Very important to have a heater on the boat . Good job and thanks for sharing. But be cautious of fire 🔥 on the boat .Need to watch all the time . Greetings from beautiful tropical Hawaii islands ⛵️ 🏝. No winters here in Hawaii islands 🏝 always warm . Good luck

on a boat AND mini wood stove ❤ dreamy🎉

Storage for the wood can be difficult on a small boat, you can burn large quantities even in a small stove. I used to supplement logs with coal briquettes which give more heat and burn longer while taking up less space. A small induction fan helps spread the heat and is a good investment. I managed to rig up a hot water coil into my flue which was a mixture of success and frustrating failure, I will get right one day. As part of the hot water system I added a radiator in the vee berth which really made a difference. It felt good knowing I was getting as much out of the heat as possible, 80% of all stoves heat is lost to the atmosphere via the flue sadly.

Love it! Someday we hope to have a boat with a wood burning stove onboard!

Great video! I'm originally from Uruguay and lived there several years on and off. It's a small but beautiful country. It's awesome that you were able to sail there. Thank you for sharing and bringing back wonderful memories of my small country from many years ago. I'm planning on moving to a sailboat and liveaboard, and having a real fireplace would be amazing .Save travels full of wonderful adventures.

Using an Ecofan would greatly improve heat circulation in the cabin thus rendering your stove much more efficient.

Excellent video! I think you did a wonderful job installing and keeping up on maintenance. Suggestion: Once you add wood keep the damper open for 7-15 minutes to let the wood catch fire well. Instead of smoke out the chimney and soot galore your glass and chimney will be much cleaner. I mean keep the damper open for 10 minutes maybe more before closing it down. I promise your creosote buildup will lessen tremendously. Smoke = unburned fuel and wasted BTU's. Cheers to 2021-

Another great video. Thanks for sharing your adventures. I think your nesting dinghy is fantastic too. Fair winds to you!

Thanks for this video. Was nice and smooth to watch and gave me some ideas for my small blue water boat.

Thanks for the great video!

what a wonderful video..and thx for sharing your install and the adventure..cheers mates!

I was thinking about installing this stove on my boat as well. There may have been a heater of some sort installed at that same location on my boat as well and a hole has already been cut the correct size. I was a little concerned about it being directly under my boom and mainsail well, but I'm glad to hear that your mainsail doesn't get covered in soot when the stove is running!

I live not far from Galveston how cool!! I hope to one day do exactly what y’all are doing!! Fair winds!

Nice job

Thank you for the video! Very Nice!

A battery saw the ideal gift for a wood stove, any pallets floating by bingo free fuel without getting out of the boat.

Hi! Great to find sailors from Galveston!Loved the video.You got a sub here!Fair Winds😊

Great video! 🤩👏👏👏

Great stove Thanks

Very nice video! Thank you!!

Nice, neat work.

I love this, would love to have one of these onboard my boat here in Sweden but I don’t know how to get one here unfortunately.. Glad you guys can stay warm now Warren s/y Legend

Awesome, arrived here from the Bonnie boat podcast.

I own several mini stoves, and if you are going to forage for wood like that I highly recommend investing in a sawzall. You'll be so glad you did. Happy trails. Or, wakes, or whatever boat people say. Thanks for the upload.

Enjoyed this.....i just fitted a small charcoal stove on my little boat.

Ahoy Dawn Treader. Nice video to stumble upon about wood-fired heater and that it is on your boat. I forget which year, but maybe 6 or 7 years ago, you sailed in the Harvest Moon. Afterwards, you were returning to Galveston via the Intracoastal. Somewhere between about Chocolate Bayou and Harborwalk, we on Quest, a Catalina 30, approached and passed you. I admired Dawn Treader as well as your relaxed, easy-going pace that you were motoring at. 1st mate and another young lady we're sitting on the port side deck with their legs hanging over. Probably about 3:00 or 4:00 in the afternoon. Later, once in a while, I'd spot Dawn Treader in other Galveston Bay Marina's (Watergate, I think, for example). Thanks for your video and Fair winds on your exploration south.

hey guys! love this! when will you upload again?

You installed your stovepipes upside-down. Upper crimped pipes MUST fit inside, funnel into, lower pipes so all creosote stays in the flue, if/when it melts. That way there is never smoke, leaks or fumes. Also there is no need to seal the flue joints. Creosote will seal them. There is never a need to clean out pipes. Just have a hot fire once or twice a day, usually at start up, so all the condensed creosote burns out. It may make scary sounds & may give you a mini chimney fire but do not fear, it is built to take it. Insulated pipes reduce creosote formation.

I really like that installation, I think it's what 'm going to do on my boat. I had a look several diesel heaters and decided the solid fuel approach is a better solution for me. Its a simpler system with no external tanks or pumps needed, and of course the prospect of free fuel. One thing that surprised me was the fuel consumption of the diesel heaters; 1.75 gallon/24 hours on a low setting and twice that figure on the high setting. That's a lot of fuel.

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See you guys are from Texas...Consider using Lump Coal for fuel like we do bbq. It will burn cleaner and hotter for a longer period of time.

I know it’s too late but when installing wood stoves; it’s a good idea to burn wood in it outside to burn off the paint smell etc. that way it will not smell inside

And it’s eve got fiddles on the top😍

Burning hardwoods, we haven't had any build up concerns in two years in our Cubic Mini Grizzly. Although, we do get a slight amount of resin run across the deck that we have to wipe up once a week or so. The pipe is over six feet from the stove top to an H vent. I wonder if the distance has any added difference for that....

Just found your vid. Most excellent. Looks a lovely calm existence you have out there. By the way Pine wood gives off much resin. I would not recommend it. Wood ash from fire plus damp cloth will clean your glass a treat. Smoke might impregnate your m’sail cover?? All the best to you two.

Excellent video!!!! The cub is my choice as well and will be installing it soon ..I'm just concerned that it didn't help your v berth? Should have .. Little miffed there ..but I cant wait to install mine...again thanks....stay safe!

Hi guys. Great video! well done. i did see that you are burning some wood you find along with pine cones and such. The fuel you burn will greatly impact on how much heat is produced. The pine cones and wood with bark, has resins, and saps, which dirty the pipe up quicker. And also not burn as well as well seasoned hard woods. It still works if you do not use that type of wood, just it makes for a better experience if you. Thanks again, and a great video! Thanks

Good, thank you.

If you learn about secondary combustion hacks you can reduce stove cleaning and double your burn time!

Really great video, guys - I'm glad I found you. We have been thinking of this stove for our sailboat as well, but the trickiest part has been that the only mounting option is directly aft of our mast, basically under our boom (and pearly white mainsail). How much soot do you have building on your canvas?

See this is why the cubic mini stoves are better than diesel heaters. No one enjoys their diesel heater, they merely enjoy the warmth. But with a wood stove, it's a cosy experience to have real fire, tend to it and cook on it.

My minds eye says these have been in use for thousands of years in crew quarters. A fav haunt of the ships cat on cold nights.. Brown coal bricks (never black, too hot!) area good compact high energy fuel. Firewood takes up precious space.

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Hi DT - thanks so much for this video. I'm installing the same set-up and it's massively helpful. Can I ask, did you use the 3" through-deck fitting from Dickinson or the 4", and where did the 'adapter' section of pipe come from? Was that part necessary to join the cubic flue to the Dickinson fitting? Many thanks.

Were you able to keep your sails clean with the smoke rising right under the main? - LOVE your videos!

That dry black goo you've cleaned from the flue can be burned in the stove. Roll some little joints of it in paper and when your stove is burning hot and efficiently (no smoke), throw a joint in there. You will recover some energy that otherwise would be lost.

There are so many sailing channels with videos of the caribbean areas. It's nice to see something from a new area! Nice stove, too! Oh, almost forgot. Does the smoke stain your main sail or do you have an extra cover in that area?

This is great, do you have a parts list with links please you could post? Like for the flue and the heat guards etc. Thanks!

Small computer fan and some 3 inch flexible ducting could blow dry air from near the stove into the Vee birth and maybe remove some condensation.

Hey, Down Treader thanks for this informative video! I have a question for you. What is the exact type of "chimney top" you are using? I'm struggling with the question of which chimney top is suitable for marine purposes. Because of course, all would reduce the seaworthiness of my boat. What do you think of this?

I cut the end out of an old fender to use as a cap on the flue top in the summer.

Are others alerted to the presence of an operating wood stove in your boat? As a stealth camper, I became interested in the Cubic Mini learning of its secondary combustion system that produces very little smoke. I saw 1 video verifying this, but yours is the 2nd video I've seen demonstrating ample smoke from the chimney.

Creosote is from unseasoned wood, could be an issue. We're deciding between a dickinson newport oil bulkhead FP, solid fuel or cubic. Dickinson uses single wall, cubic is better being double. Space for us is limited too. The grizzly isn't much bigger. Nice thing about burning wood in the PNW, it's free! Like the wind.

i was surprised by how dirty the flu was. is this connected to the oven size? nice video btw.

Hello again...you are getting multiple watches from me...as I watch what you did again and again. We have decided mentally to get one of these..the Grizzly for our 40 foot boat, but may I ask...HOW did you get it there? Did you fly back to the US/Canada and picked it up and flew back with it in your checked bag? Or did you have it shipped there? Trying to decide the best way to get it now ;) How is shipping in to Uruguay also...import duties for sailboats, or yacht in transit works efficiently? Approaching Uruguay in warm season will be warm and not need heat (approaching from Africa) Sorry for all the questions. You said in the beginning you were contemplating for years...same here...been contemplating the install of diesel stoves, diesel air systems, propane, and solid fuel. Have decided solid fuel... and have decided where, and how...now just have to GET it here! Really hope to meet you one day!! Patrick having sailed around the world on a Catalina 27 always has great respect for small boats doing big things :) -Rebecca

The sawdust males a great compost toilet material for a simple bucket toilet.

incredible, i want to install a cub as well. what did you use for 'goops' for the hole and cementing the pipe? did you get the whole pipe set from Cubic Mini Woodstoves?

Yeah, I like the new stove. My only question is about the amount of storage you're going to need as apposed to gas or diesel.

see that you do what you love and love what you do,,great video ,, l have both stoves one for camping in the winter and one in my cabin ....was wondering if your stove pipe is double walled ,if not maybe should look into it ,,as it will help with less clean out and burn time and safety just sayin , glad your trippin

The wood stove is nice. I see the stove pipe is directly under the boom. Do you have any problems with soot accumulating on the sails? It seems like this could be a potential problem given where the stove pipe exits the coach roof?

Hey also, can you tell us more about why you didn't go for the Dickinson? Two good reasons I heard of was 1) it smokes too much, 2) it's got no glass door (the propoane/diesal versions do but not solid fuel from my research) - I guess for me being being able to see the flame is integral to the comfort/charm of a wood-burner.

Now you need a little Stihl electric chainsaw. Rechargeable of course.

super kewl... i did the learnding watching..lol thank guys!!

13:07 Is it condensation or smoke? (smell of burnt wood?)

Be careful with drift wood which was in salt water. I've heated houses and boats with wood since the late 1970s. I've been told by wood stove manufacturer that the salt in drift wood will shorten the life of the store. Anyway good luck, the Seawind looks good, fair winds

What size boat is that? I'm trying to figure out if I need the cub or grizzly.

The chimney came out just under the sail, have you seen any damage to the sail yet? I am just a t curious if the heat and smoke from the chimney will damage the sail.

Hey man, I also have a cubic mini cub in my RV. Iv'e been trying to find advice on the direction of the pipes though. After about a week I got some creosote dripping on the exterior of the piper, inside my cab and I asked alot of wood stove people and they all said the pipes were upside down. Cubic mini says to install with male facing down, myself, and everyone else installed them with the male side facing up (ridged side of the pipe.) I am really confused by this, because the pictures on cubic mini website even show the male side facing up! Do you have insight on this? It looks liek you installed with the male facing down?

Can I ask how something like a diesel stove would work into a comparison?

Awesome video! Just one question - what diameter hole did you need to drill through the deck? Am I correct that it is 7inch because the insulated flue is 5inch or did you use the uninsulated 3inch flue? I've been looking at a stove that has a 6 inch diameter insulated flue requiring an 8 inch diameter hole to be drilled in the deck and wondering if others do similar. Thanks!

I must ask about your cooking stove gimbal!! Where did you get it! What’s it even called 😆👍 many thanks!

Does anyone know whether it exists a video or article about CUBIC Cub / Grizzly stoves or very little stoves transformed to be fed with wood pellets and worm screw (endless screw / auger)?

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Pretty sturdy cabin top that is ! ...Did you paint the interior white. or was it the original colour ?

Using hardwood instead of soft/evergreen woods will cut down on how much cleaning you need to do. You can also use charcoal.

I want to purchase one like yours But cannot find anywhere here in Australia 🙈🙈

A damp bit of newspaper dipped in the ashs & rubbed on the glass cleans it nice .

From a boatyard crew in Michigan U.S...Fatsco company produces a fine little cast iron high performance wood stove. The common name is TinyTot, & the small model I purchased is the Pet...all the details one may find online- Fatsco Tiny Tot

Do you use this while you are underway making passage and heeled over? BTW, I have a boat with the same name!

Which lasts more firewood or coal?

I would get a Dickerson diesel heater.

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Hey guys, are you going to make a stop in Mar del Plata in your way south? I lived there many moons ago (1973) if you do, one day take a taxi to a restaurant called "Los Camioneros" it's located a couple of miles down the avenue that starts st the port Juan b. Justo Ave. Have fun

so what happens in very bad weather? how do you seal the chimney

I can't believe that it got that grungy so fast. Are you burning wet wood? Also, you never mentioned whether that was the Grizzly model or the Cub. I am thinking the Grizzly. I realize that this video is kinda old and I may not get a response. :)

Here's a trick for ya. Find a furniture store that uses hard wood and ask for the scrap. They will be happy to give it to you and will fit your stove. Also use a bit of spoon full of rock salt in the fire to keep the creosote down. Burn it hot and make it toasty. It can take it.

How did it work down in Chile, and was it hard finding enough dry wood, considering how damp/rainy it is?

Thanks. Is this an issue with marinas / their policies for longer stays, or adjacent slips / slip holders in terms of their boats and smoke? And your own boat insurance? Deck staining?

If you buy a 12 volt blower you will be able to move the air around the boat evenly

Burn hardwood and run it hot. Creosote buildup will be minimum. Sick setup.

Do not use beach wood. The salt in the wood will burn out even the highest grade stainless pipe. Cheers from Vancouver Island.

Guys, do you sail with it burning? Or do you put it out before a passage

So you cant fit a heater but you can store wood?

What size boat do you have, I have a 34foot and I ordered my stove

what with in the inside if your boat

Updates Assume not an option for extended marina stays in colder climates -perhaps stay on the hook

The update vedio on replacing the flute was done a week ago on live simple live free, please check it out. This man got the mini stove 3 years ago and has been using his stove in an rv. He has learned things about how to operate and maintain this stove. Please for your safety please check this you two vedio.

what was the cost of the stove and all the chimany pices

I really don't understand why the heater could not have been mounted on the bulkhead over the bench seat years ago, and leave the table alone? Maybe, that bulkhead is a favorite place to recline and read a book or watch TV?

What is your sailboat model?