Heat

[FYN409]

Ok, for those that do not have built in factory heat what do you do for heat? My wife and I are going boating this weekend, and at night it is supposed to get a bit chilly. We will be in a slip, so we have shore power. What do you guys do for supplimental heat? I was thinking about a little ceramic forced air heater?

-Ryan

 

[darimont]

I have a 268sd and thats what I use and it works just fine down to about 40, then it won't shut off.

 

[sbw1]

We use a ceramic heater in our cockpit instead of the cockpit reverse cycle a/c. We have a large cockpit (13 x 14 ) and use the drop curtain to reduce the amount of space we heat. It cut the volume by half. When it's really cold (37-40 degrees) we turn the heat on in the cabin and leave the heater on in the cockpit. We have no trouble holding 75 dgrees or even higher. The ceramic heaters are pretty safe as there are no glowing wires. The wires are inside the ceramic element as you probably know.

 

[Dave S]

A ceramic heater will work just fine. I use one in the winter down here.

 

[estebanj]

Stating the obvious, but just in case... careful if you use a non-electric heater (propane for example) as it will produce CO.

Esteban

 

[Presentation]

We used a ceramic heater on the last boat. No problems.

 

[SeaDucer]

We have the same 88 Sorrento & find that between the 2 of us it stays plenty warm to the point I sweat most nites if the hatch isn't open.I do have a small 1500 ceramic heater just in case though.It has a safty switch in case of tip overs.A hair dryer works to quickly heat up the cabin if you don't mind the noise! Jim

 

[wickeral]

We have the same 88 Sorrento & find that between the 2 of us it stays plenty warm to the point I sweat most nites if the hatch isn't open.I do have a small 1500 ceramic heater just in case though.It has a safty switch in case of tip overs.A hair dryer works to quickly heat up the cabin if you don't mind the noise! Jim

SeDucer is right on the money. A sleeping bag is all you will need this time of year. Al W.