The Steamboating Forum

John, That's good advice. If I would wait until all the details are nailed down I'd never get started. I hope to start a hull in the fall. I'm starting a 17' clinker Whitehall now, and have done a couple kayaks, a canoe and a 14' clinker wherry. I would like to build a launch in the 24-26 foot range...

He might not know what everyone over here in the states has been paying recently.

What would I realistically have to pay for a 12-15 hp engine? I've seen the prices in the $12,000 range on a few websites, but wonder if the actual prices might be lower. A machinist friend (he's built airplanes from scratch, made engine parts for 100 year old aviation engines) would be able to rebu...

The long distance trips would be more of a challenge or endurance type event and not the normal outing. A normal outing would be a few hours and possibly 10 - 15 miles total. The long distance trips are the reason I would like at least a 25 foot boat. I would eventually like to do the entire length ...

Thanks for the reply, Mike. Hopefully 5.5 to 6 mph would be doable as a cruise speed with 7 as top speed. I'm assuming a compound would get more "miles per ton" of firewood. For the long multi-day trips I would like to do, I would be pre-stocking firewood or coal every 50 or 60 miles, so o...

Hello, I am hoping to find an engine and boiler and start a steam launch in the next couple of years. Inspired by "The African Queen", the perfect "Effie Mae" would be a little shorter at 26 feet, cedar stripped with fiberglass inside and out instead of steel, Honduran mahogany t...