The Steamboating Forum

I haven't approached it with tools as yet but i have hopes that the heating element is removable.

As to having loose electrons running about the boat, I'm in the process of acquiring a Stuart Sirius 1" x 1" twin to be rigged out with a very small alternator. Thought being that something better than ...

Walked into a swap meet and there it was. For $20USD.

Now the rest of the boat (and me!) will look sooo shoddy.

As an educational and reasonable practice, I recommend reading the safety and hydro testing parts of this organization's web site. To attend any society event a boat operator must have the boiler tested under the eyes of a designated club safety officer.
Club site: https://www.northweststeamsociety ...

I've had much the same experience as Bart. Most small steam power plants would benefit much more from more insulation than adding complications.

Mike

What do you mean by a "closed cockpit"? I feel certain that you don't mean with a plexiglass bubble over your head (grin).

In my 24' launch the equipment arrangement from front to rear is:
Boiler
Feedwater pump
Engine
Steering pedestal

The pedestal is a 2" square tube mounted at an angle such ...

As a measure of how much attention I've been paying, it just dawned on me that the boat in question is non-condensing. Something that I seldom encounter since the vast majority of my steaming is in salt water. Mea Culpa.

A word to the wise about Oilsorb pads/sheets. I recently had a problem with ...

We now have five steam boats on an island with a little over 3000 year round residents. 3156 people as of the 2020 census. Steam boats were not on the census questionaire! Unfair!

Mike

I agree with Bart on this one. Keep it simple. After all, how many times a day or even week does one need to blow down. I'm assuming that your system is condensing. I choose not to put lake or stream water in my rather expensive system!

I use common 3/4 turn 1/2" water valves just about everywhere ...

My take would be to just use an ordinary bronze through hull and not worry about the temperature. By the time the steam and spray get to the hull, the temps (and pressure) will have dropped enormously. Also, fiberglass can take a lot of heat.

I'm assuming that the blow down valve is at the boiler ...

Thanks to all for your advice and help.

As too the problems I was having with the search engine, Simon has most graciously changed the search engine parameters such that it will accept pretty much anything!

As to the hot well subject, I find that the various methods seem to converge. And for no ...