Murray, I almost passed commenting.
What are you going to use for cabin heat for replacement of the Washington?
Placement of the new heat source and power for it.
Before making a decision that should be considered. You folk use your boat in the off season when it is cold, not just cool, much like we used to do.
Other than the boat and the specific stoves our setup is almost identical. Dickinson Pac. stove, Origo 1 burner, bbq. That Dickinson is, for us, what made it possible to fall, spring and winter boat.
I seriously considered tossing the Dickinson soon after we bought the boat. It constantly went out, low heat, sooted, leaked diesel.
What stopped me was what was the replacement.
A diesel forced air heater, at the time, was really the only option and I could spend a large amount of money for us, increase the battery bank a LOT, and still have an unreliable and often troublesome heat source. That last was determined by other owners I talked to.
Also without tearing half the boat apart there was no really good placement.
I bugged Dickinson and slowly got the stove into good shape.
True we almost never run it in summer, using only the Origo and the bbq., but we still use the stove a lot in the spring, fall, even in July and Sept. just setting it on low and leaving a window and door open as temperature control. Often it is started in the AM, shut off about 10:00 and restarted about 17:00 and run untill we go to bed when we shut it down for the night.
Of course we are often in the Broughtons where the whole area is cooler. At home it may not get used at all in July , weather dependent.
IN the cold weather it never got shut down untill we went home.
All I' m getting at is consider the WHOLE package.
If you do go the Origo route I have some suggestions for the alcohol supply especially if you are currently using what is available at the local hardware store. What I use is very similar to the old Pressure fuel which is cleaner burning and hotter. The hardware store alcohol is poor for this purpose. Not their fault but when Record Chemical stopped offering the Pressure fuel their options disappeared.
I'm going to ask about the stove burner noise. Does that bother you? If so then what about a Dickinson. Ours is dead quiet. I was told the orig. owner wanted the Washington because that was what was on the commercial boats he worked on so that' what went in. But it is noisy. The commercial boats could care less. I had forgotten about that. If that is part of the driver for replacement then what about a Dickinson as replacement.?
PM me if you wish.