Guys,
I thought long and hard on the subject.
This boat is my "test bed" for engines.
The D10 is my second in this hull.
The next engine is a Stuart Compound Twin.
The current engine really is too tight to fit in the pump
without quite a bit of rework on mounting, having to move the boiler
and reorganize the universal joint to get an extra 1/4 to 1/2 inch.
So by making the pump electrical, I can
swap engines in and out by just re-working
Steam and Exhaust, along with servo linkage.
So the pump is going to stay with the Boiler,
and the Hull.
I am going to have to put away the hulls for a bit.
We just got 210 boxes of Kitchen from Ikea.
And my wife expects my time to be spent helping
the carpenter rebuilding ours.
Take care,
Keep the keels in a downward position,
Jim