Members of the Northwest Steam Society own a wide variety of steamboats, ranging from 8' to 70' and from steam outboards to quadruple expansion engines. This page will provide an opportunity for others to view these boats. Some are still under construction.
The boats are arranged alphabetically by name followed by a brief description. Selecting the boat name will take you to a page with more with more complete details and, perhaps, a photo. To return to this page, simply close that boat page "window". And select the "projects" button below to return to the projects listing page.
If you are a member of the NWSS and would like to have your boat's statistics entered on this website, go to the 
, print it out ( it should fit on a piece of 8-1/2" x 11" ), fill it out, and mail it to the address noted.
ADVANCE
(HISSY FIT)
Tom & Marge Kane. 19' and who says fiberglass hulls can't look traditional. Complete with an engine that reportedly was in a small passenger launch when Alaska was acquired from Russia.
ALIEN
QUEEN
Center for Wooden Boats. 19' hard chine wood hull with plain ol' Semple 5hp/slip eccentric and a VFT boiler - but 12vdc Beckett oil burner makes for easy operation.
ALPHA
Parker & Tillie Williams. 12' clinker built with a Blackstaffe/Wood simple engine and boiler. The owner lives adjacent to a harbor and has Alpha out 3+ days a week!
AMITY
Chuck & Catherine Darragh. 28' fantail launch hull powered by the reliable Semple power plant - "V" compound and VFT boiler, burning wood. The boat is kept in the water year around and steamed regularly.
AMY C.
ROLSTON
Barrie & Linda McClung. The hull was built in 1873 and has been extensively restored. A beautiful Herreschoff engine is installed. The reconstruction is still underway.
ARTEMIS
Ron Fossum & George Walrod. The "new" Artemis is under construction. To be 21' 6" LOA and 6' 8" beam with a 3" x 4" "inverted" crosshead engine and 25 sq.ft. watertube boiler.
BEAVER
Jenni Kane. 18' traditional Poulsbo hull converted to steam. A Blackstaffe/Wood fore-and-aft compound engine and boiler make a traditional but simple plant.
BONNIE
JEAN
Dave & Bonnie Hogan. 16', traditional lines, square transom. Double simple engine and Roberts boiler. A very straightforward plant that is easy to maintain and operate.
BURMAH
QUEEN
Jerry Ross. 56' steel hulled ex German harbor police vessel. Six foot draught, 45 tons, 149 hp she is currently the largest privately owned and operating vessel in the Society.
CAPTAIN
BELL
Dave & Jan Bell. 20' hard chine hull with Semple 10 hp engine and a code vertical firetube boiler. A good example of what you can put together with basic skills and off-the-shelf components.
CHARLIE
Robert J. & Cherie Dutton. 15' Poulsbo hull in fiberglass. Charlie was built in the early 1970's by Hal & Shirley Will and still has her original - after retubing - boiler. The present owner has installed a 5 hp Semple engine.
CHENG TSE
Allen & Sue Dunlap. 34' LOA sternwheeler. Hull and engines designed and built by the owner - the engines being of 3.5" bore and 20" stroke. A Roberts type boiler of 80 sq.ft., fired by wood, provides adequate steam.
CHESTER D
Richard C. Small. One of the five original fiberglass Rose hulls. Tiny Power 3 hp "W" engine and a Roberts type boiler. The owner built the vessel over a six year time span (part of it while living in an apartment).
CHUG CHUG
Jacob Turner. 33' x 8' steel barge with a 6" x 6" simple and VFT boiler - the owner built everything "from scratch". The ultimate in simplicity and ease of operation - and the owner and his friends have FUN!
CLIMAX
Dave & Bonnie Hogan. 25' fantail hull designed by Lorne Garden for Ted Middleton in 1962. Originally designed to be powered by steam, Dave is finally making that come true.
COBURG
QUEEN
Stan & Cynthia Knowles. 16' galvanized steel lifeboat hull. The owner built the entire steam plant including a gunmetal replica of the Blackstaffe/Wood compound - even the injector!
CREST
Andy & Lenna Lizberg. Built on a 26' US Navy whaleboat hull by the late Al Giles, Crest has more miles under her keel than any other hobby steamboat. Being restored by the grandson of the builder.
D.B.ROSE
Al & Nancy Rustad. Danish built lap strake canoe stern hull, 30' x 10.5'. Triple expansion engine by Sissons and Roberts type watertube boiler by O'Connor with extensive modifications, including steam atomizing burner.
DORY
Jim & Marian Tangeman. 14' plywood "Gloucester Dory" hull. Side paddle wheels, chain driven by a single cylinder, high pressure engine and monotube type boiler, wood fired.
Last page update: September 30, 2007