I installed a Force 10 cabin heater - Diesel or Kerosene model this year. I acquired it used, and after eventually getting the burners tuned up by Force 10 find it works pretty well. The stovepipe is just a piece of 1" od stainless tubing, which makes for a fairly neat installation. There is a deckcap and rain guard which is permanently installed on the cabin top. I did have to put a kink in the pipe to lead it out onto the deck in an out of the way location. It is quite unobtrusive, and has not fouled any deck lines yet. I mounted the heater on the main bulkhead, port side, about 5" to the left of the forward cabin door.
We find that kerosene burns cleaner in the heater than diesel - there is a bit of an odour with both fuels when they are operating, burning, but less so with kerosene.
The installation required a pressure tank for the fuel which I installed in the hanging locker. The fuel line is 1/4 inch copper tubing, which I led to the other side of the boat by attaching it to the bottom edge of the doorway to the forward cabin, then up and through a hole in the bulkhead to the heater. The fuel tank is pressurized with a bicycle tire pump.
The heat output is not as much as some other models on the market, but its not bad. For next season I will have to place some heat shield material immediately behind the unit - it did get hot enough once to start to lift the varnish!
If you have any questions, email me at roulton@smss.com
