[Public-list] Re: steam

[Gordon White]

As an ex-wiper on a Socony T-2 driven by steam - a Scotch boiler 
powering  a turbine that produced electricity that drove the propellor, 
I can say that steam is probably a little complex and bulky for an 
Alberg.  I know there were steam cars, like the Stanley and the Doble, 
so maybe one could be put in a 30 foot boat. Maybe check a Stanley 
engine for starters. On the tanker we  re-used the fresh water, with a 
condenser cooled by sea water. There was a de-aerator to take the air 
out of the feed water and other complexities.

- Gordon White