Cold and SNOW! Puget Sound!
Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2019 1:44 pm
With all the cold and snow we have to watch our baby carefully!
We balance heating the boat with the very high costs of electricity.
Destiny stays in the water year round.
I believe we have finally found a reasonable method!
We have put two little round dehumidifiers aboard, one in each head with all the cabinets and doors open.
Two West Marine marine heaters, one in the galley and one in the main salon. Then we added a 1/2 height electric oil radiator heater!
The efficient oil radiator keeps the boat pretty reasonable about 45 degrees for a reasonable cost most of the time.
However below freezing temperatures and the oil heater does not quite do it. SO we have the other two heaters kick in about 40 degrees and the combination of all heaters does a very nice job!
Last weekend we went down to the boat to find her covered in snow! That is pretty rare around here!
Scott
We balance heating the boat with the very high costs of electricity.
Destiny stays in the water year round.
I believe we have finally found a reasonable method!
We have put two little round dehumidifiers aboard, one in each head with all the cabinets and doors open.
Two West Marine marine heaters, one in the galley and one in the main salon. Then we added a 1/2 height electric oil radiator heater!
The efficient oil radiator keeps the boat pretty reasonable about 45 degrees for a reasonable cost most of the time.
However below freezing temperatures and the oil heater does not quite do it. SO we have the other two heaters kick in about 40 degrees and the combination of all heaters does a very nice job!
Last weekend we went down to the boat to find her covered in snow! That is pretty rare around here!
Scott