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by PeteThePen1
Sat Dec 12, 2015 10:25 pm
Forum: General Steamboat stuff
Topic: Who uses this forum and why?
Replies: 15
Views: 17124

Re: Who uses this forum and why?

Hi Daniel I use this site most often, not least to follow some of the amazing stories like 'Next Weekend' and the stuff that Rainer does. It is also a useful source of information, provided I can get the search term right! I also like to follow the 'stories' of various members who have become friend...
by PeteThePen1
Thu Nov 26, 2015 2:13 pm
Forum: Technical - Engines and Boilers
Topic: Boiler tube material choices?
Replies: 7
Views: 7300

Re: Boiler tube material choices?

Hi Just a thought from a paper pusher (not an engineer!) but it may be worth thinking about. The SBA will not allow copper in boilers where it is possible for the fire to impinge directly onto the tube, and as a rule of thumb limit maximum boiler pressure with copper tubes to 100 psi. I have also no...
by PeteThePen1
Tue Nov 24, 2015 8:53 pm
Forum: Technical - non Engines and Boilers
Topic: Building a small flat bottomed boat
Replies: 10
Views: 15402

Re: Building a small flat bottomed boat

Hi Just a thought from an old wrinkley. Do bear in mind that lifting a small boat onto the roof of a car is not trivial, even if you are young. You really need some assistance for safety, but will your good lady be willing/able to do that? By comparison a small trailer will allow you to have a somew...
by PeteThePen1
Tue Nov 24, 2015 8:36 pm
Forum: Technical - non Engines and Boilers
Topic: Towing weight - Frolic 18
Replies: 2
Views: 5873

Re: Towing weight - Frolic 18

Hi James Just spotted you post rather late. I have been looking for a new trailer for Frances Ann and that has been an interesting experience. FA is a 20ft Rose hull with a design displacement of 1200lbs. For most of the quotes I have had in, it seem as if the salesmen have run down their catalogue ...
by PeteThePen1
Tue Nov 24, 2015 7:17 pm
Forum: General Steamboat stuff
Topic: Mooring in UK canal marina
Replies: 15
Views: 16813

Re: Mooring in UK canal marina

Hi Chris I can sympathise with your thinking about a marina + trailer. I have a little experience of this problem with Frances Ann, not least beacause her US built trailer is 1ft wider than the maximum width of our garage. Basically I need a smaller trailer if the boat is to stay at home, but that i...
by PeteThePen1
Mon Sep 14, 2015 1:33 pm
Forum: Technical - Engines and Boilers
Topic: Well's balanced compound engine
Replies: 4
Views: 5080

Re: Well's balanced compound engine

Hi Just spotted your post so have done a bit of 'sleuthing' so to speak. The link Artemis provided is to the Old Steamboat Register. I checked the new version and that includes much the same data and does not look as if it was recently updated. Using my rights as an SBA member, I tried to match the ...
by PeteThePen1
Thu Sep 10, 2015 6:25 pm
Forum: Technical - non Engines and Boilers
Topic: K. N. Harris' Twin Launch Engine
Replies: 16
Views: 22110

Re: K. N. Harris' Twin Launch Engine

Hi For the SBA's Ask Sam, I think the question should go first to the Editor who I believe sifts questions if there are enough of them. Back in the days when I wore the Secretary Hat, that was the sort of question that would roll regularly across the desk. I then would scratch my head and bat it on ...
by PeteThePen1
Thu Sep 10, 2015 12:48 pm
Forum: Technical - non Engines and Boilers
Topic: K. N. Harris' Twin Launch Engine
Replies: 16
Views: 22110

Re: K. N. Harris' Twin Launch Engine

Hi Folks Just a thought for you. How about using the SBA's Ask Sam system? It might be that Sam recalls more of this than those of us using the websites. Peter Hollins of the SBA is another man with a long memory who might help, or possibly the former editor of Funnel, Brian Smith. Richard Havard is...
by PeteThePen1
Wed Aug 12, 2015 7:27 pm
Forum: Technical - Engines and Boilers
Topic: Water tube boiler & fire seperation
Replies: 7
Views: 7229

Re: Water tube boiler & fire seperation

Hi I imagine that this is way too late to be of interest, but one never knows. Bart raised some good points about coals against the mud drums, but one that is worth raising since nobody else has done so is the implications for safety with copper steam generating tubes. The SBA was very concerned tha...
by PeteThePen1
Tue Aug 11, 2015 9:49 pm
Forum: Technical - Engines and Boilers
Topic: UK boiler regulations
Replies: 24
Views: 23465

Re: UK boiler regulations

Hi Steve It sounds as if you need to get yourself a copy of the SBAS boiler design library, available to SBA Members. It lists a host of designs from weld free to some quite large and heavy boilers. The only down side is that there are no suggested casing designs for the water tube collection, so bu...