Steam on the Canal - Coventry Boat Rally 2014

Unique sight of various steamboats on the Coventry Canal taking part in the annual Coventry Boat Rally, June 2014.
Travel along with SBA ( The Steamboat Association of Great Britain) members and learn more about these steamboats.

[@board2t231]

amazing steam engines. I love all the videos about steam engines. homemade crafts can also be very interesting.

[@ancientmariner7473]

Hats off to the gent for completing a boat AND having a go at constructing an engine. It doesn't matter if it wobbles about and sounds like "Vee twin reciprocating sacks of spanners". He built it himself. Well done.

[@kylemccourt663]

As the owner of a diesel 26 foot downeaster, I can really appreciate the virtual noise free operation of the steam engine. So very cool!

[@luizripper1962]

what a place... awesome, would like to live the rest of my life in a place like that

[@Buck1954]

They are so quiet. I like them. Thank you for the documentary

[@jayswarrow1196]

8:40 - "Can i buy your plans? - No, you can't. There aren't any. Here, have meh engine as a yardstick..." You ol' Britts are marvelous, when it comes to terms of use))

[@Cragified]

One of the lovely things about steam power is that it can be so lovingly quiet compared to ICE. Just mechanical noise and the chuff of exhausting steam if you aren't condensing.

[@ElementofKindness]

Wonderful! I happened upon a steam launch meet, on Lake Nockamixon, in Southeast Pennsylvania, and one of the operators invited me along for the day. It was a great experience!

[@richardnorton2024]

How beautiful and relaxing to watch. Lovely boats and a lot of work. Thanks!

[@marymary4868]

it's a privilege to see such a boat in operation - I can think of no other word.

[@peteon4wheels627]

Awesome to see steam boat's on the canal, great stuff mate, keep up the good work, thanks mate.

[@P61guy61]

Wonderful. Thank you for posting.

[@cravenrj]

Hi reminds me of the African Queen the only thing missing was Rosey and Mr Alnut. The time you have put into your boat has been worth it well done nice job.

[@Mr91495osh]

What fun. Thanks for this video.

[@tonymorris8296]

Some of these boats are pieces of art

[@kevp9601]

I Love SteamBoats.

[@nitramretep]

Some very nice steam launches!

[@TheCalgarydoug]

I think the wheel @ 9:10 is much like the one in the story about a pirate who walked into a pub with a wheel sticking out of his pants. The bartender said nothing about it for a while wishing to be polite but in time curiosity got the better of him and he asked the pirate, "is that a ships wheel sticking out of your pants?" Arrr, it is, and it''s drivin me nuts." I think these boats at one time were drawn by horses walking alongside the canal. My dad came from Newcastle and one of his expressions was "more nerve than a canal horse.'" Thanks for sharing.

[@brucecaron6392]

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[@abundantYOUniverse]

Hilarious, thanks!

[@iamthemoss]

Awesome videos, I've always loved steam power.

[@howardkennedy708]

WOW! That's a really nice looking fleet you have there, I envy you and your friends, excellent job!

[@garygerard4290]

this damm near brought a tear to my eye the steam whistle was great In America everyone wants 500 horse power and some silly 7 color paint job "Don't look at my boat / Look at Me" 'they got no soul - thanks for posting this

[@tellmesomething2go]

Just like the Swanee river. So nice.

[@grahamsengineering.2532]

What a lovely video.

[@SuperButch888]

I LOVE THESE STEAMBOATS......

[@mooniedizzel6443]

Thank you!!!

[@rayhummel8921]

Love the steam boats!

[@0e32]

Nice video the summer day 2019 without rain in England :-)

[@Yer_Da_]

RELAXING THANKS

[@MartyLJ57]

Then steam boat with the canopy reminds me of The African Queen

[@MrJimbaloid]

I'd say. JUST A LOT.

[@fredweaver8194]

Marty Jeruzal My wife and I road on a replica in Nuevo Vallarta several years ago. Lots of fun. Saw a 15’ crocodile sunning on the shore.

[@MrArray1967]

Really nice video! The audio on the other hand ... Please let us hear 🙉 the steam engines.

[@whitebuffalo4641]

Most excellent!

[@lancedaniels]

Nice Thanks for sharing.

[@teacher_of_the_arcane5399]

Are there plans available for your steam engine?

[@philo8035]

So cool!

[@walterpalmer2749]

Bogey and Hepburn were just coming into view on "The African Queen". Great fun.

[@abundantharmony]

Wonderful. What is the music? It is great as well.

[@apuuvah]

Gotta love steamers as well as sail boats...

[@mulliedog1]

Very nice!

[@tlspiker5341]

It's beautiful there would love to visit there one day.

[@HistoricSteamTV]

I am planning a 3" bore twin Stuart Sirius engine sea flea, we used to hydro plane them with 5hp outboards. A flash boiler and intake should work. Gas fired of course. Some nice boats out here,

[@mikewinkelman7015]

Love the boats what a blast to steam on the canals .

[@williamburgos2963]

Yep. So cool, the “African Queen” lives on. Catherine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart making the voyage once more.

[@Dr.Pepper001]

The opening music was so mellow I almost fell asleep.

[@nasty906]

Pure Beauty

[@Mr91495osh]

Designing and Digging these cancels for commerce was brilliant

[@mudejartrainingnaturalscie6938]

The Egyptians thought so when they built them to transport stones to the pyramid sites.

[@tunneltug]

Great short film, thanks for posting it, it must have taken a while to edit. The next Rally is June 17th and 18th 2016. There wasn't one in 2015 due to unforeseen circumstances

[@tracklamp]

+Keith Ward Hi, glad you liked the film. I'll make a note of the dates for the next Rally, I think I've made a film of every Coventry Rally so-far. In 2014 we were lucky to be offered a trip on one of the boats after the lunch/pub stop. Yes. it did take some time to put together, bearing in mind we had two lots of footage from the two cameras to edit with.

[@kennethbranch4551]

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[@gerlanaraujo4322]

Nossa nunca te visto uma forma de navegação tão mágica quanto a essa show lindo de mais

[@black5f]

How silent the steamers are? (I am a larger steam fan though!).

[@epileptiquitopark7971]

this can hit fantasy feeling

[@rpm2night]

Such beautiful boats! Does the boat draw water from the canal, or is there a water supply on the boat?

[@robsonmoraes4467]

Nice steamboats. And Many economy

[@ronbrennan4632]

Enjoy after all the time and effort work great vessels great people in agreat County ronrdzl

[@user-zj1tn9ms8k]

Молодцы! Уважение им всем!

[@ravichristian6364]

very nice

[@nicolasfauplo775]

Super bravo 👏👍👏👍👏👍👏👍😆

[@g.d.p]

Гарне відео, спокійна подорож.

[@decadantdog4444]

Reminds me of the African Queen.

[@timlipinski2571]

And with the Steam Engine you always have Hot Water for a Tea break ! tjl

[@MrZhefish]

only if you fit a windermere kettle... unless you don't mind the oily despoits :)

[@Nicolas-zs4kk]

Magnifique 👍Magnifique 👍Magnifique 👍

[@forrestgump1379]

Do any of these boats use flash boilers? Seems that boiler explosion would be a concern or are these hydrostatically tested

[@kylemccourt663]

In the US they are supposed to get hydro tested and certified every so often.

[@haroldpearson6025]

Testing of pressure vessels used in public are very strict in UK. New boilers have to be constructed to proven design plans and materials. The first test is hydraulic to twice working pressure +10% for 10min. The steam test has to show working pressure gauge, water gauge and safety valves that will releive the pressure with a very active fire. There must be a minimum of 2 working methods for getting water into the boiler. The hydraulic test is valid for 5 years with a new boiler with a re test every 3 years after that. The steam test is every 12 months and can only be carried out with a valid hydraulic certificate in place. Given the relative low pressures, 100/150psi the boilers on these small boats and locomotives are very OTT in terms of construction.

[@albertkoks2268]

Супер!!!

[@joewoodchuck3824]

I thought i was going to see Kathryn Hepburn show up any moment!

[@Croiseeman]

Reminds me of The African Queen.

[@wimdreesen7923]

At 2:08, is that a cast-iron bridge from 1837 ? Seems very dangerous to me .... Nice steam launch, by the way...

[@tracklamp]

That's correct. Cast-iron bridge built 1837 and it's solid as a rock. It was a a nice launch, unfortunately it is not mine. I was just lucky to be offered a ride.

[@burlatsdemontaigne6147]

Wim Dreesen ____ Stonehenge was built over 5,000 years ago. Still standing. British engineering.

[@haroldpearson6025]

The bridge is constructed using woodwork methods of joining, dove tail joints and wedges. If it were not safe it would not be in use!

[@K0OO0L]

whats the name of the song throughout this!?

[@tracklamp]

Sorry, I can not find the name of the music all I can tell you is it's in the KZbin audio library probably under Ambient. I think I used three different tracks in all.

[@K0OO0L]

tracklamp thank you so much!

[@user-gq8uw7yu2c]

Молодцы лайк

[@Elrincondelmiedooficial3709]

Dónde es eso

[@bruceburns1672]

What is the fuel source for the little steamers ??????? , there's smoke on one scene so is it coal ????? are there any powered by LPG ????? Just noticed with a closer look , coal .

[@tracklamp]

Hi, the fuel is definitely coal for all the steamers seen in the video.

[@user-px7zf9tr4y]

Прикольно и классно!

[@roncheetham673]

the steam is sleep inducing !

[@gopyyanusdev3486]

Which country is this uk

[@tracklamp]

Yes, it's in the UK.

[@user-le5dm2qb4h]

Всё как в сказке.

[@JamesYoung61]

Get a condenser do not waste all that heat, all you have to do is re-condense the steam and put it back to the boiler at 95deg. for minimal heat loss. That is why everybody else is.

[@szymongorczynski7621]

James Young Then the means you need the blower going all the time.

[@user-ib3qb5zn8u]

Water no clean , Вы туда серете ?

[@detroitredneckdetroitredne6674]

Holy crap turn the music off I cannot hear the voices and I cannot hear the engines please turn off the music for all future videos

[@chrisharmon]

Music seemed to belong in Heart of Darkness, not a pleasant day out steam boating

[@christiankastorf1427]

02:44 "Miss Muffintop" :-)

[@stranraerwal]

that "Nasty" thing looks rather sinister-like a steam-punk gunboat.

[@johansoderberg9579]

Hasty is her name! www.tunneltug.org.uk

[@stranraerwal]

@@johansoderberg9579 :Oh, sorry, I read "N asty"

[@1258-Eckhart]

2:40 can't see those noisy internal combustion engines ever catching on.

[@jamesa7506]

Neither did Joshua Slocum...

[@joer610]

in this country anything over 25 psi you need a engineers licence so much for nostalga

[@m8die319]

Wow really?!? Wich country is that?

[@michaelmccarthy4615]

I guess nobody is waterskiing with one of those..

[@kimarlando6840]

Wow isgood okom pokeh

[@kevinsheedy7157]

beautiful boats and cinematography. Strangely suicidal music though.

[@bobbates6642]

Surprised the EU has not banned them from using coal

[@marcostavares7293]

They are not TÜV certified !

[@jayswarrow1196]

Ever heard of Brexit? So, what's "EU", 2 U? ;)

[@Joey4rox]

looks like African Queen

[@raymondleggs5508]

imagine a steam turbine launch

[@arjovenzia]

Raymond Leggs It'd be like turning up to a muscle car rally with with a 2L turbo. Still, would be pretty neat. When I've got my pipedream hat on, I really want an electric outboard with a small gas turbine up front.

[@user-dr3yn9zd5]

ノンビリして良いですね　しかし川の水は汚いね・・惜しいですね。

[@mgn5667]

Bomb Bay make sure to watch your Gauges

[@specialized29er86]

toot tooot

[@skeets6060]

Its funny everytime I see one if these little steamers I look to see if it has the name African Queen on the bow, and Bogert at the helm

[@williamjohns892]

so do i

[@mgn5667]

Mexican Queen very noice...

[@user-ib3qb5zn8u]

Steam boats good for weekehd fun , I Like . But for me survive in stupid Russia , I must te have modern speed boat with outboard eng. Honda -90 ...I am unLegal fisherman , I cutch - by nets a halibut , by diwing - oysters , sea cucumber ... Salute from VLadivostok .

[@jaydenhofman9061]

Naroboot

[@paultann173]

Lol ork

[@JanuszFelis]

ale żybura

[@urgentcareguy3]

Just curious what one of the boats is worth / cost? I would fuel mine with hot air from politicians and their wooden noses. Actually, I know a woman with a wooden nose, therefore she's a witch!

[@Flyingdingii]

But does she weigh as much as a duck?

[@urgentcareguy3]

@@Flyingdingii Right! Logically if she weighs the same as a duck, then she's made of wood, and therefore a witch!

[@BeachsideHank]

@@urgentcareguy3 Who are ye, so skilled in the ways of science?

[@urgentcareguy3]

@@BeachsideHank King Arthur, King of the Brits!

[@ThisIsGoogle]

Good video. I also hate my wife.

[@donepearce]

Unbelievable rate of pollution. Not only CO2, but soot and carcinogenic particulates. Time they changed their engines.

[@paulhorn2665]

Well the amount of steamboats today is not significant to the pollution of the world.

[@donepearce]

@@paulhorn2665 You would seriously make that argument? That's the logic that everybody can use about their own car.

[@paulhorn2665]

@@donepearce No, just think how many combustion engine cars and how many steam ships or locomotives are around today. There is a huge difference, plus many of the little steam ships are fired by wood, like people have little wood-stoves at home. wood is a comparetly neutral fuel.

[@donepearce]

@@paulhorn2665 Each one of those is simply one more, incredibly dirty combustion engine. It doesn't matter that it falls into a group of not many, it is just another source of pollution - exactly as is my car. The only difference is that my car produces much less of it. I live close to Little Venice and I enjoy walking along the canal towards the London Zoo. The walk is invariably spoiled somewhat by the stink of coal fires coming from the narrow boats.

[@paulhorn2665]

@@donepearce If you have a problem with pollution move to the countryside and leave the city. On green fields there is clean air. Okay there is the beloved smell of pig shit then, awful, but no harm to the lungs! I tell you what,these ships are a minority of pollution makers, you could not even calculate the percentage of guilt of todays steamers of the CO2 production. We have ten of thousands diesel running and I prefer the smell and the comperatly "thick" particles of coal and wood fires more then the fine diesel-sulphur particles which wont stop at your bronchia and get into your lungs. Also stinks of mineral oils.And I tell you what: I am a crew member of an old steam tug, working my spare time many houres to run the ship and yes I love to smoke cigarettes on my beloved steamer :-) The retard Greta Thunberg and the eco-nuts can kiss my arse. Finito nuff said.

[@littledeel]

Can’t stand the way you foreigners design things.

[@sammurabi4743]

And I can't stand the design of massive pickup trucks that serve no functional purpose other than to compensate for the operator's tiny phallus and fragile ego, but you don't hear me whinging on about it.