All Aboard the North American Steamboat! | Secretly Awesome

'Oh, this is gorgeous. This is steamboat weather,' says Donald Fenstermacher Sr. For the last 25 years, his friends and family have gathered at Lake Nockamixon for steamboat meets. It's part of the North American Steamboat Association, founded by Charlie Roth. Gathering a handful of times per year, he says this might in fact have been their 100th steamboat meet. The practicality of propelling a boat with steam has been lost to new technology. However, this group keeps the tradition alive with their fascination of the craft. Many even build their own steamboats to proudly parade along the lake for years to come. The Fenstermachers are now a three-generation family of steamboat aficionados.
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[@DB-fn3fz]

This is one of the most underrated vessel types of all time.

[@weserman95]

Steamboats are just living beings that we built with our own hands.
I own a steamboat myself and i hope to one day get it fired up.

[@timreynolds4252]

Did you ever get it fired up?

[@spingleboygle]

That’s an extremely cool boat! It’s small but that’s the cool part

[@kevp9601]

I Love SteamBoats. :-D

[@rottenroads1982]

Imagine, if you will, a city that exists on the shores of the Great Lakes. Now, imagine this city is somewhat like Venice, where instead of Roads, there’s canals everywhere. There are Big Broad canals for larger vessels such as Lake Freighters and other such vessels, and there are smaller channels for smaller boats like the steam boats in this video.
Imagine such a society, where roads are not needed. Where traffic flows on the water instead. Imagine a society that exists on the water.

[@johnkerr1953]

A great steam boat, there used to be a steam boat on Loch Awe but it now Plies on Loch Katrine ( great invention those steam boats )

[@calinnicolae9588]

How i got to see this?? Amazing boats!! 👍👍👍

[@ShriTJoh]

My favorite in the ocean of San Francisco, scary but fun ooh oooo🎇🎉

[@smproductions8989]

Yoooo that looks so coolllll

[@kevp9601]

This is Awesome

[@christosgerakinis2628]

Greatest tech ever !
Eco and noisless !
The tech we have now is for lazy people...

[@mrstacyj9496]

steel+ coal+ (or wood)= water+ fire = chug-a -chug-a -choo -choo PS Thanks for sharing

[@Excalion88]

I want one.

[@northernutahlivesteam3566]

Fun 😊

[@fjs1111]

I absolutely love it!

[@whipporwill2303]

I bet they would scoff at me while i blew by them on my bass boat.

[@motormouth2472]

Hahaha, that would be funny. I myself like these little steam boats, but bass boats are awesome as well