Still wondering about solid
fuel heaters? I have a shipmate brand. It''s somewhat heavier than the Dickenson, and a little bigger, but more substantial. You might take a look at them. Second Wave in Seattle is a used gear store that has one available for $250 used, and they have a photo of it online too.
I also have a Dickenson Bristol diesel
stove in the boat. It works fairly well, but delivers soot to the deck and since the chimney is located on the starboard aft area of the deck, I can smell it''s annoying chimney diesel smell when I''m running the tiller. yuk. Otherwise it''s pretty nice, provides dry heat and cooks great.
I''ve used the Dickenson Newport solid
fuel heater and like it, except that it doesn''t have any firebrick inside or mass to hold the heat. You have to feed the tiny firebox all the time too.