The pump I used was from Procon pumps, they have lots of different models with different capacities, all the details are on their website. A word of warning- they are rotary vane pumps so should only be driven in one direction, which was fine for me as my engine was non reversing. If you were to put...

Hi, I used one of these pumps on my monotube boiler setup:
[Youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=po9Pcqp2z3M[/Youtube]

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A the start of June the SBA held a competition where members had to build a steam powered outboard motor. At the event these were attached to the back of a boat and took steam from the boat's boiler via a flexible hose. The competition took the form of a time trial but the main aim for most competit...

Quinten, I know of one steamboat with a ducted propeller, it is called Juno (details in the SBA register here : http://www.steamboatassociation.org.uk/Default.aspx?pageId=1117882 ) I seem to remember the owner saying that he didn't think it was any more efficient in practice but that it was very goo...

Mack, There is a brief report of the Rally here. A short clip of the whistle in use can be found at the end of this other video (from 4mins 42 secs): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVvrdF2XO-I We always warm the whistle before use by holding the valve just open so that a small flow of steam passes t...

Mike, Congratulations on the boat. British Waterways has been replaced by the Canal & River Trust. If you keep you don't keep your boat on their waterways (they don't look after all of the waterways in the UK) you can get a short term visitors licence (see: http://canalrivertrust.org.uk/boating/lice...