Steam Boat Association of Great Britain

Steam Boat Association of Great Britain

The Steam Boat Association of Great Britain (SBA) is a waterway society It was formed in 1971 to promote steamboats and represent steamboat owners' interests, and it has over 1,100 members, a quarter of whom live outside the UK.

The Association holds regattas and cruises, national and regional meetings, technical seminars, displays at model engineering exhibitions, and other aspects of steam launch engineering. It also publishes technical manuals.

ee also

*List of waterway societies in the United Kingdom

External links

* [http://www.steamboat.org.uk/index.htm Steam Boat Association's website]


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