Installing a Diesel Heater to Survive Canada’s Winter

Our experience with a diesel heater: custom chimney, pros, and cons!
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[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

Thanks for watching! If you want to know more about Tangaroa - check out our website onboardtangaroa.com. See you next week! Same Time Same Place! Cheers Blaine and Janis

[@jeffreyhenderson6293]

Really enjoying your videos!!!!! So sorry to hear about the PTSD (hang in there sister!!!) Sending you some P.D. positive Vibes!!!!!!

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

Thanks for the support! That will brighten Janis' day. Take care.

[@SeeFduBBayou]

For lighting that stove, maybe look into a bbq sparker, or maybe the coleman gas pilot light that goes on a fancy weber charcoal grill. Your mixture is definitely rich, it shouldn't smoke that much, i worked on diesel construction heaters for years.

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

Thanks for the advice. We are playing with the mixture. Someone mentioned putting kerosene in it. First we have to install the daytank. Thanks for watching and commenting. Janis

[@suesailor]

We have the Dickinson Antarctic on our 41' Monk Trawler. We liveaboard full time in Northern California and it is our sole source of heat. The outside temperature this am was 37 deg. F. This heater has been running continuously every winter (about 6 months per year) for 38 years, and does not require any maintenance. We have a 45 gal. diesel day tank that gravity feeds to the heater. It is about 10" higher than the heater. No fuel pump is necessary to the heater. The day tank was plumbed into the fuel system of the boat so that the diesel return line from the main engine fills the day tank - so clever. The flame in our heater is blue with a little bit of yellow (I wish I could attach a photo). Yellow flame means it is not burning correctly. Our stove pipe is approx. 12 ft. to the simple flue cap (shown on the Dickinson website) with no damper. When it rains and the wind is above 25 kts, there will be a little soot on the deck. Needless to say we love our Dickinson heater. Also we have a Caframo wood stove fan that sits on the plate of the stove and runs silently moving the warm air throughout the cabin. Having lived aboard boats for 50 years, I can truthfully say our Dickinson heater is the best, no maintenance item aboard. Hope you can work out the problems with your heater, as any item that is no maintenance aboard is a godsend. We enjoy watching your project.

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

Thanks for the info! It's good to know that it is indeed possible to get a clean burn. I think there are a few things that are not helping. The two 45 degree elbows and the damper being two of them. I think this is one of those projects that will get a redesign in the future. Glad you enjoy the channel! Blaine

[@Assassinlexx]

In the future, look at the diesel boiler heater. Heat though the boat. My brother-in-law had one . For the expansion tank. He made a custom stainless steel towel rack with the rad cap on top. There is nothing better than grabbing a warm towel after a shower. Plus, running the water heater below deck . It kept the dampness out. Fair winds

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

Thanks! We do have another heater that does the brunt of the work. It will be in a future video.

[@coryjay16]

Loving these videos. Keep up the good work, from the uk :)

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

Glad you like them! We are going to keep putting them out for as long as we have projects to film which seems like forever. 😆

[@johnsummers6820]

Love the videos. That heater is more trouble than it’s worth. I live on a boat in the UK. Have a Kabola Old Dutch diesel heater. I light it in November and it burns until February. I shut it down and clean the chimney half way through. It’s silent. It heats a fifty foot boat easily. It also has a back boiler that I use to run some radiators. It’s almost identically to a Bubble Refleks which I think are more readily available. When yours give up working, these might be an option.

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

It does ok. Just a bit messy at times. When this one calves we will definitely look into better options. I even debated building one..... Those Kabolas look like pretty serious heaters though.

[@crprovost]

It was nice to see an extended version with a maintenance and performance update over the years

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

Glad you liked it! We are going to be revisiting all of the projects in this way I think.

[@Chr.U.Cas1622]

@@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial Dear ObTS family. That's good to hear. Best regards, luck and especially health to all of you.

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

Thanks!

[@bruceletouzel5157]

love your build, Canadian version, everybody probably doesn't get the inside jokes'' the song we all grew up hearing", INN TOO DEEP doing the same on aluminium Broward and Hatteras Fiber build

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

Glad you enjoy it! We like putting little quotes in there at times. Tangaroa often gets mistaken for a Broward or Hatteras. The styles were very similar at the time.

[@gregvanosch969]

i used to live in Sidney on my 47 endurance sailboat , it was built in vic back in the 70's by the walmart complex . i had a dickson heater and found there was so many people around with old stove oil furnace tanks and got the fuel for free , kept me warm for 3.5 years , lol

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

That's the way to do it!

[@Alaskasnowcrystal]

Toyo or Monitor # 2 diesel heaters are great for cold weather we had one in our Alaska Cabin and it really put out the heart. We some times got to 50 below.

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

Thanks for the recommendation! If we ever replace it we will look into those.

[@dannyloots9387]

Greatings from Poland. Like your videos 😊

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

Hello! Glad you are enjoying them!

[@LorenApel]

I've seen online that there's a fan that you can place on top of the heater and blows just from the heat and is wireless that dont need no electricity.

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

I have seen those on a few heaters in the past. Definitely a good way to save power but they don't seem to move much air. Blaine

[@UnPetitPique]

Personally I think the Webasto style (original or knockoff) are pretty good too. Also diesel but burns hotter, cleaner and gives out a lot of heat. Has a clickity click pump of course and no window :) Well done with everything!

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

Our sister has a Webasto and she likes it. We do have a hydronic system also and you will see the install in a future video.

[@GoofieNewfie69]

For cleaning, fab a blower to flue outside and all the dust gets extracted, can eve rig a filter bag if you want

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

Good idea. Thanks. Cheers J

[@robinmacadam8446]

Love the location. We stayed there this last summer and will defiantly will go back

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

Its a lovely spot for sure. Can get a bit nasty in the winter though as there is so much fresh water feeding in that the surface can freeze pretty heavily. Last year the Brentwood Bay ferry was breaking ice as it was leaving for Mill Bay. Those were the less pleasant days. Take care and maybe we will see you around!

[@GoofieNewfie69]

You can also reduce the soot by ultra polishing the fuel. Have a seperate tank for the heater and polish the fuel to 1 micron or less Clean fuel = clean burn then adjust stove to get cleaner burn BUT it can only get so clean without very fine atomization

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

Now that is a good idea. We have a separate tank which we just have to install. I'll pass this info onto Blaine. Thanks for watching. Cheers. Janis

[@markhuston9250]

Good decision to split the content. Now we have both! Thx 🇨🇦

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@Chicken_Massacre]

I have been burning waste oil for years. I always used a centrifuge to clean the oil, but still I have always needed the 5 micron filter before the burner.

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

That's a good idea. We are glad it has been working for you

[@abottsleigh]

Gorgeous boat and brilliant video.

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

Thanks!

[@scottfortune9016]

I too have PTSD from being in law enforcement. I know what she's going thru, but tell her it does get better. I only have flare ups with a lot of stress. And it does come back without any warning. But, most of the time I'm pretty good.

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

Thanks for the support. She also has her ups and downs. We wish you the best as well. It can be a tough road, especially before you know what's going on.

[@shawnriley8909]

Thats awsome you saved a beautiful boat. I agree with you that the older boats are where my heart is. New ones are beautiful but bouring to me. I need things to do and new its hard to find things to do. We have a 1998 42 foot Jefferson motor yacht and their is always things to do.

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

That is one way of looking at it. There is always something to do. Old boats have character and personality and I have to say they were built stronger back then!

[@jameydupuy9280]

I just caught your video on the purchase of your boat and came over to check out the videos. I was hoping to see more of a before walk through and catch the improvements along the way. I know you said you bought in Dec 2019, but I guess really working on it since 2020?

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

You bet. We have another channel where we did have the tech stuff as we went along but it just wasnt jiving with the youtube algorithm so we shifted the tech stuff over here and all of those videos are getting redone. While we are not pro editors our videos are definitely better than they were back then. The other channel is solely travel and exploration now.

[@jameydupuy9280]

@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial well, congratulations and best of luck. I dream of what you all are doing- and many on here that watch other channels do to. We are always looking for other channels to binge watch our dreams. Keep up the good work and everyone will find you soon. Just get those videos out. The channels I watch like this start of with the walk through- before video- and just keep up a type of vlog on it. We get addicted. 🤣 just saying that as some advice bc when you get to your page and video list, it is not set up like this. After watching that first video, I thought, "yes! I've found another one!", then saw it was not. Great news that you are going to get it going that way. I'll keep an eye out for it when it starts doing that. It's kind of like reading a book. You get the intro, learn the characters, see the problems. See how the problems are overcome, then-way later- happy ending. The same formula that HGTV perfected decades ago! 🤣

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

Thanks for the input. We do sincerely appreciate it. Its always tough figuring out exactly what the audience is looking for. Constructive criticism like this goes a long way to helping channels improve. Thanks again.

[@chriswoodward5368]

Hydronic heating on a boat is definitely the way to go. Never done anything as big as a 78 foot boat. Having said that I’ve always use just one loop. Controlling the temperature in each cabin by controlling the fan in the heater. My personal preference is Espar for what it’s worth. I always found them to be the most reliable in truck applications.

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

The Espar heaters are definitely well known. Unfortunately they do not make any with a high enough BTU for this boat. The ITR Chinook was the only "marine" heater I could find easily at the time that offered a 50,000 BTU output, had on-demand domestic hot water, and engine preheat options built in. I chose to do two loops as I was trying to minimize heater cycling and only one loop is ever really active at a time on Tangaroa. I have also debated installing bypass valves at each radiator so there is only flow through the radiator when heat is requested. Thanks for watching! Blaine

[@chriswoodward5368]

@ thanks for the reply. I am surprised that Espar dose not make one big enough. As far as shut offs go, I can understand your reasoning. But here’s something to think of with a little bit of heat running through the heater core it will help reduce the dampness in the boat the same way 150 watt lightbulb burning all the time helps reduce the dampness. I commend you for all the work you’ve done all of the thought that you and your wife have put into this project. I do understand the amount of work that it takes to do what you’re doing and give you full credit for it.

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

Thanks! I think 30,000 to 35,000 BTU was the biggest they offered in the espar units. This one at 50,000 BTU is really only barely enough. Good point on the heat in the rooms. Maybe I will leave it as is. Sacrificing some efficiency for other benefits could be worth it. We are trying to get everything mechanically sorted in time for our trip. The rest can happen at any time. Take care. We hope you have a great holiday season! Blaine

[@CarlBryant-kn5jd]

Great detailed videos. When was the cockpit extended?

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

Thanks! She was extended by 13ft in the 80s. All of the below deck area is tankage as well which increased the total diesel capacity by 1200 gallons to a total of 3000 gallons. There is also an additional tank for 750 gallons of water.

[@lexus5413]

Hi, Love your channel but I am struggling to see any sequence in the videos - is there an episode number or date by which to sort???

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

The best way is to start with the Binge From Here playlist. The order of the episodes is in the order that the project was started. The only difference is we show you the finish in each video vs having to wait for months and months to see it finished.

[@lexus5413]

@@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial Thankyou

[@davymaclean8481]

Would you not be better running a secondary tank to feed the heater so you can run it on kerosene which burns cleaner, so might not soot up as bad? Also worth mooching about for some 2nd hand eberpacher/ webasto air heaters either D4/D2 equivalent for some auxiliary heat these can aps9 be run via timer/ temp and start via mobile phone. Also use a webasto thermo top c to run a wet radiator system of that's an option for you , these are normally fitted to cars as well for preheating the cooling system in cold weather, seen a few videos on here of them heating homes via radiators or heating hot tubs as cheaper than electric here in the UK

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

I have had several recommendations for kerosene but that is just another fuel I have to manage. I have so much on my plate these days its just easier to clean the heater every once in a while. We do have a large hydronic heater down in the engine room that does our domestic hot water as well. We will be covering it in later videos. Thanks for watching!

[@markthomasson5077]

Thanks. You can get silent pumps, seen them mentioned on Chinese Diesel heater sites.

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

Thanks for the recommendation. Will have to look into those. We have grown used to the noise but visitors can sometimes be disturbed by it when they are trying to sleep. It drove our son nuts when he lived aboard.

[@richsowards5781]

We used a Dickinson heater in our 49 DeFever in the early 1990's. After switching to #1 Stove oil our problems with dirty exhaust were over. We got used to the clicking pump.

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

Oh man, I would love to switch to stove oil but the fuel right from the main tank is just too darn easy. Our heater has been running continuously for about a month now.

[@chriswhittlesey]

One more thing put it on its own filter system up here in Petersburg you filter all your fuel, and then some. You can be sure that water always finds its way into your tank

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

Oh, it has a filter on it. I recently replaced the crappy regulator that came with it and it seems to be much better behaved these days. I have a polishing system onboard and all fuel from the main tanks has to go through two gigantic water separator filters in series before it gets to the day tanks. It does a pretty good job of getting rid of the crap. Looking forward to getting up that way next year. Blaine

[@elrobo3568]

I was a LE officer for 46 years and fully understand your wife's PTSD, I hope her well.

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

I will pass that on to Janis. She will appreciate the sentiment. Thank you.

[@TheoWink-wh8st]

I would try double glazing or a cheaper way is special plastic which act as double glazing using a heatgun .

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

Good ideas. We are looking at all our options of materials to replace the windows with. We need new doors also...thanks for watching and taking time to comment. Janis

[@KenWilcox-b5c]

The thing about diesel heaters is to stop the massive waist of heat through the exhaust. It should be run as low as practically possible and as long through the inside of the compartment as possible. The cooler the outlet keeps the more heat inside.

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

Definitely a good point. I have debated running it up through the stack at times. Blaine

[@NUTTER8291]

If you want to push the heat further into the room, you can get those fans that sit on top of fireplaces Secondly, did you think about running a diesel heater? I suspect you can get quite a large one and duct the hest to the places and rooms you need heat

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

We usually put a little 110v fan behind the heater to spread the heat. It works quite well. We have a large hydronic heater down in the engine room. We will be doing a video on that a bit later. Thanks for watching!

[@dougjones6823]

​@@OnboardTangaroaSeatrialya the nice thing about those little fireplace fans require no power the heat powers them and they help tremendously

[@chriswhittlesey]

I took mine off the main tanks and run it on its own tank with number one diesel. It worked a lot better my main tanks are number 2 diesel. Haven't had a problem Sense

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

That is always an option for sure.

[@chip9177]

angle on the chimney match the angle on the window

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

You bet it does! Close enough anyway. We had to shift it over to clear the crane on the upper deck.

[@nick-leffler]

Holy crap 3000 gallons. Nice boat guys.

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

Thanks! She definitely has amazing range. Especially these days.

[@nick-leffler]

@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial what's the range with that 3000 gallons?

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

With the new engines (will be in future videos), we have a conservative range of 5000nm at 9 knots provided no adverse conditions.

[@kennethpole2439]

S.M.R.T. Tsk! 😂 New B.C. sub here. Love what you're up to. Cheers.

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

😁Welcome! Glad you enjoy the videos!

[@kennethkempjr3531]

Love it

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@JohnKing-e7g]

Great video. Plenty of information to assist me with future projects she has for me. keep safe

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

Thanks! Glad you could find it useful!

[@MistiMoan]

You can get boilers for the exhaust which could give you heated floors. I can link the KZbin video of what i mean if you want.

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

We could but I just don't think there is enough heat energy there to make enough of a dent. The boat is currently pretty inefficient for insulation currently which is the bigger issue. Blaine

[@thebuonocore9818]

Do yall use any fans to move the heat around? You should be able to fit a good sized wood stove fan on top.

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

We have one fan behind the Dickinson. The biggest thing we need to do is replace the single pain cracked windows and the door. We are saving up money to do that

[@thebuonocore9818]

@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial are you able to install insulated units with or without additional fabrication?

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

We may be able to but we are doing some fabrication anyway just to improve the frame design.

[@thebuonocore9818]

@@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial awesome. I really love the style of the vessel. That aft cockpit gives it a unique look. Awesome work and entertaining content. Thank you for posting it for all to see.

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

So glad you enjoy! We have tons of footage so there will be lots of videos to come.

[@JonsAschan]

Could you combine the fuel pump with gravity feed from halfway? I have a Taylors diesel heater from about 1970 with gravity feed and a small adjustable needle. A see thru glass shows only the rate of dripping of diesel into the stove. I'd like to have a window to see the flame. There is only a small opening with a sliding lid on top, from where I can have a look at the flame. I want to have the flame as blue as possible. That blue flame is accomplished by adjusting the rate of dripping. No sooth so far, except for what I got during the learning process - no manual. Had to work out the functioning outside of the boat to avoid having a burning wooden boat. Seems safe now that I have gotten used to how to preheat and adjust the dripping of diesel. To get it at its hottest I'd open the small sliding lid and let some extra air in, although it might not be advisable sine that gets the top of the heater red-glowing hot.

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

We could quite possibly do that. It will probably be quite some time before we tackle that job. There has been no manner of adjustment that has ever given us a blue flame on this heater and I don't think there ever will be. Thanks for watching!

[@JonsAschan]

@@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial perhaps not fully blue, but blue with orange specs. It was interesting to see, thank you for filming and showing. An maybe good I have not bought/received a 70 footer. I am confident that there should be no soot. Perhaps the draft somehow. Borrow another type of chimney top to see. It will be a fantastic home.

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

I will likely try something in the future but not sure what that will be yet. I am actually wondering if it could be something to do with the fuel here as well. Our forced air diesel burner in the engine room does not burn blue either.

[@JonsAschan]

@@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial could be the diesel quality but I would not go with that. Cargo ships use oil thick as tar. They produce black sulfur clouds. The oil has to be pre-heated before it is possible to inject. I suppose your main engines do not produce soot, which says to me, diesel is ok grade. The color of the flame indicates the burning temp. What I would do is observe the flame temperature increasing/decreasing exhaust flow, airflow in, amount of diesel, where the flame is. Low or high in the furnace - should be relatively high. Draft stabilizer fully closed compared to balanced. Air from the extra vent cools down air and decreases temp, which again gives less air to the furnace, which makes it burn cooler, and less diesel burns before it goes out. It is about the balance of diesel and air in the heater. It takes a few minutes for the flame to find its new balance. Reflex and Taylors have manuals with tips unless yours has those tips. plaisance-pratique.com/IMG/pdf/079D_ownersHandbook.pdf

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

I will keep trying things over the next while and see if we can't improve it. I will check out the info on the other heater sites to see if I can figure something out. Thanks.

[@chriswhittlesey]

Sounds like a good system yes Petersburg is more fun than wrangell

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

It is just barely keeping us warm. We think the windows being replaced will be a gamechanger. As for Petersburg vs. Wrangell - we have only been to Wrangell and look forward to bringing Tangaroa back there. We will definitely be visiting Petersburg though and the glacier just off of there. Those videos will be on our other channel Exploring the World Onboard Tangaroa. Thanks for watching. Janis

[@rhiantaylor3446]

Do you feel you are capturing and storing as much heat as you could from your Kubota ? If you run the gen for a couple of hrs a day and were storing water jacket and exhaust heat in something similar to a rocket mass heater, you might burn less diesel overall.

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

We definitely do not use capture as much as we could. The hydronic heater has a buffer tank though and if we have any zones on it cycles fairly frequently. Stored heat from the genny likely wouldn't last very long. Honestly, at this point our best bet for efficiency is better windows and insulation. They are not awesome at the moment. Blaine

[@bakkenta1]

Seems a small heater for a 78 foot boat. How do you heat the bedrooms (lower deck?)?

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

She is. We have another video out explaining the hydronic system we have also installed for the lower decks and for our hot water.

[@wmjohnson7063]

Reflek heater’s you might look into.

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

I don't think we will be shopping for replacement heaters soon. This one gets us by for sure and we will be headed down to warmer areas in the not so distant future. Maybe when we come back and start heading for the Northwest Passage?

[@rickperalta1921]

A hest pump might be a good option. Power efficient, dry and with water asca thermal sink it would be very efficient.

[@rickperalta1921]

Refitting the condenser to a sea water heat exchanger would be a bit of work. A heat pump would serve as A/C too. A ceiling cassette would be much better than a hot stove. Good Luck!

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

That is certainly a future option. We have another heater that we will be going into in a later video that does all of our domestic hot water and hydronic loops. Once we get to hot areas we will definitely have to look into some sort of cooling option.

[@MrDannyr2000]

could you fabricate a filter for the H pipe on that chimney to catch the soot

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

Interesting idea. I never really thought about that. We have discovered this year that if we keep the heat level higher it seems to be much happier. So far the soot accumulation has been considerably less. Depending on how long we go between cleanings we may not have to do anything else. Thanks for watching!

[@sroberts605]

@@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial Or perhaps some kind of stick on covering around that area that can be replaced?

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

Also an option we had not considered.

[@recklessgaming5238]

Post a video of how the boat looks now, like full walk through and maybe fishing videos with cooking them on boat would be sick

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

We will see whatvwe can do.

[@Weird600]

Yep, get rid of the flu assist and a second thing you can add is fins to the outside of the chimney. this will help cool the chimney and heat the room.... Look into adding fans to the heat box similar to those on wood stoves. They will really help improve your area heating.

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

I wish I had not added the damper for sure. Hindsight is 20/20. Maybe I will do fins on the chimney in the future. Sooo many projects to do though that this is low on the list. We do have a portable fan we tuck behind the heater to move some air. It definitely makes a decent difference. This heater runs pretty continuously in the winter and heats the main salon surprisingly well. Thanks for watching!

[@leehwhiz]

I would look at the Esper Diesel heaters made in Germany. They are very clean and operate off of a thermostat so you there's no issue with cleaning them except for maybe once a year. They're a little pricey but there are copy cats out there that are much less expensive. Down fall with the Esper heaters is when they start up they have almost a jet engine wine to them.

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

This video only covered our Dickinson heater. We do have a diesel hydronic furnace in the belly of the boat that does our hot water and heavier heating demands. It burns very clean. We will cover it in a later video. Thanks for watching!

[@mikeman1293]

what is that material you have on the walls ?

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

Its a product called DiBond. It uses a plastic core sandwiched between two paper thin layers of aluminum. It makes it fairly thin but rigid. Eventually we will trim out all of the seams with wood. The interior wood was in very poor shape and we needed it brighter inside. This stuff worked well and is easy to clean. It also does not absorb moisture. It doesn't have the classic look of wood but works great for us.

[@mikeman1293]

@@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial thank you

[@nathansandwich5579]

do you know what happened to your other videos about the complete refit

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

Hey Nathan...Janis here. We got a ton of feedback that we weren't going into enough depth so we are starting at the beginning showing each project. The repower and everything is coming however instead of us going exploring in the middle of a refit project - we are doing the whole project in one video. For example - next video is the Hydronic Heater and I don't think we did a whole video on it and some people want the info on the extension. This channel will have all the techy stuff on it from the beginning and the other channel will be all the exploring. I hope that's ok? Sorry if it's not what you are looking for but we're trying to play nice with KZbin also.

[@GoofieNewfie69]

If you know a marine engineer or a good burner mechanic . get them to build a good bulletproof one. Drip heaters always soot /carbon up. pressurized ones ,not so much(same as a oil furnace in a house)

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

I know a very good fabricator ... we will use this one for Alaska next winter however may co sider switching it out if we cruise the northern latitudes again. The NW passage is on our bucketlist. Thanks. J

[@GoofieNewfie69]

@@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial For NWP, a cabin heater is bare bones minimum . On a boat that size, I would consider radiant heat. Those systems are easy to build and there are tons of off the shelf components readily available if you can't or don't want to make your own. If you do install one, don't use series, use parallel or what they call zoning. They are cheap on fuel and you can run them off your main engines while under way.

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

We do have a multi-zone hydronic heater as well that will be covered in this weeks video. It is capable of the brunt of our heating and hot water on demand. It is set up for two loops with three heaters on the rear loop and two on the front loop. Each stateroom has its own thermostat but the heater flow is in series for the three rear staterooms. I don't so much mind this as the radiators that are not in use just act like radiant heaters just to keep the edge off and the room demanding heat runs a fan through the radiator. It does work well but consumes a considerable amount of diesel if we push the system. Janis and I have learned to just use heating blankets at night which works quite well! Take care.

[@Blackford86]

Couldn’t you use a propane torch to get the fire started?

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

We could and did for a while but there are some baffles and heat reflectors that make it a bit difficult to get the torch down to the fuel. You can pull them out of the way but then you get diesel soot on you and that stuff spreads like mad. Blaine

[@Offgrid1337]

Your heater, I would suggest run HVO fuel in the burner, should burn cleaner and not mess the place down . And I would install a water tank over the heater, connect some pipe to bring the heat bellow deck. Bett you waste alot of heat with the short pipe to the outdoors

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

The biggest reason we don't use HVO is it's just another fuel we have to manage. The diesel is just easy. The main downside we need to address is the lack of adequate insulation and crappy windows. There is a huge amount of heat lost there. Maybe after that I can start tackling inefficiencies with the heater itself. I will likely end up building one from scratch. Blaine

[@carlthor91]

Wouldn't a small fuel filter save the carb plugging issue??

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

There is already a good fairly fine micron filter on that line but it still manages to get sticky on occasion. Not sure why. We just live with it.

[@jamessveinsson6006]

To be don’t have separate tanks for your diesel heater you could add 911 to your diesel if you had it separate tank for your diesel heater it would cut down on the cabon I would think

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

We may have a separate tank in the future. If so we may try that. Thanks for watching!

[@Charger1908]

Why don’t you use a propane torch with a push button starter to start your diesel stove? I lived on a 46 foot boat in Washington DC and during the winter I had a hard time heating it. What I ended up doing was buying this plastic for windows that you installed and then you use a blow dryer to shrink it till it’s taught. Those single pane windows suck.

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

I did do that for a while. Lately I find it super easy to just keep a tad bit of diesel near the heater. I dip the paper towel in it before I drop it into the heater. Works very well. Yes, the windows are terrible. We used that same plastic stuff last year and it seemed to work well. There are future plans for a complete replacement of windows though.

[@Russeljfinch]

Try to utilise the waste heat from the chimney pipe

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

We may eventually but there are too many bigger fish to fry currently. Thanks for watching!

[@TopDedCenter1]

R2D2? I'm a Star Wars fan, but the way the door swings open on that heater reminds me more of Sir Bedevere from the Monty Python Holy Grail movie, lol

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

OMFG...forgot about Sir Belvedere. "Throw her in the pond!" .

[@davidkelley6986]

That heater seems to be pain in the ass? Chimney is super nice.

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

It can be at times for sure. We do custom exhaust work at the performance automotive shop I own so I figured I would make something a little nicer than the typical stamped sheet metal they provide with the heater.

[@cubas3870]

I'm confused, you can recycle lead acid batteries with acid and distilled water still? The marine ones are suposed to last decades

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

It really depends on how they were maintained and cycled. Adding acid and distilled water is just maintaining them. I believe decades is a large stretch. Maybe they could last somewhat if they were never cycled and kept topped right up but if if they are never cycled then what is the point of having them? If they are used then eventually they will sulfate.

[@cubas3870]

@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial my father had this battery system, back in the 80's that we used for lighting and to power a tv charged by the grid, four truck batteries, and every 2 years he would service them (water and acid) and they would be good as new, we had it until the end of the 90's when we left Africa, he kept complaining that he needed to find marine batteries because you would only need to replace the lead after 20 years vs the 10 for car batteries, basicaly it would only truely die if something happened to the plastic enclosure.

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

Interesting experience. They are typically rated by cycle life. My only thought was that if they were just used as a grid backup then the cycles would have been minimal even though the service time was extensive. Blaine

[@cubas3870]

@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial it wasn't a backup the system would cycle once a week, anyhow keep your eyes on Zimbabwe, apparently on the 10th they are rolling out a "self powered" car, if it is what i think, its perfect for you, a 5kw microsonic engine (tesla engine).

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

Will do! Thanks for the heads up. I will keep an eye out for that. I love checking out the new tech. Blaine

[@Teach2dm]

I’m stealing your idea for my personal use you should make a vacuum with water inside I’ll try to customize my vacuum like that maybe send you the prototype lol Check, my X made a nice sheep waggon living in it wondering for solar panel in planning on making it float seen those big black barrel ?

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

Lol, feel free to use that idea. Making that float would be an interesting endeavor! Blaine

[@PeterHatch-mx7zc]

Do you run a fuel fllter tank to heater

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

I do indeed. I am trying a different pressure regulator now so hopefully that will make a difference.

[@PeterHatch-mx7zc]

@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial thank you for your reply I should have know with your past experiences !,but some time may be not

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

It's kind of funny actually. I just installed the regulator this past weekend and when I went to put it in I didn't see the filter and though to myself "well dammit, I didn't put in a filter after all". It was just hiding behind a piece of wood.

[@PeterHatch-mx7zc]

@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial i left school at 14 years old !! I new it "ALL" PLEASE just trying to be funny!A

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

🤣

[@sirnewton6874]

That boat ! ! today ! ! cost $21,462.00 cad to fill from empty 🧐

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

Lol, we are painfully aware. That being said it lasts us for 2 years. We repowered the boat this year as well which cut our fuel consumption by half. Thanks for watching!

[@sroberts605]

@@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial 2 years after or before repowering?

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

Before surprisingly enough!

[@bernddette4119]

Hi there, another question: have seen the video, where you guys explained the "hybrid" exhaust. What i don't understand is why you did not simple use the dry exhaust that was there (maybe I missed that one ). Have a background in commercial shipping and we were rather "anal" about holes in the ship. Cheers Bernd

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

One of the main issues with this boat was lack of proper engine room ventilation. Long story short, the solution was to use the stack as an air intake for the engine room which has solved the problem. It also keeps the soot down on the top of the boat which we use lots in the summertime. If you asked me 3 years ago if I would ever have anything but dry exhaust I would have said no way but this was a good compromise. The original vertical stacks were in rough condition as well. Blaine

[@bernddette4119]

@@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial Thanks Blaine , that quenches my thirst for knowledge. Cheers Bernd

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

No worries! Take care. Blaine

[@eirikskoglund407]

Reflex Heater

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

We have had a couple of people recommend Reflex. When we replace this one we may look into them. Thanks! Blaine

[@Charger1908]

Why don’t you use a propane torch with a push button starter? I lived on a 46 foot boat in Washington DC and during the winter I had a hard time heating it. What I ended up doing was buying this plastic for windows that you installed and then you use a blow dryer to shrink it till it’s taught. Those single pane windows suck. And for the money those heaters cost you’d think they’d be of better quality.

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

Wr have used the plastic and im still trying to get the glue from them off the diebond walls. LOVE the idea of the blowtorch! I'm mentioning it to Blaine tomorrow. Right now the heater has been on for 2 weeks

[@MsJon52]

just a suggestion, why not put a second stainless water tank at the rear of the heater , a hot water tank, and pump the hot water to a rad, even if its only good for one its gota feel good sitting next to it, UK fuel is very poor quality and is full ( exaggerated) of detritus, so have you put a inline filter in the system, may stop your carb blocking problem, a filter change is better than stripping the carb.

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

Interesting Idea. I wonder if I could build a custom tank that wraps around the heater a bit. Circulating the water a bit could help spread the heat better. I do have a filter on the inlet line but the carb still seems to get gummed up at times. Its not often though and the carb is pretty simple and easy to clean.

[@michaeljones5768]

I bought a Dickson propane heater and it is almost useless was not worth the money. Will be looking for something else. The worst thing is having no control of the heat it is on all the time low med and hi does not cut it a thermostat would be nice set at 70 degrees. a consistent heat. Good luck

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

The one beauty of the higher btu of diesel. It's definitely not as clean but it packs more of a punch.

[@ricpitt1]

Don't burn cedar but fir or hard words they burn very hot and very little residue in the chimney

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

This heater really isn't set up for wood. We have so much diesel capacity it just makes the most sense for us. We don't have to worry about acquiring, transporting, or storing other fuels. I will take an occasional nasty cleaning over that any day. Than ks for watching!

[@gregfawcett5152]

I have found that I run the fan assist on low all the time and very little soot...none on the deck. Go to Dickinson Diesel Heater best install ever...leave a comment or question... Best SV Aquila Seattle.

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

I don't think we have even been able to run ours successfully with anything less than medium assist fan. I'm sure the two 45 degree bends in the chimney don't help much. This year we are trying higher heat settings and it seems to be working much better. We will see how long it takes to soot up again. Take care!

[@marceltromp1454]

That chimney could be 3 mtrs higher and with some wind the smoke rubbish would maybe drop behind the boat ! Can we see the engines . Ive just seen 2 vids so far !

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

I did add an extension later but it still drops on the deck on calm days. There should be plenty of engine content in future videos. May take a bit to get there though.

[@tonyheitsman4728]

Espar heaters So easy and low maintenance.

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

We do have a hydronic system as well that we will be covering in a later video. We looked into the Espars at the time but they did not offer a high enough BTU output for a vessel this size. The one we did choose has been working ok but we have had some water pump issues over the years. Thanks for watching!

[@nicolaspintelon4329]

The people from the brand of the heater should come over to finetune it…

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

We will keep it for Alaska but if we do the northern latitudes again...it will be replaced.

[@gordr8024]

I have a suggestion for the diesel heater put in a fuel filter in front of it.

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

Already one there. Its a pretty fine miron filter as well.

[@Chr.U.Cas1622]

Dear ObTS family. 👍👌👏 Well done video. 2) Personally I would never use a Diesel heater because it stinks (inside and outside the boat), makes really dirty fatty soot and isn't maintenance free at all. Please kindly allow me to ask respectively suggest something: I'm simply not able to understand why you didn't get respectively added a wood burning stove? Or a stove you can burn almost everything in? For instance drift wood is for free! I see laying tons and tons of it on almost every beach/shore in BC/Canada all the time. Collecting firewood is respectively can be fun, making firewood too (sawing/splitting). For emergency you could have some sacks of cole on your boat. For instance Leo Sampson Goolden (Tally Ho) and Simon (Finding Simon) are quite happy with their choice and stoves/ovens. Simon even DIY built his device. It's still useful to have that Diesel heater in case you couldn't collect fuel for the all- burner oven. Thanks a lot for making teaching explaining recording editing uploading and sharing. Best regards luck and especially health to all 4 of you.

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

Thanks! Glad you found us. Honestly the main reason we went with diesel is just for simplicity. We have a massive diesel capacity which doesn't even feel the heater consumption. Having different fuel sources just adds that much more that I have to think about and manage. For example, this heater has been running for three weeks straight and I have had to do nothing. I seem to be juggling so many things that anything I can do to reduce input is worthwhile. We don't really smell the diesel heater inside the boat but sometimes I catch a whiff of diesel exhaust when approaching the boat from the rear. Thanks for watching!

[@jameydupuy9280]

@@Chr.U.Cas1622 I am new here but he did say in the video why he chose a diesal heater- that they had huge diesel fuel storage and it was a no brainer when it came down to it. He went through all the heating methods and why or why not. That they were trying to get her set up asap and since the diesel storage was so large, it would be the easiest solution for them. Hope that helps. 😍

[@jameydupuy9280]

Sorry! I just saw they already answered your question. I know it's easy to get distracted while watching a video and didn't know if you caught thst point when he explained it. I have 4 kiddos. I'm shocked if I see 75% of what I'm trying to watch! 🤣

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

Lol, being parents we totally get that @jameydupuy9280!

[@daan3298]

Soot = too much fuel or too little air. Run it leaner if that's possible.

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

Funny enough, we found running it at a higher heat setting with a bit more fan assist has worked well this year. Seems like we were just trying to run it too low and it was not making enough heat to burn off the soot. This heater has definitely been a learning experience.

[@daan3298]

@@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial I've been running Eberspacher and Webasto diesel heaters, those need to run at high settings too sometimes to burn off soot. Or, as I've experienced, if running them at low, run them leaner, then I've had no problems with soot at all. The kind of heater you have I don't know of that would work for sure. Anyway, it's a cool heater so inspired I looked for one and found another brand that has a water heating option and a cooktop. Pretty cool and I'm tempted to buy one. Just the manual work vs the ease of automatic use of Webasto/etc makes me hesitate. This is the heater: REFLEKS oil heater 66MKS / 66MKS-C.

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

I have heard good things about Refleks heaters. Another commenter had recommended them.

[@daan3298]

@@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial do they have the same startup process? I really do like the 'laying in bed and click a button to get warm' functionality from webastos and such.

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

I don't think so but I haven't researched them a great deal. Our main heater which will be in a later video has the nice bells and whistles and requires no effort to turn on.

[@wihamaki]

3000 gallon tank? We have people here who'll drive their car to the reserve to save on a tank of gas. For that amount, you take a trip to the U.S., Saudi Arabia, or something? Lots of PTSD around here (military), know some of had good results using medical marijuana.

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

It is a large tank which we only have to fill every couple of years. It can get us here to Hawaii and back right now...especially after our (spoiler alert) engine repower. As for medical Marijuana...yes I have heard that but we don't like having drugs on the boat. It makes crossing borders very difficult so I keep doing my breathing.. looking at the ocean and when I need it I call up my counsellor. I am also getting retrained in digital media marketing.

[@Mordalo]

I don't understand your placement of the heater. Heat rises as I am sure you are well aware. Is your master not down below? Also, why did you not go with central diesel heat?

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

The simple answer is that we have both. The Dickinson is just for heating the main salon areas and provides nice dry heat with a bit of ambiance. For the main heat we have a hydronic unit that we will cover in a later video. Thanks for watching!

[@Graveltrucking]

That is a small Dickinson heater, ya Dickinson is the most popular and most common brand marine stove I find. Yeah I bet that Dickinson doesn't like the sh*tty bio blend diesel fuel, the stuff is horrible, doesn't even smell like diesel fuel. The Dickinsons that used the reservor tank the commercial fishermen used to use furnace oil/stove oil a little more cleaner burning it was a lot more common back then when people had oil furnaces in houses. The scariest heat to have on a boat is propane I wouldn't have that.

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

They are pretty popular. I would be happier if they were a bit heavier duty though. Stove oil would be a good option but I can't be bothered to deal win another fuel source. We kinda found the sweet spot this year with the heater so it seems to be pretty happy.

[@markparadis8029]

Shoulda just used rrg webasto wit core and cpl sp3d fan if ots not to noisy for your baby man ears

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

Not sure about the baby man ears but next week's video is the installation of a hydronic heating system. We are learning as we go along. Tech has changed so much since we worked on yachts. Cheers. Janis

[@reesilva1]

ibogaine treatment for ptsd it works,approved in BC, life altering

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

Interesting. I'll google. Right now I'm pretty good at managing it but again there are good days and bad days. Living on Tangaroa helps.

[@wobby1516]

You ideally should have a blue flame yellow isn’t good. I’ve worked on these pot burner for many years and only a few work well, it’s mainly down to poor draught and that’s short chimneys. Some of these heaters have a fan to increase air flow but frankly they’re not great. Would you not consider an air to air heatpump. 1kw gives 3 kw of heat.

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

It's working great now however it just heats our main salon. The video coming out this weekend is about installing a hydronic heater. As for a blue flame...we have never seen a blue flame. It is orange very very orange. Thanks for watching. Cheers. Janis

[@bruceletouzel5157]

how many BTU'S

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

The specs for high are 16,000 BTU's which is definitely nowhere near enough to heat the whole boat. We have a second heater which is hydronic that does the brunt of the work and has a 50,000 BTU capacity. We will cover it in a later video.

[@sroberts605]

@@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial Am I right thinking that a typical 'chinese' diesal heater has a 5kW output (I understand that the 8kW versions are not really) and that that is about 17000BTU's? So roughly comparable in heat output, if not in attractiveness?

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

I have never used the chinese heaters so can't comment on that but this guy can comfortably heat a fairly large main salon/galley in all but the coldest conditions and that is with pretty tragic insulation.

[@sroberts605]

@@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial Lol, I don't know, that disc taken out for the flue impressed me!

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

She definitely has some heft to her construction and plenty of filler on the upper deck.

[@rayboucher479]

What is with the snake !

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

Not sure I follow. You may have to be more specific. Are you referring to the shape of the chimney or our chimney sweep which I'm not even sure made it into the video.

[@rayboucher479]

@ the diesel feed line .

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

Do you mean the little white line that wraps around the floor on the right of the heater? If so, that's actually the 12v feed to the draft assist fan. The diesel feed is the stainless tube tucked tight against the side of the heater. I haven't got around to installing a proper electrical connector back there. Its like I tell my wife, if I say Im going to do it then Im going to do it. No need to nag me every year 🤣.

[@rayboucher479]

@ Must be your wire then I thought it was the diesel feed line. You seem very meticulous and I am sure you will take care of it and that was not a nag . You are doing a great job and keep it up and I am looking forward to watching you rebuild this boat for you and your family.

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

Lol, no worries at all. Hopefully we can keep you entertained.

[@TampaBishop]

A comment from some Internet rando.... Planning a fuel filter for the heater?

[@TampaBishop]

Nevermind, just saw your response to a previous comment.

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

Lol, no worries

[@theshyguitarist]

Cool video. I’d cut back on the singing and baby talk voice though. Was a bit cringe. Just being honest.

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

Thanks for the input!

[@SiFit-Gym]

Agreed totally!

[@rogerbrandt6678]

Hilarious 😂.

[@mawhayden]

Jeez, some people are so uptight…….

[@tracygeddes5867]

Cooky cutter clones that just fit one way of seeing the world and I think it would be very boring . We had an 80’ ex army boat and had similar adventures and if you knew a bean about the difficulties that are faced every day then you would not be spending anytime worried about how it is Presented and more time enjoying the fact they have gone to great effort to share their adventures. Anyhow this is their moment to shine in the way they know best.

[@Bubba-tx1vx]

👍👍👍😎

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

Thanks for the watch and comment!

[@josephbudd6685]

Propane burns clean, just saying!😅

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

It sure does but seeing as we live aboard in the winter we need a lot of heating. We definitely don't want to be filling tanks all the time. That's a pain. We have 3000 gallons of diesel so it was definitely the way to go. We have a second heater that is a hydronic unit which we will be going into on a later video. It is also diesel but burns very clean.

[@cherjohnson5807]

I agree propane is nice an clean

[@johnbrightman282]

as an old engineer the diesel heater sucks, there must be better models available for caravans maybe.

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

This heater, while it has its quirks, provides a nice dry heat in the main salon with no need to have an alternate fuel source. We have tons of diesel. It also provides a really nice look and ambiance. We do have the big boy hydronic heater down in the engine room though for the bulk heating. It will be in a later video.

[@markparadis8029]

Or esbar

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

Our sister had an Esbar Next weeks video is the installation of a hydronic heating system. Cheers. Janis

[@Tewbum]

Diesel heaters are filthy, option number 2 would be a pallet burner, they are clean, efficient and has dry heat, just a thought 😊

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

We thought about that and it was a possibility but the downside is that it would require a different fuel source. Seeing as we have a 3000 gallon diesel capacity it just made sense to use diesel. The Dickinson is definitely dirty but the hydronic that we have (which will be in a later video) burns nice and clean. Thanks for watching!

[@Tewbum]

@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial yes hydronic heating has been around for years, heating radiators throughout a home so it should work on a boat, heating water in a boiler and distributing through pipes to different cabins, that will be a big job but I'm sure you will be up to it

[@gregfawcett5152]

Have had a Newport Dickinson for 3 years now and seems very clean. I run the fan assist on the lowest setting and that burns very clean...no soot on the deck. Go to Dickinson Diesel Heater best install ever and ask a question or leave a comment. SV Aquila Seattle.

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

The hydronic went in not too long after the Dickinson. We have battled a few hiccups with that system but I have made some modifications over the years that have improved the reliability. I still have to install the forward loop but the living quarters are nice and cozy.

[@Tewbum]

@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial there is a saving grace to this scenario, and this is your a clever bugger and if anyone is going to solve hiccups it's you, be proud of who you are because at the end of the day you have saved yourself 1000s 🙏🙏🙏

[@eirikskoglund407]

Wallas 🙈

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

Foreigner? Sorry we don't know what Wallas means.

[@eirikskoglund407]

@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial walls? Boat heating systems, and cabins, search Wallas Spartan,

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

Oh! gotcha. Thanks!

[@jackhandyy]

Everyone is a victim

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

Victim of dirty Dickinsons?

[@bensouthwell1339]

my idea of a burner is a good old fashioned "Wood Burner" they burn most of your trash, anything that floats by, cook on them, even dry your socks on them. And as an added bonus I understand Canada has quite a lot of wood so I am told! Alas not every ones cup of tea but I like my burners to be burner and as a cold Brit love to be kept warm. .... PS as a new subscriber may I wish the family early seasons greetings and stay warm and safe.

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

That is so tue. That being said, one of the biggest drivers toward the diesel heater was the fact that we have 3000 gallons of diesel capacity. Running the diesel heater is just so simple as once its lit we pretty much can forget about it. I think it has been burning for about 3 weeks solid at this point. We seem to have found the sweet spot for it this year as well so the soot production has greatly decreased. Welcome aboard and we hope you and yours have a great holiday season as well!

[@sroberts605]

@@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial One of the things a wood burner has is a lovely (to me) smell. Does this burner smell at all?

[@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial]

It doesn't smell inside the boat but occasionally I will catch a whiff of diesel exhaust when approaching the boat from the stern.

[@bensouthwell1339]

@@OnboardTangaroaSeatrial with a Wood Burner you sometimes get a whiff of smelly feet when the old shoes go in but alas its a free smell !!!!

[@jackdbur]

​@@bensouthwell1339its a boat there isn't the storage for a cord of wood 😅