Thanks, Judy! I was celebrating my 29th birthday for the 20th time yesterday ;-). So I´m 31 years behind Captain Bill. Carmen

Wondering who are the people behind this new company. I haven´t heard anything about them and obviously they don´t have a real website. Not sure wh...

A Merry Christmas to all of the steamboating family and especially those of you who are working on the boats! Carmen

You can all follow the Clyde. and the Elizabeth Lea on Marinetraffic. Click on "Latest Position". Carmen

Welcome, Willem! Franz is still working on a new (revised) edition of the Western Rivers Steamboat Cyclopedium in German. I´m not sure how far he g...

Thanks to Captain Mike for resuming his blog!! Great entries! Carmen

You can see them during the steamboat season upriver of Jeffboat when you cruise on the Belle of Louisville. George Burch bought them and nicely re...

Judy, While the new DQSC facebook page is public and can be viewed even by people who are not on facebook the Save the Delta Queen facebook page is...

To all: Please do not save photos posted on Facebook and attach them on here. Photos are protected by copyright and we have to remove them unless t...

CJ Meyers, Yes, as weather is unpredictable we do have the same problems over here too. As they do operate nearly 50 ships on the Rhine/Main/Danube...

Here´s another article stating that the ship owner is Tennenbaum Capital Partners, an LA investment company. Viking is chartering the ships. So it´ll ...

Here´s another article from cruisecritic. They say the ships will have between 300 and 380 passengers. The ships will dock at Bienville Wharf next ...

Congrats to Annie and Tom! Well deserved! Carmen

BTW the same company, CroisiEurope, has just announced a new paddlewheeler called Elbe Princess for the Elbe river in 2016: 95 m length 10.5 m wid...

Dagmar posted on FB that the Wheeler lock is the problem. Travis answered that this is known for a month now. Carmen

Judy, I "suggested" you as a friend to Ted (who has to accept you). Dagmar Schmidt Etkin posted on FB "Delayed after grounding and hoping to lea...

Happy Birthday, Judy!! Carmen, Franz and Leonie

Noticed the same... since when is Kevin back? And good to see him back! Carmen

What´s this big red thing at the stern of the boat ;-) ? Good to see the paddlewheel back again! Carmen PS: Sorry, another thread where you d...

Great photos, Jon! Same procedure as last year... first high water then low water... Carmen

Patrick, the last we heard from AQSC is that they hope to reinstall the paddlewheel by the end of this month. No further news yet. Carmen