"DSK" wrote in message

The original steam propulsion plant MUST be replaced. You have been
warned.

A great uncle used to own and skipper a steam-powered tug in NY Harbor back
in the Twenties and Thirties. According to him, steam was far more reliable
than any old "POS diesel" ("Ever had a steam engine quit on ya at a critical
time, kid?"), and the power output could be regulated over a far greater
range than any gas or diesel engine. We took him out on our first sailboat
when he was approaching 95 and fairly uncommunicative. The boat's Perkins
4-107 ran like a well-oiled sewing machine and was flawless that day, but
Uncle Guy, who'd remained silent all day, couldn't contain himself as we
came in to dock. "Wouldn't give you a pile of dog **** wrapped in brown
paper for that POS engine. You should repower with steam, kid."

Your comment reminded me of that occasion.

Max