Photo: Mont Blanc. Taken from Bernard Upton’s home, with Lake Geneva in the foreground and snow-topped Mont Blanc 100km away in the background.
Photo: Bernard aboard A89 Colchide. Taken 14th August 2011
Photo: Hydraulic keel lifting gear on A89. Hand pumped
Photo: Nyon. Attractive lakeside town on the Swiss side of Lake Geneva, near A89’s home port.
Photo: Lake Geneva paddle_steamer. Lake paddle steamer leaving Nyon
Photo: A89 Colchide. Taken by Richard James c. 2008
Photo: A89’s Faryman diesel. Single cylinder diesel engine mounted back to front, driving hydraulic transmission to folding propeller.
Photo: A89 rudder. A89’s rudder retracts vertically inside stainless steel box – see next photo. Aerofoil cross-section gives good precise steering both forwards and in reverse.
Photo: Slide_26. 