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Uploaded by on May 6, 2008

Three steam launches cruise on the River Avon.

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  • HP and revs are probably 2 HP @ 500rpm at best. The blue hulled boat does about 6 HP @ 450 rpm.

  • Both boats are privately owned and represent the ends of the range of trailable steam launches owned in the UK.There are slightly larger boats on Windermere.

  • Was that the Avon Valley Railways River bridge you went under?

    Great video by the way!

  • @Firrboxfryup Sorry, don't know which railway it was.

  • Absolutely beautiful!!

    I'm building a 30 foot launch and am looking for an engine like yours. Any suggestions? I plan on using her on lake Superior in Minnesota when the waves aren't so bloody high.

    Great job!

  • @butch356 - Just got to keep looking in the magazines and on e-bay. A lot of us here build our own from castings that are on sale from various foundries.

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  • Awsome, can I get one? :)

  • @MrFelt1000  I do to! :D

  • nife i love it!!!

    ;0

  • goes fast

  • Wonderful!!! My idea of a wonderful afternoon. Just having to mind the boiler, oiling, watching for other boats, and setting out for a picnic. away from the rat race.

  • And I who thought that steam power was a thing of the past - hell no way! Somebody clearly wanted me to think so though......hail the Kings and Queens of steam!!

  • @railrdr523 just another asshole on the web i guess...

  • engine hp and rpm please?

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