The Steamboating Forum

jhuntley wrote: Thu Sep 04, 2025 8:24 pm Thank you Dan and Ken. I'm very pleased with how she turned out. Lots still to do, but she runs and is presentable, so that's a good start!

Welcome to steam boating. The list of "still need to do" changes but never gets shorter.

Nice work on a boat that runs as good as she looks (which is great).

Ken
S.L. Idris

Only two boats show up in the SBA register as having Leak engines. The search criteria is based on how the owners put the info into the database and naming isn't consistent, so there may be some more.

Try https://www.emilyanne.co.uk/pages/about.htm to start.

I'll contact my secret source in the ...

Oh no!!!!

Sorry this happened, especially after such a great weekend. Hopefully no more damage rears it's head once you get the boiler out. That's a lot of force.

Ken

Rivnuts are good but have a high profile (they stick out the back of the sheet pretty far). They are also easy to install using the setting tool. Our goto for low profile installations are Pem nuts https://www.pemnet.com/products/product-finder/cls-m4-2/ . I haven't installed any myself as we always ...

Maybe people out steaming? That's my excuse! I've been at the meet in Eagle River, WI. I can highly recommend it. Next year it is scheduled to run September 9-14.

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My grandparents had a place in Rheinlander when I was a kid. It's lovely country, especially in the fall ...

She's a beautiful launch. I can't wait to see more photos of her!

We've all been busy me thinks. South of the northwestern border there have been a few boat meets like the California Delta Meet, and others. I've been on a three+ week stint of all steam from working on a Liberty Ship, to the ...

It's been a bit quiet around here lately. I know I have been lurking for a while as I have been working on an acquisition which is now completed. Spent the last week making a round trip from Colorado to Vancouver Island to pick this beauty up. I'm very excited to finally have my own steamboat.

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S. Weaver wrote: Mon Feb 20, 2023 5:20 pm Ken,

Is this one of John King's designs? They are quite elegant.

It's derivative of John King's designs, built to ASME code as far as practical (but not a code boiler due to the aforementioned tube issue)

Ken

TahoeSteam wrote: Mon Feb 13, 2023 4:18 am Hi Ken. Any progress to report? Living vicariously through your build

Sadly, no progress to report. Have had a few irons in the fire that had an impact on the boiler design but fell through, so hopefully back to the build once the bathroom remodel is completed.

Ken