The cabin fever will be comming this feb in Orange, NJ. This is a small meet with some vendors and lots of info.I will post the date soon. It attracts people...
Cabin fever brakeout will be feb 9 in west orange, NJ. off of south orange ave. Starts at 8-9 am will run until all goes home.If you need directions replay to...
Hi Guys Just found the site so I joined up. I have extremely limited funds but I want to build a boat and having had a love affair with the P.S. Waverley since...
Jim, Looks like a big project. Lets try to adderss your questions. You need 1 Hp for every 1000lbs of boat disp. This means you need approx. 30hp, the boiler...
Isn't 1hp/1000# a conservative number? I have read that 1.2HP/ton as a reasonable number to use if a reasonably efficient hull and screw were used. With...
Thanks guys. I tend to agree with your comments and I intend to start with a Mississippi style sternwheller at 22 feet but this is actually harder to design as...
Just came back from holland and belgie. Went to a steam and wind power bakers mill that is used by the local baker to run his bakery. The complete operation is...
We'd love to have a fleet of steamboats at the Messabout. I know that several lurk on the Rideau canal and hope they'll hear of the event through this eGroup. ...
Been working on the steam boiler housing this fall. Built a dog house looking frame assy. out of alum. , That was welded then used S.Steel on the inside and...
Hi to everyone, I am about to start building a stean launch and wonder the size required for a boiler and engine size for a given hull size, does anyone know? ...
Hi John, The first thing you have to decide what size boat you want, most guys select from 16' to 26'. That means that you will need a propulsion system that...
Just got back from a trip to belgiun, stopped at the bakers mill in Esson, Belgiun. The owner has steam every thing. The collection is so large it takes up two...
HI jake, well the pics of the steam equiptment in Belgium looks great, glad you had a good trip.... not much happening here, busy with many other projecte,...
August 14th and 15th of 2004 will be the first ever 2 day event at Lake Nockamixon in Bucks County Pennsylvania, it is also the ten year anniversary for...
Hi to all, Please does anyone have drawings for the S.T. Swan engine which is the 5A times two, I have seen an artical in Engineering in Minature by John...
Hey there steamboaters, need your help in relocating my ol'steamboat. She is a Edwin A. Link designed fantail steamlaunch ('30) w/ a 1910, 12hp, 2 cylinder...
Hey Mack- ... owner somewhere in ... You're in luck. I just checked the Steamboaters Handbooks 1997, 1998 and 2000. Doris Marie is/was then shown as being...
I am looking for a picture and/or any information regarding the D.M. Sechler. It was a packet boat that plied the Muskingum River circa 1864 - 1867, burning to...
Hi, I am newbie to the Steanboat research, I am tring to find out info on The steamer Charter Oak, Origanly Built as a 184 ton Schooner around early 1800's in...
Hey Steamboaters, trying to locate the current whereabouts of the only working side-wheel paddle steamer with a walking-beam engine: TULE PRINCESS. Last I...
Just purchased a 16' steamboat, and will be steaming it in salt water in NJ, in the sandy hook area this summer. It will be in the Red Bank July 4 for the...
http://steamboating.19.forumer.com I've made a new steamboating forum specifically to talk about steamboats, post pictures etc as I generally find forums to be...
The cabin fever will be comming this feb 10 in south Orange, NJ. This is a small meet with some vendors and lots of info. It attracts people from the tri-state...
