On Aug 21, 12:28*pm, Gene Kearns
wrote:
On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:04:14 -0700 (PDT), Frogwatch penned the
following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

|As a kid, I read everything Jules Verne ever wrote and initially,
|Capt. Nemo was my hero but then I read Mysterious Island where the
|engineer is dropped onto a deserted island with nothing at all and
|essentially manages to recreate all the comforts of civilization
|making everything from nitroglycerin to firearms from scratch.
|Unrealistic, but an interesting goal to be like him. *After reading
|all that and similar stuff (H.G. Wells, etc.) I was a fan of the
|Steampunk genre long before it had a name and have longed to build
|something useful that was Steampunk. *I do know somebody who built a
|steam launch here and named it "Wakulla Queen" and it loos so cool.
|So, if I ever got the time. I'd steampunk my Tolman Skiff. *Can you
|imagine the look of massive rivets and the Nautilus looking curved ram
|with metal teeth. *A smokestack (a disguised VHF antenna) and all the
|instruments with bronze covers. *What I have not decided is how to
|steampunk the Yamaha 90.
|of course, I'll never have time to do this but it is fun to think
|about, it would be soooooo cool.

If you have SyFy, you might get some ideas from Warehouse 13.

http://www.syfy.com/warehouse13/

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I get my inspiration from MacGyver.

i mean, anybody that can make good quality welds from a generator,
jumper cables and a couple of quarters has my vote.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UILxQY9TQ5w