Maltelec, send him warm greetings from maggy and roger egli, he build the engine for cherry, my father's boat... is shamrock up and running again? Thanks, Roger
@MrZhefish Shamrock is most certainly running again. I didn't go on it this week but I have plenty of pictures of it on thesteamboatingforum (dot) net under the Rally Reports section of the forum.
at the end of the clip, you see a 1A engineer, a roger mallison, he's engines are just ART... well wehn i think about it, it could also be his brother :) they are lookalikes! :) Greetings from Switzerland
@Fireheart528 The coal we were burning that day is very close to anthracite but not quite there. Fortunately the firebox is massive, so we can burn poorer coal while still getting the power required.
Great video, and lovely steamer! Just one question though; it always seems as if in a lot of outings that your wife is always in some sort of American patriotic garb. Why is that, just out of curiosity?
Does your system have a condencer, or does it draw water directly from the lake? If so, you coule put a purrification system on it, and take it to the ocean on a calm day(no wind).
This launch is a puffer so it draws all the water from the sea (lake). There isn't really enough room for a condensor with the side of the plant it has in.
Maltelec, send him warm greetings from maggy and roger egli, he build the engine for cherry, my father's boat... is shamrock up and running again? Thanks, Roger
MrZhefish 6 months ago
@MrZhefish Shamrock is most certainly running again. I didn't go on it this week but I have plenty of pictures of it on thesteamboatingforum (dot) net under the Rally Reports section of the forum.
maltelec 6 months ago
at the end of the clip, you see a 1A engineer, a roger mallison, he's engines are just ART... well wehn i think about it, it could also be his brother :) they are lookalikes! :) Greetings from Switzerland
MrZhefish 6 months ago
@MrZhefish That is Roger. I was chatting to him yesterday.
maltelec 6 months ago
thats a big ass triple or quad! nice1
porpoisefathom 10 months ago
@porpoisefathom I think you'll find it a compound.
maltelec 10 months ago
this one at full speed is just amazing. you're using anthracite coal, right? i might just build one of those myself.
Fireheart528 1 year ago
@Fireheart528 The coal we were burning that day is very close to anthracite but not quite there. Fortunately the firebox is massive, so we can burn poorer coal while still getting the power required.
maltelec 1 year ago
What a great ride.
rayunseitig 1 year ago
19 knots (35 km/h) on steam - looks fantastic!!! How have you reached it?
Motaro76 1 year ago
@Motaro76 Its quite easy really. Big engine, long boat and plenty of coal!
The engine is about 100HP at 450 rpm, which is flat out.
maltelec 1 year ago
Great video, and lovely steamer! Just one question though; it always seems as if in a lot of outings that your wife is always in some sort of American patriotic garb. Why is that, just out of curiosity?
OlympicClassDandy 2 years ago
Well, you really don't want her on the ocean then.
All that salt will realy incrust your boiler's innards. BIG problem...
The lake's beautiful though. What lake is it?
theshipman 3 years ago
Its Windermere, the largest lake in England.
maltelec 3 years ago
Its beautiful...
theshipman 3 years ago
@theshipman you can run her in the ocean and brackish water if you have a water purification system attached to it. thats what i'd do.
Fireheart528 1 year ago
Does your system have a condencer, or does it draw water directly from the lake? If so, you coule put a purrification system on it, and take it to the ocean on a calm day(no wind).
theshipman 3 years ago
This launch is a puffer so it draws all the water from the sea (lake). There isn't really enough room for a condensor with the side of the plant it has in.
maltelec 3 years ago
Are there other lakes around that DON'T have the 10 mph limit? I would LOOOVE to see her at flank speed!!!!
theshipman 3 years ago
Unfortunetly not, all lakes now have speed limits. Also its a bit tricky to tow a 50 foot boat around the roads we have here
maltelec 3 years ago
Screw the 10 mile hour speed limit !!!
drummergirll 3 years ago