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About a month to go before we head north for the summer and we're still
thinking of things we might need!
We'll be spending the months of July and August, possibly early
September, in Maine and New Brunswick where it will be a bit "nippy" at
night (and perhaps some days, as well) - particularly compared to what
we've grown accustomed to here in Florida. Two years ago when we were in
Maine during the month of August we were able to take the chill off the
morning air with our Espar diesel heater; our new Sanderling has only
the two reverse cycle heat pumps which require 110 volts (run the
genset). We're looking for something that would eliminate running the
genset on those nice quiet mornings, and wouldn't require the time and
expense of a permanent installation (like the Espar) since we won't be
spending but a few months in the colder climes for the next several
years (after that - the Bahamas).
It seems to boil down to using propane or kerosene. We would need to be
careful about CO and oxygen depletion, but we could deal with that (and
the boat is far from air tight). I'm inclined toward something burning
kerosene even though it would necessitate carrying another jug around,
and used kerosene heaters for our source of heat when living in Spain a
number of years ago rather than butano which had a bad habit of exploding.
Any thoughts about or experience with non-electric portable space
heaters operating on small propane bottles or kerosene?
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<><><><><><><><><><><><>Mozilla Thunderbird<><><><><><><><><><>
Bob McLeran and Judy Young Manatee Cove Marina
MV Sanderling Patrick Air Force Base
DeFever 41 Trawler Melbourne, Florida
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