Purpose of the blog

The purpose of this blog is to present in image, a demonstration which it is unrolled of the May 25 to 28,2006 with Cappy in the Sum.
This demonstration organized by Appeva (P' tit train of the haute Somme) for its 35 ème birthday, to which Abv (French Steamboat Association) contributed which held moreover its annual general assembly there.
Many French and European associations took part in this demonstration, for the steamboats, the Sba, Steam Boat Association, was largely represented with 6 boats.

  

Thanks

Cappy, it is finished, finished the time of…
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Thanks with all those which gave each other difficulty so much so that this demonstration is a success and it was it!
In Appeva which accomodated us so well,
With our friends of Sba who accompanied us
To Bruno and all are which helped it to organize the displacement and the assembly of Abv
All those which did much road, with or without boat, to be there
In Eric and Laure, Michel and his wife, who nicely accomodated me on their board,
In Patrice who so courageously prété me the Enchanter, on which I passed my baptism of heating.
In Laurent who accompanied me in this crucial moment!

And of course with all the other which was it and that I had such an amount of pleasure to meet.

And still all my congratulations at the new office of Abv, and all my wishes of speedy recovery to Jean-Yves, our treasurer

Other importants periods of the WE

To lunch after the first navigation Friday
(French!)


Our English friends!


the table or is made the junction; -)


Dinner of Abv/Sba Friday





Authorities of Sba and that of Abv


Speeches
(Stuart)


(Bruno)


Handing-over of the gifts to all the owners of the boats present


Patrice, charmed of his magnum of Bordeaux


The lunch of Saturday in the buildings of Appeva
that a little hard summer! to 60 in a part without window, we were quite hot!


Fortunately that there were charming cantinières


And Patrice kept the moral one


And finally, the dinner of fence offered by Appeva, bringing together all the participants of the festival

P'tits trains

P' tits trains
P' tit train of the high Sum circulates on narrow gauge railways of 60cm broad, the engines are numerous and their characteristics largely detailed on the site of Appeva not being a specialist I will tell myself to show of them you the photographs, the engines of invited associations were many, Dutch, allemandes, English…



One would believe oneself in it, is not this step!



A superb machine


A pretty twin-cylinder


And its boiler


But it is not the whole, it is necessary to put in heating!


While others clean


Or briquent this superb English machine


The pressure goes up!


Soon ready



It left

The boats

Boats: they were 12, some of them, had a long way to come!
6 members of Sba and 6 of Abv, a great diversity of size and style.

I let to you admire them!

Presentations

Suilven the splendid , with Geoff, the large specialist boiler in Sba

This boat and its machine were built by Geoff, here are the principal characteristics:
Hull built in Strip planking 1992-93 in Bretby.
Drawn Walter Simmons in Fowey.
Longor HT: 25 ' 7 ", Longeur with the flotaison: 22 ' 6 ", Midship beam: 5 ' 6 ".


with couple: Phaeton, Haida, and Suilven


The Enchanter with Patrice, Hooligan with Jean-Paul, and Ondine with Eric


Ursula with Julian

Launch with cabin built in 2001 Julian and Bob Peg wood
Design Selway Fisher.
Model: Edwardian (modified)
Longor HT: 27 ', Length with the floating: 24 ' 3 ", midship beam: 6 ' 5 ",
Construction in Strip-planking.


Momad with Stuart


Lili with François with Isabelle


Ondine, with Laurent and Eric

Ondine with have small preoccupations with a heating with a coal not adapted, once this regulated problem, this splendid hull could show all its capacities of navigation.
Thank you still in Laure and Eric which accomodated me on their board with my large shoes!


Mélusine with Bruno, our new president, with Philippe on board


Nosca with Michel, our honorary president


Phaeton, Momad and Nosca


Hooligan, one of the boats of Jean-Paul


Momad and Bruin (exchange of secrecies?)



Machines:

Geoff and his machine on Suilven
Compound engine, 3 " + 5 " X 3 ".
Design: A.A. Leak.
installed en1999.

Boiler with fire-tube
Built in 1999 by Franklin & Beautiful in Gloucester.
Heat by coal, surfaces grid: 1.62 sqft.
Conceived parDavid Beale, 24 " dia X 24 " height.

Propeller three-bladed " 18 " X 26 ".


The machine twin-cylinder out of V of Phaeton with Peter
Machine out of V 2 ¼ " + 2 ¼ " X 2 ".
Built en1972-73 by Sam Wilkinson in Cookham.

Water-tube boiler.
construiteen 1995 by Bob Bossine in Hampton.
Heat at coal, heating surface: 14 sqft.

Propeller three-bladed, 16 " X 24 ".


A superb realization! on Haida

Compound engine, 2 ¼ " + 3 ½ " X 2 ½ ".
built en1990 by B.S. Lee in Cheadle Hulme.
Design: Cyril Taylor.

Water-tube boiler.
Built en1999 by Century Millwrights in Platts Eyot.
Heat at oil, heating surface: 27 sqft.

Propeller three-bladed: 14 " X 24 ".



The machine of Ursula

MachineCompound, 2 ½ " + 5 " X 4 ".
Built en1890 by A.G. Mumford Ltd. in Colchester.

Boiler with fire-tubes.
built in 1992 by Historic Steam.
Heat by coal, surfaces grid: 1 sqft, heating surface: 20 sqft.

Propeller 20 " X 30 ".


Last preparations



Setting in heating



And one discusses what in your opinion?


What a m ..... this coal!


Haida with quay

Built in 1994 by PJS Boats in Lindford, Hampshire.
Hull designed by Selway Fisher.
Model: Indian Runner
Length HT: 17 ' 9 ", Length with the floating: 16 ' 4 ", midship beam: 5 '
Strip-planking


Lockage



that goes down, one would say!


Just time for a tea!


A little the bazard the exit!


And maintaining the race


Very cool Suilven!


Meet with the buddies


Unfortunately, we did not have very good weather, only Sunday saw the appearance of the sun, and of course it is the day of the departure

When I said that time was average!


Some technical concern for the ones, fortunately quickly repaired

Hooligan in trailer, behind Ondine, after a concern machine, Laure is with the bar

No cleans, No pay!


Finally quiet

Bruin with Ken

Hull built in 1984 by Steam & Electric Launch Co. in Wroxham.
Model: Frolic 21
Longor HT: 21 ', Longeur with the floating: 18 ' 3 ", Midship beam 5 ' 6 ".

Compound engine, 2 ¼ " + 4 " X 3 ".
Built en2004 by David Young in the Tyne & Wear.
Model: Stuart Turner, 6A.

Boiler with standard fire-tube Kingdon.
Built in 1984 by Langley Engineering in Cowfold.
Heat by coal.

Propeller three-bladed: 16 " X 26 ".


A small last pauses nostalgic before the end of the rejoicings


Laurent in full effort of centering of the Enchanter on his trailer

The museum

The hall of exposure




For the festival, we had even the soldiers of the period

The place

In the east of Amiens on the channel of charming a small village



The museum of P' tit train of the haute Somme and head office of Appeva