Small steam tug

[PeteThePen1]

Hi

Great to see your progress. For the rudder, why not mount a pair of them on the transom either side of the drive shaft? In my head siling dinghy technology would be fine. Just a couple of 'pins' screwed to the transom for each rudder and then the rudders themselves can just lift off for towing etc. Taking the dinghy tecnology further and having a rudder blade held down by 'elastic' could be useful in shallow waters.

Sorry to hear that you still have frost over night. Here in Cymru we have had a long run of dry, sunny days and warmish nights. Yesterday reached 20C during the day with today forecast to be higher. Watering one's garden plants in March is not what I would have expected to do. Must be that phenomenon that the US President does not believe in.

Looking forward to the next installment.

Regards

Pete