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Bob La Londe[_7_]

On 10/26/2018 8:54 PM, wrote:
On Friday, March 11, 2016 at 9:26:26 AM UTC-7, wrote:
If you could plumb steam to the engine you might be able to do
this, but
there's likely no way to put reasomable power in an outboard engine
with
the boiler requirements.

There have been a number of successful designs that have
accomplished this goal. You won't get 150hp out of it, but certainly
enough power to move a small skiff at a decent speed- 8hp or so.
Traditional boiler designs are too heavy, but the Serpollet monotube
works quite well. Check out Wally Mounster and Terry William's designs.

You are exactly right, Chas. Thanks for mentioning my steam outboard.
I ran it for a number of years beginning in 1989, and accumulated over
1500 hours on it. It now sits on my patio in need of a little TLC

Terry Williams

I seem to recall a steam jet outboard marketed in Europe (or atleast
promoted) a dozen or so years ago.