new seaway 25

There would be room there thats part of the food storage area. do you think that would be to far toward the back of the boat to keep the front warm.
I was thinking of building a box under the port side and the passenger could put there feet on top of the heater box pull the in take from the cabin and the heat out right in front toward the helm floor
 
Pat Byrd lives in tennessee his boat is in Nashville area 334-549-2628

His rossborough 246 is a little different from the usual model He has moved the bathroom(head) to the back of the cabin what a beutiful boat
 
duff":10mkqvck said:
Im thinking of a 1300 wallas for a stove trying to figure out the best place to put it...
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You may be better off looking for separate "real" heater / furnace and cooktop units. The Wallas is merely an OK cooktop or heater (IMHO - search the site for Wallas and you'll get a ton of opinions) even when its working well.

I think you'd ultimately be happier with an Espar / Wabasto air furnace and some sort of gas cooktop (permanent or portable).
 
Duff,
Rather than a Wallis you might consider an Espar Airtronic model D-2 as you can run a couple different ducts to different areas of the boat. At 7500 BTU's it's going get warm. Also some have used a similar heater made by Webasco. Pat Anderson Daydream had a Webasco installed by the C-Dory factory. There were others who installed Webasco's They both have a separate controller, fuel pump and fuel tank options are many. They both require a thru hull to be installed for the combustion exhaust. I use an Espar you can see a sub album in my photo album. Also Discovery has used an Espar D-2 which also has pictures posted in his photo album. Heaters cost about 1000 dollars but the extras required can add as much as another thousand depending on the installation. We removed a refridgerator and put the heater where refridgerator used to be. So we had to have a new door made add hinges and door hardware to get it to match the rest of the cabin doors. Most heaters are sold as truck kits then the additional items are added to ones personal preferences.
D.D.
 
I am looking at the 2008 that is for sale with the 150hp Suzuki, are you comfortable with your engine size? Is that a generator box on the stern and how did you mount your kicker? The 2008 is listed at 80K, so few have sold it is not easy to read value. Your boat is a looker, I know it will serve you well.
Bob Jarrard
 
thank you I like the boat so far. I looked at both boats the 2008 and mine before i bought this one the 2008 had some nice electronics but they raise the seat and table up 14 inches Im 6'2 my son 6'5 and our head would nearly touching the ceiling plus i didn't like that bike carrier in the back took up most of the already small cockpit very nice boat though at a great price . the 150 seams to be great lots of power very smooth in chop at speed its new so it has full six year warranty on the motor. I've only have had it out twice in MOntana all the boat launches are close due to flooding. its very quite will under way and i love the bow thruster. I mounted the kicker on the port side with a bracket it was easy on the Armstrong bracket and that is a genarator box its made for a honda 2000
I"M getting lost of different thoughts on the type of heater to use by reading all that's been printed on this topic so thanks. still hard to decide though
 
Duff,
Both the wife and I are under 5'7" and cannot see out of a lot of boats. She has had three hip jobs and we need a transom door. I have a Honda 2000, good unit. I asked about the box, too bad they screwed it into the cockpit floor, taking it out will leaves holes to patch but I agree, too small as it is back there. I would likely move the propane to the cabin top with two small aluminum horizontal bottles. I would then build in an "L" shaped settee in the space now open with both boxes out & put a plug in table mount on the deck.
For us, a kicker where you have the generator and then try to dock on the transom door side as often as possible is our best bet. I would use an electric jack plate on the kicker to keep it from moving onto the swim step, might be tight to walk but still possible.
I have had a number of heaters, for me, I would stay with forced air. Propane if you can, all the diesels add a new fuel need and most bring some odor. Here is a link with lots of info, some of which is out of date but it is the best 1st stop I can find. Keep the pics coming!! Bob
 
Ya For your size the 2008 would be perfect its a great boat lot's of goodies on it he had that boat built special and it shows the new seaway 25 will be built on the eastern 248 hull I've heard there not as dry as ours. hope you can get it. and as for value i think that's the best buy out there new that boat had to be in the 130,000 range I almost bought it even if i had to redo the seating .
Duff
 
Bob there is still 20" in front of the kicker bracket to walk buy to get in to the transom door so you will not have any problem walking by it i just went out and measured it. then you can leave the genarator in place Send me a pm with your email and i will take a picture of the kicker motor mounted for you
 
BBURNGIN & Others: First, thanks for the call Jim! Yes, the custom build RF246 Rosborough Sedan that EQ Marine (Les Lampman) and myself (Heartland Trawlers) designed and built is ready and in the Nashville, TN area. We built this layout due to several folks at the Maine Boat Builders boat show and several other boat shows wanting the quality/history of the Rosborough work boats in a nice sedan layout with a head/shower set up in the cabin area. She is a beautiful boat and a great hull. Here is an interior picture of her today, more are available on my website and she is listed for sale on both mine and EQ Marine site. Also a few more pictures in my photo album here.... "Freebyrd" on page 1 & 6. Thanks for your interest.


Byrdman
www.my246.com
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