The Steamboats.org crowd - Franz, Carmen, and Leonie are off to a fast start, cruising at a top speed of ten miles per hour. Jerry Canavit, the foremost steamboat historian in Texas - and possibly the world - is apparently having trouble getting his boat to move at all and falls behind at three miles per hour. The folks from Germany continue at a quick pace of seven miles per hour, or 11.2654408 kilometers, as they would call it over there. Or, you could say they are traveling at 6.0828374 knots per hour. A point of order, steamboats do not count distance in knots, so we will call the remainder of this race in miles per hour. The other contestant, Jerry Canavit, has picked up speed and is now traveling at a breathtaking eight miles per hour. What a pick-up. This race has not been decided. Steamboats.org, still out ahead, returns to a top speed of ten miles per hour. Canavit powers down to five miles per hour. What has happened - maybe the boat is in distress? Click here to continue.