. We called it King Cold. They are made of thin gauge stainless so they don't retain any heat like an old cast iron stove would. Thus when you stop feeding them they stop heating. They go through a huge quantity of fuel which is hard to store and you're draggin ashes through your cabin when you clean them -- which is often because they have no capacity and fill up quickly. One man's meat is another's poison, but I'd talk to a lot of people before I put one in. Just my humble opinion, but I think it's out of the frying pan and into the fire!



TacCambria@thegrid.net

[Mike Everett]

Our CD28 had a Dickinson wood heater when we bought her.
It works well, heats the cabin quickly, and uses a very small amount of fuel. (We stowed a small bag of self-lighting charcoal last year and still have most of it left.)
It's easy to clean after use -- the ash pan slides out for dumping over the side -- and it burns cleanly too. With a few hardwood scraps it will produce heat for about an hour.
So it's a nifty unit and I certainly will keep it.
However, I think if I needed a new heater, I might consider the Origo alcohol burner just because it doesn't require putting any more holes in the boat and stores out of the way when not in use.




everett@megalink.net

[Larry DeMers]

We have used the Dickinson Newport solid fuel heater for 8 years now, and wouldn't trade it for anything. We have access to small cut off ends from a furniture shop which are very dry (be careful as they burn hot), and also tons of driftwood bits and pieces. These are usually fine for taking the cold out of the boat, but we use coal (charcoal briquettes to start and anthracite coal) for long term fires.
The stove works well, and the ashes in the ash tray are no problem at all. The objection of the one writter about ashes and 'stuff' getting on the coach roof can be true if you use a lot of paper to start the fire with. We use a minimum of paper, passing immediately to small dry wood pieces, and consequently have no deck cleanup problems or dirty sails at all. I refer to our picture on the cover of the premier issue of Good Old Boat magazine..the sails are fine..after 7 years(at that time)of wood burning.

Larry DeMers
s/v DeLaMer
Cape Dory 30 Sailing Lake Superior

...My previous one was a Taylor kerosene burner which was bulkhead mounted on the PORT side...yes...I did away with the bulkhead mount table in favor of a fixed mount table on this CD-36.
...Well, got EXTREMELY annoyed with kerosene and am looking at wood/charcoal burners such as the Dickenson cabin heater....it looks good and appeals to me...so COMMENTS??

demers@sgi.com