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    Burry Vanderveer

    Burry’s diesel fireplace awaits the New York winter. The heat shield protects the bulkhead from heat given off by the flue all the way up to the headliner. The damper halfway up is needed for gusty winds.
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    Installing a cabin heater

    A diesel fireplace warms boat, body, and soul Issue 86: Sept/Oct 2012 On the Chesapeake in October you find cruisers migrating south toward warmer climes. My wife and I must have taken a wrong turn, a...

    Burry Vanderveer
    June 12, 2026
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