Re: [bolger] Lawn & Garden
You're still here to talk about it. None of us are going to get out of this
life alive.
Scariest to me are the commercial types who keep going to pay the bills
after their common sense says no-no.
In the BVI I rode a water taxi over to another island. The posted permit
said 15 people max. I made a show of counting the 30 or so aboard and the
captain was looking sour and shaking his head at me.
Roger
derbyrm@...
http://derbyrm.mystarband.net/default.htm
life alive.
Scariest to me are the commercial types who keep going to pay the bills
after their common sense says no-no.
In the BVI I rode a water taxi over to another island. The posted permit
said 15 people max. I made a show of counting the 30 or so aboard and the
captain was looking sour and shaking his head at me.
Roger
derbyrm@...
http://derbyrm.mystarband.net/default.htm
----- Original Message -----
From: "jerniganrichard" <RPJ3@...>
> Sorry to be nay-sayer - but I've built, sailed &
> lived aboard for years & inboard gas by amateurs
> is often a death sentence.
If the motor is out in the open in an open boat, or only covered by an
engine box that's open to the fresh air, you don't need a blower. Once you
stick an engine inside, or in a tight enclosure, you need to worry more
about ventilation. You've got to worry a lot about ventilation for an
enclosed air-cooled engine anyway, to keep it from overheating!
Gasoline is a dangerous fuel, but with a little care it can be used safely.
The vast majority of the small inboard motorboats in the US are gas powered
and you don't read about them blowing up right and left, even though, as we
all know, the average intelligence of motorboaters is much less than us
sailors. ;o)
engine box that's open to the fresh air, you don't need a blower. Once you
stick an engine inside, or in a tight enclosure, you need to worry more
about ventilation. You've got to worry a lot about ventilation for an
enclosed air-cooled engine anyway, to keep it from overheating!
Gasoline is a dangerous fuel, but with a little care it can be used safely.
The vast majority of the small inboard motorboats in the US are gas powered
and you don't read about them blowing up right and left, even though, as we
all know, the average intelligence of motorboaters is much less than us
sailors. ;o)
On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 19:52:39 -0000, Richard J wrote:
>
> Looks like some false economy here - for example: inboard gas
> REQUIRES expert ventilation & BLOWERS - which means electrics in
> explosive atmosphere & that is no job for amature design! Also -
> proposed bearing supports make no allowance for THRUST along prop
> shaft. Suggest naval architect look over plans for this & don't
> build / install without written plans. Sorry to be nay-sayer - but
> I've built, sailed & lived aboard for years & inboard gas by amature
> is often a death sentence.
--
John <jkohnen@...>
http://www.boat-links.com/
The trouble with the school of experience
is that the graduates are too old to go to work. <Henry Ford>
> proposed bearing supports make no allowance for THRUST along propNot at all. A thrust bearing would deal with that.
> shaft.
> I've built, sailed & lived aboard for years & inboard gas by amatureYes, 'correct' ventilation is required, and not to be taken lightly.
> is often a death sentence.
The Bolger cartoon I am looking at has the gasoline in a deck
box, plus the motor is above the watertight deck.
Looks like some false economy here - for example: inboard gas
REQUIRES expert ventilation & BLOWERS - which means electrics in
explosive atmosphere & that is no job for amature design! Also -
proposed bearing supports make no allowance for THRUST along prop
shaft. Suggest naval architect look over plans for this & don't
build / install without written plans. Sorry to be nay-sayer - but
I've built, sailed & lived aboard for years & inboard gas by amature
is often a death sentence.
REQUIRES expert ventilation & BLOWERS - which means electrics in
explosive atmosphere & that is no job for amature design! Also -
proposed bearing supports make no allowance for THRUST along prop
shaft. Suggest naval architect look over plans for this & don't
build / install without written plans. Sorry to be nay-sayer - but
I've built, sailed & lived aboard for years & inboard gas by amature
is often a death sentence.