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A Ride On The Steam Launch Puffin

A quick video I made of my ride on steam launch Puffin, owned by the Center for Wooden Boats based in Seattle WA. This was at the wooden boat show in Port Townsend. I am still learning how to use my GoPro and edit my footage, so this is all new to me. Thanks for watching. Steam Launch Puffin was built in 1906 by the Truscott Boat Works in St. Joseph Missouri. She was powered by an early gasoline engine, though her hull design, a "Compromise" model, was originally intended for steam power. Her construction is oak planks over cypress frames. She was found derelict, restored and converted to steam power in 1975. After changing hands, she was eventually donated to the Center for Wooden Boats by Bob Evans of Missoula, MT. Steam launches like Puffin were popular in the 1880's, when the only other options for propelling boats were rowing and sailing. Although Puffin's steam power plant is relatively new, it is practically indistinguishable from a steam plant from the earlier era. Her boiler burns wood, usually scrap from the Center's boat shop. A bushel basket of wood propels her for about an hour. Puffin's original boiler wore out in 1999, and was replaced with a duplicate built to current boiler codes. Her original steam engine was damaged several years ago and was replaced with the current one in 2001. Volunteer machinists built the current engine from a commercially available kit. Puffin's power plant, while modern, closely resembles a typical steam power plant used in steam launches in the 1800s. Vessel details In WBF Festival: 13,12,11,10,09,07,06,05 Boat captain(s): Center for Wooden Boats Type: Power Construction: Wood Wood hull: Yes Engine: Gasoline Year built: 1906 Builder: Truscott Designer: Truscott LOA: 21'6" Beam: 5'7" Draft: 2' http://cwb.org/