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- Sun Nov 06, 2022 4:53 am
- Forum: Technical - Engines and Boilers
- Topic: How to Prepare Steamboat for Heated Winter Storage
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5209
Re: How to Prepare Steamboat for Heated Winter Storage
Even in California we have places that lose power in the depths of winter and see temps in the -20°F (yes farenheight... That's like -10,000°C or so, right?). We plumbed our boats with draining in mind and put drain valves in the low spots where possible. Draining the entire system is a year-end rig...
- Sun Nov 06, 2022 4:43 am
- Forum: Technical - Engines and Boilers
- Topic: Mono-tube boiler website
- Replies: 31
- Views: 23791
Re: Mono-tube boiler website
Isn't the biggest draw of a monotube boiler the fact that conventionally it contains only a small amount of superheated water at any particular moment, and so the damage due to a rupture is less likely to be catastrophic? Would a water level/steam separator drum remove that advantage? There is that...
- Tue Oct 25, 2022 3:32 am
- Forum: Rally Reports
- Topic: Video of 2022 Lee's Mills Steamboat Meet
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5626
Re: Video of 2022 Lee's Mills Steamboat Meet
Thank you for the link Kelly. Greatly appreciated! Someday I'll have the seniority at work to be able to request that week for vacation :/
- Tue Oct 25, 2022 3:31 am
- Forum: Technical - Engines and Boilers
- Topic: Steam engine from the North Caucasus
- Replies: 173
- Views: 3740929
Re: Steam engine from the North Caucasus
Ingvar, Congratulations on your great progress! I would think that the volume of the HP cylinder would be adequate for the receiver pipe, especially since you have a bit more volume in the LP valve chest as well. A long as there's adequate volume for the LP to get filled and not starved every time t...
- Mon Oct 24, 2022 5:17 pm
- Forum: Welcome
- Topic: New member.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3706
Re: New member.
Welcome to the forum. What kind of trouble have you gotten into thus far with your crisis?
- Mon Sep 05, 2022 12:19 am
- Forum: Rally Reports
- Topic: The Great California Delta Steamboat Meet
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3195
Re: The Great California Delta Steamboat Meet
Another shot
- Mon Sep 05, 2022 12:18 am
- Forum: Rally Reports
- Topic: The Great California Delta Steamboat Meet
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3195
The Great California Delta Steamboat Meet
It's that time of year again! The 47th annual Great Delta Steamboat Meet will be held at the traditional venue September 22nd-26th. (Not 48th because of 2020 being cancelled due to COVID) Saturday includes a picnic run to Terminus, swap meet at the host marina upon return from the picnic, and a potl...
- Sun Aug 28, 2022 5:02 am
- Forum: General Steamboat stuff
- Topic: Not Something You See Every Day
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5077
Re: Not Something You See Every Day
That's great! I tried doing that with my launch with a buddy on a short surfboard... My boat would get him up, but then he'd sink down and just get dragged. The monotube had the initial oomf to do it, but not the capacity to sustain it while the burner caught up. Downside of mechanical automatic con...
- Tue Aug 23, 2022 11:43 pm
- Forum: Welcome
- Topic: Goodbye to Mike Rometer
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4545
Re: Goodbye to Mike Rometer
Hi Pete,
It really is a shame to lose someone like him, for his family, friends, and the community as a whole. He, and his posts, will be missed.
I hope his work will inspire someone else someday and his unfinished works will be completed in a manor that honours his wishes and his memory.
It really is a shame to lose someone like him, for his family, friends, and the community as a whole. He, and his posts, will be missed.
I hope his work will inspire someone else someday and his unfinished works will be completed in a manor that honours his wishes and his memory.
- Wed Aug 10, 2022 5:03 am
- Forum: General Steamboat stuff
- Topic: Lake Tahoe Steam Launch
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3558
Re: Lake Tahoe Steam Launch
Hi Mike,
That looks like it was taken in Tahoe city. Engine looks like maybe a navy B or G judging by the LP valve chest cover...
Unfortunately many of the folks up here that may have known that launch have passed relatively recently. I'll give a try at asking around.
That looks like it was taken in Tahoe city. Engine looks like maybe a navy B or G judging by the LP valve chest cover...
Unfortunately many of the folks up here that may have known that launch have passed relatively recently. I'll give a try at asking around.