Hi All, Some of you may recall I reached out to the list for feedback on heaters. I went with the Dickinson Newport Diesel fireplace. I have an Atomic 4 so primary fuel is gasoline and the espar/webasto type heaters, at least as far as their literature is concerned, should not be installed anywhere there's a gasoline tank which ruled out the cockpit locker for an install location and pretty well ruled out the diesel furnace style heaters altogether.
Took delivery of the heater last week and drove the two hours to the boat on Sunday. Right now I'm thinking, "what did I get myself into?". As I was measuring the boat for the chimney and final install location of the heater I had a bit of a panic: 5" hole!!!! Please see pics of install location here: https://goo.gl/photos/4GYL7SXqUZE3USRCA Note the roll of tape is just a visual indicator, it's only 4" diameter so the hole will be bigger. The heater will be installed along the edge of the bulkhead where will it be close to the mast and mostly out of the way as one has to squeeze past the mast to get into the dinette seat anyway. The cushion pictured is from the aft seat of the dinette, I used it to illustrate how the existing cushion back will be modified to accommodate a lower heater install. The original cushion will be cut down, stainless backing will be installed behind the heater and at the end of the day I'm hoping for a pretty clean looking install, hopefully. My question: is that a bad place for a 5" hole? There is a flat spot on the coach roof a little aft and to starboard (winch mount location maybe) but that would involve elbows and Dickinson recommends a straight run for the chimney. Seems the biggest complaint with these heaters is problems related to draft, so I want to minimize that as much as possible and keep the run straight. The other problem with that location is that the access panel is only half over that location so cutting the 5" hole partway through access panel, partway through ceiling liner seems like a hack job. You can see in one picture there's a bit of masking tape identifying the prefered location on the top side. So, bad idea? What can I expect once I start drilling? Any tips?!!! Also a question about the chimney: to get the minimum 4' of chimney I will need about 18" above deck. That's too much to sail with so I was hoping I could connect the 18" chimney extension and cap when I need it (ie; at anchor, at the dock, not planning on sailing with it running). Is that doable? Dickinson makes a rain cap so that would be on most of the time. I would use a thumbscrew or two and tap the chimney pieces so that it would be a solid connection, but tool-less switch from one to the other. Thoughts? Many thanks. Steve Suhana, C&C 32 Toronto
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