hello new member from australia

[ian62]

Hi all
 i have been interested in paddle boats for a while but haven't built anything
as yet, after joining this site i have got myself into gear and i am going to start  building the EPPLETON HALL any advice welcome.

       cheers  Ian

[Roderick Smith]

Build it in very large scale if you plan to cruise it at Darwin: crocodiles eat anything small.

Where in Australia are you based, and what will be your likely waterway?

Regards,
Roderick B Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor

[Dinosaursoupman]

Hello Ian,

Welcome to Paddleducks. I received your PM but it was too close to my bedtime so I was unable to reply. I'm assuming you have the plans that are available here; http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=hhsheet&fileName=ca/ca1500/ca1508/sheet/browse.db&action=browse&recNum=0&title2=Steam%20Tug%20EPPLETON%20HALL,%20Hyde%20Street%20Pier,%20San%20Francisco,%20San%20Francisco%20County,%20CA&displayType=1&maxCols=2&itemLink=r?ammem/hh:@FIELD(DOCID+@BAND(@lit(CA1508))) ..? Since she is still afloat and on display as part of the San Francisco Maritime Museum, I often do a search on photo sites like Flickr to see what photos people have recently downloaded of her. At one time I gave consideration to building her but other projects have caught my fancy instead.

Once again, welcome

Randy

[Roderick Smith]

Going to the search function on the archive brings up 32 messages about PS Eppleton Hall.

My four photos, taken at San Francisco in 2010, are at www.paddleducks.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=5154.msg26497#msg26497

Regards,
Roderick B Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor