So for Father's Day

[Loco Vette]

Dad got to go for a ride on his boat.

[Craig]

Steam boiler?

[VITE1]

That's awesome!!

[Loco Vette]

Steam boiler?

Yep. Wood fired.

[04 commemorative]

Awesome

[Vette40th]

Renewable Energy.. Nice

[snide]

@wezzie is jelly

[MikeB]

That is a whole lot of Awesomeness.

[JRD77VET]

Way too cool , thanks for a few pictures :cert:

[Craig]

Yep. Wood fired.

That is…holy sh.t cool…:cert:

[Chuck A]

very nice, indeed

[theandies]

Did you go balls out?

[Loco Vette]

Did you go balls out?

Yeah. 5 mph.

[69camfrk]

Straight out of "African Queen"...Cool stuff man!:seasix:

[Craig]

How long does it take to go from ‘cold iron’ to underway?

[Bill]

Straight out of "African Queen"...Cool stuff man!:seasix:

First thing I thought of, too. The African Queen wasn't quite as aesthetically pleasing, however.

https://i.pinimg.com/474x/bd/e1/e4/bde1e4a56f0d5dcf27fecb74477a91f3--the-african-queen-key-largo.jpg

[mrvette]

First thing I thought of, too. The African Queen wasn't quite as aesthetically pleasing, however.

https://i.pinimg.com/474x/bd/e1/e4/bde1e4a56f0d5dcf27fecb74477a91f3--the-african-queen-key-largo.jpg

YEH it IS, THAT's watt is known as a WORK boat, not some summer tyme lazy cruiser......with a booze cabinet, fridge, and lounge chairs......:lol:

[Onebadcad]

Too cool!!

[Loco Vette]

How long does it take to go from ‘cold iron’ to underway?

Casey (today's captain) said about 90 min.

[Bill]

YEH it IS, THAT's watt is known as a WORK boat, not some summer tyme lazy cruiser......with a booze cabinet, fridge, and lounge chairs......:lol:

As I recall from the movie, Bogie always had plenty of booze around, so yeah, it probably DID have a liquor cabinet of sorts.

[TheHammer]

:seasix: