@par. pardon my ignorance on how outriggers work, but i presumed that they prevented rolling TOWARDS the outrigger because the ship is rigidly...
@rob. maybe it would be more economical to seal off that cavity (between cabin interior and outer hull) with the same structural steel as the rest...
@rob. actually, positive buoyancy was something i was trying to figure in to making a steel barge more seaworthy. by designing in bulk-heads that...
@rob. oh, good lord no - to the planing speed. i'm wholly unfamiliar with the differences of advantages between hull designs, beyond "anything is...
@blackdaisies. i would imagine a slight-V would be more sea-worthy than a completely flat bottom. i'll look into these proa's of yours :)
@marsh. do you think you could re-use waste heat from the boiler and steam engine to pre-heat the incoming water? surely a purpose designed boiler...
what about steam engines? it was suggested earlier in the thread, the possibility of burning h1/o2 directly in an IC engine, along with an...
@2farnorth. rob did a great job of summing up the seemingly complicated process that we've all been jabbering on about. i'd like to ad a bit more...
@rick. from my experience you're partially right about avoiding brand names. it's true than the majority of parts are made in china, but there are...
@rick, is the "earth leak system" you're referring to also called a GFCI or AFCI? i think that's what we call the same animal here in the states,...
greetings! i've been keenly reading up on converted barges. particularly newly built ones done in a somewhat traditional style, the type of...
slip hazard? c'mon, safety is over-rated! [IMG]
@rick, bah! those look perfectly clean! :D i usually only noticed a leak when i started leaving trails on the ground i was leveling. the...
@rick. i mentioned more options to where you mount the main engine, because you would not need a linear connection between it and the drive shaft...
