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Posted by pantagruel on February 23, 2007, 5:19 am
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> On 22 Feb 2007 01:07:58 -0800, "pantagruel"
>
> >I'm considering buying an old decomissioned military patrol boat (I
> >have some other possibilities too), anyway it is a fixer upper. I
> >would have to replace the engine. If I replace the engine I want to
> >have an alternate energy solution. I am a pretty competent diy and can
> >pull on a big network of people for fixing this up, including some
> >engineers (but don't want to do so yet until I finalize decision)
>
> >What I would really like is some steam based solution, but it seems
> >that steam nowadays is all about toys.
>
> Why steam? Why not a generator?
> Steam nowadays are all about toys and boats. There are a lot of modern
> steamships that use cheap bunkers oil instead of diesel.
>
> >Unfortunately the boat would not be efficiently convertible to being a
> >motor/sail boat.
>
> If this means that it is not going to have a motor to propell it, I
> would sugest a landline. And use the extra space for living space. If
> a landline is hard/impossible/too expensive to get, I would go for a
> generator, possibly supllied with wind/solar and even batteries.
>
> --
> SEE YA !!!
> Trygve Lillefosse
> AKA - Malawi, The Fisher King
I think you're probably right that a generator is the best solution.
There is however something seductive about the idea of a steam engine
in the modern era.
No what I meant by motor/sail boat was that I didn't consider it worth
making into a motorsejler (from your name I take it you are
scandinavian if not danish and know the term), meaning (for me anyway)
a boat that could be propelled either directly by wind power or a
motor.
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