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Large Paddler Builds => General discussion (Large) => Topic started by: Walter Snowdon on November 25, 2006, 08:06:47 AM

Title: SMALL SWISS PADDLE STEAMER
Post by: Walter Snowdon on November 25, 2006, 08:06:47 AM

fOR OUR FRIENDS INTERESTED IN BUILDING SMALL PADDLERS, AN INTERESTING WEB SITE WITH A LOT OF VIDEO FOOTAGE OF A NICE LITTLE STEAMER IN OPERATION.
WWW.LIBERTY-BELLE.CH/   should get you there. part of the site can be got in English.   All the best, walter.

Title: SMALL SWISS PADDLE STEAMER
Post by: thewharfonline on November 25, 2006, 09:50:35 AM

Very nice boat there...I've viewed the page many a time. The Swiss boats look so fancy!

Also note the lower sponson decks guys!

Title: SMALL SWISS PADDLE STEAMER
Post by: paddlesteamerman1 on November 25, 2006, 10:09:28 AM

Wow.. The Swiss boats are so decorative and fancy..
One of the pictures made it look a lot bigger though, for a 24' long boat!!

The lower sponson decks dont look too bad do they?? But I doubt that they would be practical on the hull of SJ, unfortunately because that just means bigger paddle wheels and housing and what not...

Good site, recommend it for any one interested in the small paddlers, although I couldnt view the movies because it kept coming up as not finding the page, another time maybe...

Also with the lower sponson decks, would they put the boat off balance more so than just having paddle wheel housing without sponsons at deck height??

Title: SMALL SWISS PADDLE STEAMER
Post by: Channel on January 04, 2007, 04:02:12 AM

Glyn Lancaster Jones - the designer of this boat has a lovely set of plans for a 'Devonia' lookalike.

Will see if I can get a picture to post on here.

Chris