Some excursion vessels happily seem to live forever. They change owners, change paint colors, endure countless renovations, bare scars from misguided attempts to "improve" her propulsion system… but the boat lives on. Such is the case of a 1969 vintage two-deck paddle wheeler built in 1969 by the Dubuque Boat and Boiler Company. The vessel has had many names. But the one most associated with the vessel is Bonnie Belle, owned for many years by Lloyd and Bonnie Poore and sailed on thousands of excursions on the Ohio River. It also spent some time on the Missouri and Ohio rivers under other names and various owners. The vessel is a classic design hydraulic paddle wheeler with an enclosed main deck and a canopied second deck.
