Back to the paddle launch...

[Eddy Matthews]

As I've now ordered one of the engines John (bogstandard) is going to be building, I'm back on the search for a suitable OPEN paddle launch to build for it....

I've looked before but didn't come up with a lot, and those that I did find didn't really have the sort of style that I'd like

So do any of our newer members know of any paddle launches that may be suitable to base a model on? If I can't find something I like, it will be a case of designing my own...

Regards
Eddy

[Roderick Smith]

* There is a nice one in the flashby random photos in the opening page.
* Walter has already modelled PS Melissa (a mission launch in India)
www.paddleducks.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=2666.0
* Mini UK paddlers: www.paddleducks.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3521.0.  You would be able to visit, ride and measure up.
* EPV Gnatty: somewhere
* PV Lil' 'Sipp': www.paddleducks.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=2763.0
* SWPV Rusty: www.paddleducks.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=2510.0

Regards,
Roderick B Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor

[AlistairD]

Here's one in Switzerlnad, oriignally in the UK
http://www.liberty-belle.ch/dlb_eng/html/event_at_thun_2004.html

[Eddy Matthews]

My two favourites so far are Walter Snowdons Melissa, and the Swiss vessel Liberty Belle - But there are problems with both.... Melissa is a bit too beamy for my taste, and Liberty Belle is far too shallow in draught, it will never support the weight of the engine and boiler etc.

So at the moment I'm still looking at designing my own paddle launch..... Unless someone knows of something else that I have yet to see?

Though I have to say that this is a project that probably won't be started until the end of 2009 or even early 2010, so I still have plenty of time to keep looking around....

Eddy

[Roderick Smith]

I have several steam launch photos, but not paddle ones.
I enclose a photo SL Puke.  IIRC, it was once the harbourmaster's launch, in Auckland (NZ).  It is now part of the NZ National Maritime Museum, in Auckland.  Hence, plans may be available, and probably photos and tech specs too.  AFAIK, it is still steamed regularly.  As with Sean's Grebe (and a UK passenger ferry, discussed recently), conversion to paddle would be easy.
Pronunciation: AFAIK pook-ee (rhymes with book)

See:
* http://travelmax.us.travelcuts.com/sisp/index.htm?fx=event&event_id=147484
* www.whatsonwhen.com/sisp/index.htm?fx=event&event_id=147484
* www.ixeo.com/Events/NewZealand_NZNationalMaritimeMuseum_NZNationalMaritimeMuseum/LG-EN/Content.aspx
* www.nzmaritimeindex.org.nz/izpub.php?sourceid=8005007&hit=19&db=&dm=&ds=Y&dh=&sd=Y&tot=315&type=Serial
* www.lastminute.com/site/find/World/Australasia/New-Zealand/North-Island/Auckland/WOW-Attraction-147484.html
* www.nzmaritime.org (search the tabs, there is a movie with Puke in action).

One of the better episodes of Flintstones concerned the falling out of friends when Fred and Barney won a launch in a raffle.  One wanted to call it 'Nautical Lady'; the other wanted 'Sea Queen'.  They compromised, and called it 'Nausea'.

Regards,
Roderick B Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor

[kno3]

Puke... 
Why on earth would they name the boat Puke???

[Roderick Smith]

The word 'Puke' is Maori. There is a major town Te Puke.

One syllable which I do recognise is 'ara' pathway.
A series of New Zealand Railways roro Cook Strait ferries from the 1960s used this phrase:
Aramoana     1962-83 (path across the water)
Aranui
Arahanga     1972-2001
Aratika        1974-99
Arahura        1983- (pathway to dawn)
Aratere        1999- (quick path)
See www.nzmaritime.co.nz/railferries.htm
and www.simplonpc.co.uk/Interislander.html

A lot of place names in NZ sound very similar, because the Maori alpabet does not have 26 letters (AFAIK only 16), and the phrases will be standards meaning 'hill', 'big', 'river' etc.

Regards,
Roderick B Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor

[Walter Snowdon]

 I have checked my tranlater and it comes up with the following translation from the Maori.

 PUKE - ship, short for kapuke
 PUKE - hill, mound, pubes (of a woman.
PUKE - TUTU  Weeks Island.

 so there you go, take your pick. ( I know whick I prefer). Regards, walter.

[Bierjunge]

As I've now ordered one of the engines John (bogstandard) is going to be building, I'm back on the search for a suitable OPEN paddle launch to build for it....

If you go to the amazing Pusey and Jones Photograph Collection mentioned by Randy (thank you!)in http://www.paddleducks.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3386.30 :

http://digital.hagley.org/cdm4/index_p268001coll9.php?CISOROOT=/p268001coll9

and search for Tambo, you will find the picture of a bizarre little paddle launch built for Peru.

[scotfriend]

Hi Eddy,

try this, www.dampfboote.de , then open "Bootsregister" scroll down and have a look at the Waldstätter this is a new build paddlesteamboat.

Regards Hans

[Eddy Matthews]

I must be missing something Hans, but I don't see "bootsregister" anywhere on the link you gave....

Regards
Eddy

[Eddy Matthews]

I found it after entering "Waldstätter" into Google Hans..... That looks like it may have possibilities. How far is the vessel from you? Any chance of tracking it down and getting a load of photos?

Regards
Eddy

[scotfriend]

Hi Eddy good to hear you have found it,

a friend of mine knows the owner of the "Waldstätter" so i can try to contact him and shot some photos (2 or 3) for you, the bad thing is the distance to where the boat is 35 miles

I tell you if i know more, regards Hans

[Eddy Matthews]

That's fantastic Hans, thanks! 

Eddy

[Eddy Matthews]

I was wondering if any of the early paddle ferries had a totally open engineroom? Hjejlen, one of the "Castle" boats, Berry Castle, Kingswear Castle etc etc...

Does anyone know of a small paddle ferry with an open engineroom?

Regards
Eddy