Hi all, old thread huh...I too am thinking of steam.I was suprized to see a few others considering a sternwheeled paddleboat steamer build. The actual building of such a vessell seems well within my abilities BUT...I'm no sailor! I don't know what it takes to properly float a boat. I was reading the boards at that UK Paddleducks site,and it seems a few of those guys don't recommend the tall riverboats as a viable powered model.They say the slightest breeze will roll 'er over[X(]even with proper ballasting!AWWW MAN...what a bummer!Can anybody here tell me it ain't so...PLEASE tell me it ain't so! I've been dreamin' for years of chuggin' up the creek with black smoke pump smoke billowing from the stacks, fake caliopie(SP?)music tootling from the onboard speaker(fake whistle too, tweet tweet don't cut it),and oh... the lights at night!!!Have my riverboat dreams gone "bottom up[]?