The most frequent question we are asked is, "Isn't it cold on a boat?" Our resounding answer is NO! In fact, we are often so toasty warm that we have to open the side hatches. Why? 2 reasons. 1) We have a thermometer on the stove pipe showing us when the fire gets to the optimum temperature to allow heat, but no stodging up of pipes. When it is this hot, but not so hot to shoot through the coal at ridiculous rates, it sends heat waves up and out of the stove. 2) A glorious little (and we mean little) fan sits on the top. Called an Eco Fan, it sits so that it catches cold air behind it and hot air beneath it. This causes the fan to go around and power a small motor which keeps it going around. This sends hot air all over the boat. SO much so that when we hang wet clothes on the airer, positioned tight up to the ceiling in the clothes room, wash loads can dry within hours. Amazing.
Couple all that with a central heating system, on for two hours morning and night; foam insulation between our wooden walls, floors, ceilings and the steel hull and the fact that we are but single storey, we are warm indeed. You'll need to spot the ice right up against Bella's outside to realise how insulated she is on the inside.
No, we are not cold.
