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Alan

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Lake Lucerne and lake Geneva
« on: December 09, 2022, 03:33:12 am »
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Re: Lake Lucerne and lake Geneva
« Reply #1 on: December 09, 2022, 05:12:50 am »
Very nice Alan. We were in Switzerland last summer and enjoyed a cruise on Lake Zurich on one of the paddle steamers that operate on the lake. I need to get my video of the engine posted.
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Re: Lake Lucerne and lake Geneva
« Reply #2 on: December 09, 2022, 06:43:02 am »
Thats an incredibly clean vessel with a marvel of mechanicals things to watch.
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Re: Lake Lucerne and lake Geneva
« Reply #3 on: December 15, 2022, 10:34:13 pm »
fabulous engine