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• Hydronic heating system
  • As usual, I'm no help but curious to hear the outcomes!!
  • I had an Espar air heater in my last boat
    • We've had Espar's forced air on two boats over about 29 years.
  • Alternatives
    • Re: Alternatives
      • Propane
        • Re: Propane
          • We had a sad case of an on-demand propane water heater in a head killing a woman sailer from CO
            • Propane fired on-demand heaters have improved a lot....
              • Re: is THAT why the stack is ~3" while the Cozy Cabin Heater only has a 1"?
                • The engineering and effectveness of a stack at sea isn't so trivial a concern
                  • So far we have not had back draft problems with the double stack...
                • Exactly, the exhaust stack is a 1" tube inside the intake stack....
            • Well installed cabin heaters
  • You might call Ocean Options in RI
  • Re: Hydronic heating system
  • Belated thanks for the information.
    • Hagar, thanks for the rest of the story