Not Something You See Every Day

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Not Something You See Every Day

Post by Kelly Anderson » Thu Aug 25, 2022 9:27 pm

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I was minding my own business steaming along the other day, when I came upon this scene, something that I had never seen before!


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The tow boat was Dan Baima's Stoked, still a work in progress in this shapely 25' hull.
It was not easy to convince Allnutt. All his shop training had given him a profound prejudice against inexact work, experimental work, hit-or-miss work.
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Re: Not Something You See Every Day

Post by RNoe » Thu Aug 25, 2022 9:51 pm

Well Why Not!! Good advertising for steam boats.

My S.L. Cluaran's hull is from Thistle sailboat plans. And Thistles have pulled water skiers under sail!
Yes, with those small water skis, not today's paddle boards. Planing along at 15+ knots is quite a rush!!
BTDT.

So... Why not!
And Dan's STOKED is gorgeous.
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Re: Not Something You See Every Day

Post by TahoeSteam » Sun Aug 28, 2022 5:02 am

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 control with no manual overide...

I believe there are photos of Otto or Mosquito towing legitimate water skiers on Lake Windermere. There was a launch out here named 'Arrow' that was essentially a 25' panatella hull with a 5' canoe stern on her, powered by a Beaumaris/Mills compound and a yarrow style watertube boiler. She too could pull water skiers, but was so lightly built that she suffered a lot of structural issues.

Kelly, any more information on the powerplant of 'Stoked'?
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Re: Not Something You See Every Day

Post by dampfspieler » Sun Aug 28, 2022 8:37 am

Kelly,

nice picture, what is Stocked's speed?

A few years ago we (Rainer Radow, his brother and I) were out and about with Rainer Radow's EMMA on the Berlin lakes. To keep the beer cool we hung the bottles on strings outboard. To my great surprise, however, they behaved like surfboards and came to the surface of the water. EMMA's speed was leisurely, so the behavior of the bottles was totally unexpected.

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Re: Not Something You See Every Day

Post by RNoe » Sun Aug 28, 2022 4:08 pm

Beer-Nature's way of saying Drink Me!
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Re: Not Something You See Every Day

Post by Kelly Anderson » Mon Aug 29, 2022 3:57 pm

TahoeSteam wrote:
Sun Aug 28, 2022 5:02 am
Kelly, any more information on the powerplant of 'Stoked'?
I’m a little vague on details about her plant. She has a VFT boiler, though I believe it is smaller than the usual 40 sq. ft. The engine is a single cylinder Semple engine IIRC.
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nice picture, what is Stocked's speed?
Nothing out of the ordinary, 6 to 6.5 MPH. She is towing a paddle board, which has enough buoyancy to float with a person standing on it, so Dan is cheating in that regard.
It was not easy to convince Allnutt. All his shop training had given him a profound prejudice against inexact work, experimental work, hit-or-miss work.
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Re: Not Something You See Every Day

Post by PeteThePen1 » Tue Aug 30, 2022 8:31 pm

Thanks for posting the pictures. It helps to remind us that steamboaters and not all serious folk worried about their slide vales.

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