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Hope it finds a caring home Dave. Very nice engine that someone will be proud to own and display.Bill
It does look exceptionally clean from the pictures!!And yes on having fun while age and health permits!!Bill
Not being a boat person, is diesel fuel pretty common at lake/river marina's?Bill
What are you planning to do with the Steam plant Dave? Keep it?Its not as big as the Simplicity but then again with the boiler it might be. Jo
"Mr M'Andrew, don't you think diesel spoils romance at sea?"Maybe, but it's a lot more convenient,Damned ijjit!Lets have some photos of the launch, before you put the steam plant into storeMIke
Hi Dave,Beautiful boat. : That's going to be so much fun for you all. Old fashioned tea and cucumber sandwiches on the river bank.Are you going to put the Yanmar in a tin box with a false smokestack to look just like the boiler? Just thinking aloud. Mike
Man created boats to keep his engines dry!
Quote from: steamer on August 14, 2019, 05:02:55 PMMan created boats to keep his engines dry!Man's ingenuity rever fails to impress. Just thought you could consider hiding the new diesel plant inside a box with a false smokestack so it looks like the old steam plant and continues to keep the characteristic look of a old time steam launch.Mike
Point takenMike
At least with the diesel, the boat will get some usage.I once helped a friend (another Dave) re-caulk and rebuild the hull of an 90 year old steam launch. Lots of new timber had to be installed. It had a fire tube boiler, like yours, but it was coal fired. The engine was Stuart Turner 6A. On the first test run, we steamed out of Portsmouth Harbour into the Solent. Suddenly Dave realised he was out of coal and loosing pressure. Rather than make a SOS call to the coastguard to be rescued, he ripped out all the new mahogany seating and furnishings and fed them into the firebox. We limped back to the hard, got the launch back on the trailer and the rebuild started all over again.Mike
Well....I'd a started by cutting off some of my own limbs first........
Quote from: steamer on August 14, 2019, 11:20:33 PMWell....I'd a started by cutting off some of my own limbs first........ Well Both Dave and myself are built skinny, so that would not have got us very far. It had to be the new woodwork.Mike
Quote from: Vixen on August 14, 2019, 11:11:43 PMAt least with the diesel, the boat will get some usage.I once helped a friend (another Dave) re-caulk and rebuild the hull of an 90 year old steam launch. Lots of new timber had to be installed. It had a fire tube boiler, like yours, but it was coal fired. The engine was Stuart Turner 6A. On the first test run, we steamed out of Portsmouth Harbour into the Solent. Suddenly Dave realised he was out of coal and loosing pressure. Rather than make a SOS call to the coastguard to be rescued, he ripped out all the new mahogany seating and furnishings and fed them into the firebox. We limped back to the hard, got the launch back on the trailer and the rebuild started all over again.MikeWell....I'd a started by cutting off some of my own limbs first........
6 bags of trash and a big box of stuff for sale shortly.....stuff I'll never use.
Dave,I was looking back at the photos of your boat, It's a beautiful piece of work. But it occurred to me that you may now need to change the watermark on your photos to Diesel... Art