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Mehetabel
STEAMBOAT REGISTER - Edition 8, Jan/12
Owner: A. Birtles. (SBA member - Solent Region)
Area: (UK).
HULLOpen launch
Built 1994 by Glyn Lancaster Jones at Port Dinorwic.
Designed by Glyn Lancaster Jones.
Model: Dawn
Fit-out by Glyn Lancaster Jones.
LOA: 15', Beam: 5' 3", Draft: 1' 6".
Plywood & epoxy
Straight stem, semi-tunnel canoe stern, tiller steering. Blue topsides, yellow below, varnished above, yellow funnel.
ENGINESingle, 3" x 3".
Built 1999 by Sam Wilkinson at Kemerton.
Valve(s): pv, Gear: Hackworth Radial, Pumps: Ecc driven variable stoke fp and ap. Kcond..
Full lubrication system.
BOILERLune Valley type 2-drum WT.
Built 1999 by Glyn Lancaster Jones at Port Dinorwic.
Fuel: coal, Pressure: 150 psi, Heating Area: 11½ sqin.
No.1021. Economiser, steam dryer, Wkettle.
PROPRH, 13" x 24".
HISTORYStock hull fitted out to owners requirements. Commissioned 2000.
SBA memberUK
 
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