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- Wed Oct 26, 2022 3:26 am
- Forum: Technical - Engines and Boilers
- Topic: How to Prepare Steamboat for Heated Winter Storage
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4369
Re: How to Prepare Steamboat for Heated Winter Storage
Consider the risk of power failure in deciding what preparations seem warranted. For our Airstream I connect 20 psi compressed air to the water inlet and flush all the lines, drain the fresh water tank and put RV antifreeze in the traps. For our 26' Rainbow we drained everything. I'm replumbing Rai...
- Wed Oct 26, 2022 2:18 am
- Forum: Technical - Engines and Boilers
- Topic: How to Prepare Steamboat for Heated Winter Storage
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4369
How to Prepare Steamboat for Heated Winter Storage
I tried using the forum search engine for information on this subject without much luck. Is it me or is the search engine unusually hard to work with? Question: I recently found heated winter storage for my Elliott Bay steamboat (Strath engine, Benson Mntn boiler) after storing outside in upsate NY ...
- Tue Jun 14, 2022 2:43 am
- Forum: Technical - non Engines and Boilers
- Topic: How to Refinish Worn Gelcoat
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8487
How to Refinish Worn Gelcoat
Hope I'm not duplicating previous threads but I couldn't get "search" to find anything on this. I have an Elliott Bay hull ~ 25 years old with black hull, beige deck, and red below the waterline gelcoat. What is the best way to restore this finish back to close to new?? New Gelcoat or paint over the...
- Wed Sep 16, 2020 8:03 pm
- Forum: Technical - Engines and Boilers
- Topic: Boiler Lagging
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4769
Boiler Lagging
Help! I have not figured out to best utilize the search feature here to find the answer to my question which is: I have a 20 year old boiler purchased several years ago that has the boiler lagging falling apart. The copper straps holding the lagging are failing resulting in lagging starting to fall ...
- Tue Jun 18, 2019 11:01 pm
- Forum: Technical - Engines and Boilers
- Topic: Cladding Problem - Need Advice
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6217
Cladding Problem - Need Advice
HELP! I have a Benson Mtn. boiler on a Elliott Bay hull. During the winter, all the straps holding the cladding on the boiler let loose (corroded pop rivets on hardware) letting the cladding fall loose around the boiler. I've repaired the strap fittings but have no idea how to collect all the loose ...
- Sat May 04, 2019 6:30 am
- Forum: Technical - non Engines and Boilers
- Topic: How to Install Brass Trim Between Hull and Deck??
- Replies: 8
- Views: 8388
How to Install Brass Trim Between Hull and Deck??
I have a 20 year old 23' Elliott Bay Hull and want to dress it up with brass trim where the hull joins the deck. I guess it might even be called a rub rail since that location is the outermost profile of the hull. It appears that the best option might be half round oval brass that comes in coils. If...
- Thu Jun 14, 2018 2:50 am
- Forum: Rally Reports
- Topic: Antique Boat Museum Meet in Clayton, NY - What happened??
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6414
Antique Boat Museum Meet in Clayton, NY - What happened??
Went last year around this time and had fun. Have seen nothing about it this year. What happened?
- Tue Jun 05, 2018 1:31 am
- Forum: Technical - Engines and Boilers
- Topic: I HATE Hand Hole Covers
- Replies: 16
- Views: 12727
Re: I HATE Hand Hole Covers
It's a matter of what quality of water is used when steaming, whether the boiler is left with water in or emptied over winter and how many hours steaming the boiler does- it has nothing at all to do with personal opinion on whether it's a pain or not- having a blow-out on an inspection hatch can an...
- Sun Jun 03, 2018 2:23 am
- Forum: Technical - Engines and Boilers
- Topic: I HATE Hand Hole Covers
- Replies: 16
- Views: 12727
Re: I HATE Hand Hole Covers
To each his own, but I would not be removing the handholes covers annually. No need to do that, unless your state requires them removed annually for re-certification. And I would not remove and replace them in a confined motion restricted access area where their alignment with gasket and mating sur...
- Fri Jun 01, 2018 9:49 pm
- Forum: Technical - Engines and Boilers
- Topic: I HATE Hand Hole Covers
- Replies: 16
- Views: 12727
I HATE Hand Hole Covers
Arghhh! Need to vent. Benson Mountain boiler on a Beckman hull. To winterize, I open up the bottom hole covers to completely dry out the bottom of the boiler. That's easy. Just loosen the nut an fiddle with the cover a little to get it out. Then,,, the covers have to go back in the spring. THAT IS H...