The Abv's lunch in Chatou

Saturday, on the island of the impressionists, about thirty steam enthusiasts, met around a table, on the initiative like always effective of Jean-Jacques, to share technical ideas, photographs and easy ways.

Bruno testing the volume of my water pump!





The participation of members, strong sympathetic neightbour, of the Séquana association, enabled us to move from theory to the practise by visiting the working of construction of the steam-launch Suzanne, which is located just in lower part of the restaurant.

Suzanne in his working
what a splendid prow, isn't it?




Work of Pro!

What I say of Pro ,I should say of Artist rather!



The splendid machine of time of the Suzanne original boat




In this convivial environment, which enabled us to better know each other and exchange our addresses, we evoked the future general assembly of Abv which will be held of the May 25th to 28th ,2006 in Cappy in the Somme, the search for an insurance which can cover our boats and their boiler, work of restoration of the boat VIGIE realized by Bruno and Jean-Yves….

New pictures of Enghien les bains

Pascal sent me many and superb photographs of Enghien, here they are!

The stand with Chantal, Laure and her husband, Pascal


A Steam DN 15 scale 3


On the right Pierre and his tug boat Volharding, a Cape Sizun


Caprice seen of Nosca, charm is on board


A dream of child


Still the charm on board Lili, and this time,this is Guillemette


Humphrey full steam!


Very soft!


Splendid Stuart 5A of Jean-Jacques


Beautiful row


Pretty canoé


It goes nevertheless less quickly than Humphrey!


Jean-Jacques on board of Lili (odd the boat does not have the air in its base!)


Michel (our president founder) and Chantal


The President of the tourist office on board Nosca


Mike


The music is on board of Nosca


Mike again

Rétronautique at Enghiens les bains

Jean-Jacques, our merry organizer, who with good mood and devotion spent his day under the sun to be tried to satisfy everyone while juggling with: loadings of the ones and others, problems of logistics, the fresh drinks supply (that is water, of course!)…

Thank you with you Jean-Jacques, the success of this day owes you much!
Thank you with all those which have, with constancy and kindness, under the heat of the tent, held the Abv stand, thank you in Pascal for your super pictures album….
Thank you with all those which made the reception on board, Michel, Patrice, Peter, Bruno and François.
Finally thank you with the tourism office of Enghien les bains, with its president and especially with Guillemette, who was so efficient, cheer still, to remake ….
Here some photographs of the day:

The fine team on board Whim with Peter
(from left to right: Benoit, George of back, Peter and me)
The fine team onboard of Caprice with Peter
(From left to right: Benoit, Georges backside, Peter and me)

Mélusine

I will speak again you of the lucky finds and the ingeniousness of his owner




Lili,François'launch


A merry poem with Patrice (surnamed Humphrey Bogart)


Peter giving me a first lesson on the condenser on board of Caprice


And here thoses plot

Before the departure, Anne (my preferred daughter!) and Patrice


Anne on board


discussions!


Mikein hauling


Patrice's machine


Model building with Borkrum (made by M. Usereau)


Benoit with the levers


Gaz filling


And during this time there Georges (inter alia) on the stand


Re-do-it-yourselfing on the Dodge Dodge


Skiff of Séquana


Wonderful isn't it!br />

First pictures of Enghien les bains

It remains still tomorrow not to miss that!!





Strange meetings


Mike


The Dodge


Its “Figurehead”

and its small concern!


Pierre onboard Patrice's boat

Jumble inside!!


Michel, the founder of Abv in his Nosca boat


Stuart 6A of Nosca in full work