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Another Big boat #6599748
08/21/19 07:32 PM
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Down town running errand and see another big boat at the levy.. This time was the "America" Which evening news just said was "America Duchess" ? I don't know only said "America" on it??? Anyway it another big rear wheeler tour boat. looks pretty much same as last one.. I looked it up on net was built in 2016 so not that old...


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Re: Another Big boat [Re: Macthediver] #6599753
08/21/19 07:37 PM
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Nice. Thank you for sharing it


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Re: Another Big boat [Re: Macthediver] #6599755
08/21/19 07:41 PM
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be fun to ride a floating hotel like that from the gulf to lake Itasca.


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Re: Another Big boat [Re: Macthediver] #6599810
08/21/19 08:36 PM
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Paddle wheel functional or are there props? I'm guessing just for show.

Re: Another Big boat [Re: Macthediver] #6599937
08/21/19 11:14 PM
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Danny,
I'll guarantee you wouldn't even make it to Brainerd. You can jump across the Mississippi at Lake Itasca.


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Re: Another Big boat [Re: Macthediver] #6599943
08/21/19 11:22 PM
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Heck you can swim the Mississippi at Shreveport ! Louisiana woman Mississippi man !!



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Re: Another Big boat [Re: Muskrat] #6600108
08/22/19 08:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Muskrat
Paddle wheel functional or are there props? I'm guessing just for show.


I'm not sure on these newer boats if the wheel actually is moving the boat?? I know they put on a pretty good show with it when the move and it turns up some water..I do know they have side thrusts as I've watched them leave the levy.. I know the big wheel turns whole time boat is moving, at least when I've seen them..Wouldn't surprise me if there are screws under it. Way back when I was kid I got to go on board the old Delta Queen steam boat. At the time it was the last of the original old wooden boats still on river. It used to come threw here every summer for years. Then it got to point where Coast Guard considered it's wooden structure unsafe..Not sure but I think it burned at a dock down south some where it was set up as museum??

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Re: Another Big boat [Re: Macthediver] #6600147
08/22/19 09:10 AM
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According to that boats website the stern wheel is for looks, the boat is actually powered by two Z drive units. The stern wheel turns, sprays water but doesn't propel the boat.

Re: Another Big boat [Re: Macthediver] #6600159
08/22/19 09:21 AM
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I was thinking no way they navigate the locks with a paddle only , I am surprised just 2 Z drive units . for that length I would have figured one at the bow also or some sort of bow thruster especially when in locks on a windy day with all that side sail


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Re: Another Big boat [Re: Macthediver] #6600240
08/22/19 11:07 AM
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That paddle wheel propels that boat about as much as Rambo's mud motor propelled the boat in the movie. grin

But I'd wager all my 'coon money this fall that most folks who take the time to watch the paddle wheel spin figure its primary job is to move the boat upstream.

Re: Another Big boat [Re: Macthediver] #6600276
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I rode in this boat.......

http://harrisburgriverboat.com/

And it's not near as big, but i was impressed on how much power the paddlewheel had. I have no doub't now about the power of paddlewheels. When he kicked it in gear, it went.

Re: Another Big boat [Re: Macthediver] #6600531
08/22/19 07:02 PM
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We did the paddle wheel tourist thing on the Mississippi River when we were in Memphis a few years ago. The boat was not as big as this one. I investigated the paddle wheel to see how it worked. I found two inboard engines driving props below the paddles and the paddles just free-wheeling in the moving water.


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