Alera came to us from Lake Ontario with no heat. We limit our
cruising to the summer months, at least so far. A small electric
ceramic heater when at the dock, works great. We also keep a
lpropane Buddy on board, though we haven't used it yet.
That said, I have wanted to do an hydronic heating system. I have
the layout in my head and even some notes. Every year at the boat
show I look again at the available equipments...But the number of
boat bucks for the labor intensive install has me waiting for a
significant liquidity event to pull the trigger. I am just not that
comfortable wity drilling holes in the fuel tank and wiring the
exchanges throughout the boat.
Hydronic is expensive, but has flexibility, no need to run hoses
larger tham 3/4" heater hoses and has the added pay off of giving hot
water when at anchor. Kinda hard to beat if money is no object.
Tom B
Tom Buscaglia
SV Alera
1990 C&C 37+/40
Vashon Island WA
(206) 463-9200
www.sv-alera.com
At 09:51 AM 8/29/2017, you wrote:
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Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2017 16:50:33 +0000
From: "Della Barba, Joe" <joe.della.ba...@ssa.gov>
To: "cnc-list@cnc-list.com" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
Subject: Re: Stus-List 37+ heat
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We had a boat with a wood stove when I was a kid. It beat nothing,
but didn?t really warm the boat that much if you were not near it.
Espar type heaters blow heat all over the boat.
Joe Della Barba
Coquina
C&C 35 MK I
From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of
Kevin Driscoll via CnC-List
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2017 12:33 PM
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Subject: Re: Stus-List 37+ heat
I don't see how you could go with anything but forced air or radiant
with registers. A bulkhead mounted unit on a 30 or slightly bigger
with open quarter berths is one thing, but it won't get heat in any
kind of meaningful way to the aft cabin on the 37+, even with fans
blowing the heat around. Perhaps the V-berth would be ok if you left
the door and 'window' open. With our aft cabin on our petite 30-2
the forced air is only thing that keeps it warm even with fans. At
anchor when we don't use the forced air as much (because of the
battery drain of older unit), single source heating is uneven and
uncomfortable.
My opinion.
KD
On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 9:03 AM Ronald B. Frerker via CnC-List
<cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote:
For dry heat, Calder talks about a charcoal fired unit that is wall
hung. Can't find the exact reference right now.
Ron
Wild Cheri
C&C 30-1
STL
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Cc: Ken Heaton <kenhea...@gmail.com<mailto:kenhea...@gmail.com>>
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2017 8:37 AM
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Hi Josh,
A/C ducts would have to be significantly larger in dia than the
heater ducts need to be due to the smaller temperature differential
for A/C so I don't know if this will help you much. The output for
my Espar is only about 3" in dia at the heater and quickly steps
down in size as it branches off at the different outlets.
I have photos of some of the duct runs. I'll take a look this evening.
Ken H.
On 29 August 2017 at 09:44, Josh Muckley via CnC-List
<cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote:
Ken,
I'm looking to better distribute the A/C in my boat. I'd like to
see how your heat is ducted.
Josh Muckley
S/V Sea Hawk
1989 C&C 37+
Solomons, MD
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