Amazon Queen in dry dock blue stern canopy right center Manaus Brazil 2002

Balancing a marine prop Manaus Brazil 2002

Boy and dog Manaus Brazil 2002

Bronze Prop for the Amazon Queen MWM114 marine diesel Manaus Brazil 2002

Cruising vessel designed for navigation of the Rio Negro in Manaus Brazil

Just out of the water Manaus Brazil

Machined fittings for the Amazon Queen shaft assembly Manaus Brazil 2002

All Relative on the Amazon River

Boat ramp on the Amazon River near Manacapuru Brazil

Boys and toys on the Brazilian Amazon River near Manacapuru

Communication from the Amazon Queen upon arrival in Manaus Brazil after 1000 miles of navigation from Colombia

Crossing from the Amazon to the Rio Negro

Crossing the Rio Negro and the Amazon after 1000 miles from Colombia 17 days later

Fast boat on the Amazon near Manaus

Final repair on the exhaust before Manaus

Fishing boat near Manacapuru Brazil on the Amazon River

From Manaus to Tefe on the Amazon near Manacapuru

Recreo in route to Tefe from Manaus on the Amazon River

Manaus Ship yard where the Amazon Queen is to be hauled out for an engine change

Metal prop cage to keep logs out while navigating the Amazon

MWM diesel engine dealer at Motonorte in Manaus Brazil who sold me the 114 marine diesel

On the Rio Negro small engine big hull Manaus Barazil 2002

Ship in good graises Manaus Brazil

Steel boat construction keeping the traditional Amazon River boat look out of Manaus Brazil

Water front home in the shipyards of Manaus

Wenching the Queen from the Rio Negro Manaus Brazil

Amazon River otter who climed aboard the Amazon Queen

Captain and the Queen out to Lunch

Curious Otter in the radio room on the Amazon Queen

Hoisting the new MWM to the Amazon Queen

Perfect Fit the new MWM 120 hp marine engine for the Amazon Queen

Phil swiming with Otter on the Rio Negro near Manaus Brazil

Phil with river otter that adopted the Amazon Queen near Manaus Brazil

Sliding the MWM diesel engine into the Amazon Queen