Posted by Jock on November 23, 2006 at 16:28:47 from 87.105.81.146 user Jock.
In Reply to: Beckfoot launch posted by Laurence Monkhouse on November 23, 2006 at 13:13:47:
I would have thought by far the most likely option would have
been a motor car petrol (gasoline) engine adapted for marine use.
Motor car engines are designed to run much faster than their marine
counterparts and although a step down gear train is certainly possible
I supect that such an engine would go "brrrrr" rather than "chug chug".
I think it much more likely that the Beckfoot launch had something likethis. I subscribe to the view the original model of the Beckfoot launch was
Daffodil once steam driven, but later converted to petrol.