The boat we now have had a Dickinson diesel cabin heater in it. It worked wonderfully. We had no odor in the boat when we used it. We used it very frequently most often when anchored out.They have a glass window on the front which adds alot of "cozyness" and makes a nice night light. If you use it at night as we did make sure the chimney is vented properly along with having other addequit ventilation in your boat.
Remodeling the inside of our boat this winter we have descided to switch from a diesel cook
stove to a Force 10 propane
stove to have temperature control.We therefore opted to purchase a Force 10 propane cabin heater. It is smaller,does not have near the same btu output,and does not look as nice as the Dickinson heater did. Good luck, Dave