Tuesday, July 11, 2017
Friday, June 30, 2017
Nyitra Launched onto Lake Chautauqua Successfully!
6/28/2017 Steamed 2miles from Hartville Bay To Point Chautauqua to her summer mooring.
[I remove the smoke stack when not in steam and put a bucket on top of the boiler instead to block rain.]
-AKJ
-AKJ
Wednesday, June 21, 2017
A nice evening steaming at Chipewa Lake - New Record 4.3 knots
Nyitra was flying the US Yacht Ensign & the Steam Boating Association of Great Britian(Largest steamboating association in the world accepting international members).
Nyitra is powered by a steam plant consisting of a 1902 Toledo Steam Carriage(115 years old at this time) 6HP Steam Engine and a 2016 LundMachineWorks ASME Code and Stamped wood/coal fired boiler.
Monday, May 29, 2017
Tuesday, May 23, 2017
Chipewa Lake Trip #1 - Transmission belt breaks!
Had to take a tow today from a very nice gentleman....
Note: When you your transmission on your steamboat breaks - stay calm and close that throttle valve and carry on! :)
-AKJ
Sunday, April 30, 2017
Wingfoot Test #2
Had another successful second Trip to Wingfoot with Nyitra.
My nephew was our third crew member and passenger, which was very welcome!
We had the Wingfoot Lake Ohio DNR Watercraft Officer come and pay us a visit. He was very reasonable, "I've been working here for 20 years and this is a new one to me! "
I just explained that we had all the safety equipment and that it was a steamboat with an old engine and a new boiler.
Wingfoot lake is in Summit County, which is adjacent to Medina County. So we heard the story of the Medina explosion several times today from spectators. Basically when I just explained a few of the many things that went wrong on the day of the Case traction engine explosion and the differences with Nyitra's rig they seemed fine - got smiles and lots of sort of blank stares and several "What is that?".
One man asked me if I was a boilermaker because he was of the understanding that you need to be a boilermaker to run a boiler.
Very positive crowd from our perspective - and we had people bring out lawn chairs around the lake and watch us.
I think mainly most of the public has no clue, and it helps to be able to (hopefully) give them a more positive view of steam.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doiI2t47ONo
-AKJ
My nephew was our third crew member and passenger, which was very welcome!
We had the Wingfoot Lake Ohio DNR Watercraft Officer come and pay us a visit. He was very reasonable, "I've been working here for 20 years and this is a new one to me! "
I just explained that we had all the safety equipment and that it was a steamboat with an old engine and a new boiler.
Wingfoot lake is in Summit County, which is adjacent to Medina County. So we heard the story of the Medina explosion several times today from spectators. Basically when I just explained a few of the many things that went wrong on the day of the Case traction engine explosion and the differences with Nyitra's rig they seemed fine - got smiles and lots of sort of blank stares and several "What is that?".
One man asked me if I was a boilermaker because he was of the understanding that you need to be a boilermaker to run a boiler.
Very positive crowd from our perspective - and we had people bring out lawn chairs around the lake and watch us.
I think mainly most of the public has no clue, and it helps to be able to (hopefully) give them a more positive view of steam.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doiI2t47ONo
-AKJ
Tuesday, January 17, 2017
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