[alberg30] Cabin heater

[George Dinwiddie]

We've got a Dickinson Newport solid fuel stove. 
http://www.dickinsonmarine.com/images/newpor2.jpg
I've used anthracite, bituminous, charcoal and wood in it.  Don't use
self-lighting charcoal briquettes.  They make a lot of soot.  The plain 
ones aren't bad, but old-fashioned lump charcoal works better.  Any 
fuel will require tending or it will go out, but coal keeps going longer 
than others.

 - George

> Sunstone came with a Cole Stove and some anthracite which the previous owner
> swore by and I swear at.  First you have to start the anthracite with charcoal
> briquettes, if your lucky the anthracite will get going but usually you need a
> blow torch.  It is hard to control the heat coming out and I have seen chimneys
> start to glow red - not a good thing, though a dry heat to be sure.
> 
> In the morning you are greeted on deck with soot and mess from the briquettes,
> the solution - go to a liquid stove and do as you have done, put the contraption
> the garage for the mice.
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