Christmas photo

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Christmas photo

Post by swedtug » Fri Dec 25, 2015 10:27 pm

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in fact, the picture is from last year, but no snow yet this year
Merry Christmas
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Re: Christmas photo

Post by wsmcycle » Sat Dec 26, 2015 8:40 pm

great pic!! Where is this scene?

On a crazy warm Christmas day, yesterday, i took my lil steamboat with the new boiler out on the Arkansas river. I usually burn large clumped coal but this past year on my big boat "Fearless", i have been burning bagged coal. My MO is to start up on charcoal and then switch to real coal. i had 80# when i threw on a load of of bag coal. Mistake!! The old grate in the Semple boiler was not made for the smaller coal and it fell through choking the air flow and all but killing the fire. i didn't want to start shoveling out the coal.... so after a two mile jaunt we were back at shore. every outing is a success when you are loaded up and headed home.
Merry Christmas memory!
LIGHT THE FIRE!!
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Re: Christmas photo

Post by PeteThePen1 » Sun Dec 27, 2015 11:15 am

Well done Johan

A nice seasonal picture for the holidays.

Have you somehow managed to drive your boats up onto the lawn or is there a sort of inlet in which they are moored?

Regards


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Re: Christmas photo

Post by swedtug » Sun Dec 27, 2015 7:47 pm

Hi, scene is in the archipelago in the Baltic Sea, Sweden. and the boat is frozen in the ice with boat Houses in the background.
practical with icebreaker reinforced hull in Winter.
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Re: Christmas photo

Post by wsmcycle » Wed Jan 06, 2016 8:29 pm

Awesome!! waiting! poised! Free me Spring!!
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