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by cyberbadger
Sat Nov 09, 2013 3:40 am
Forum: Welcome
Topic: A new Ohioan Steamer
Replies: 8
Views: 9620

Re: A new Ohioan Steamer

Many centerboard sailboat hulls can be easily converted to steam, cut the centerboard well out, fiberglass in a stern tube, and you have a reasonable hull for a typically low price. Some of them have a traditional plumb stem (or nearly so), and work well at displacement type speeds. Sailboats with ...
by cyberbadger
Sat Nov 09, 2013 12:11 am
Forum: Welcome
Topic: A new Ohioan Steamer
Replies: 8
Views: 9620

A new Ohioan Steamer

Hi, I have always been interested in steam, but never really did much until a year and a half ago when I bought a small non code vertical firetube (VFT) boiler. I was more or less alone in the woods at the start, learning the ropes running my boiler in the driveway experimenting/learning different a...