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Perseverance
STEAMBOAT REGISTER - Edition 8, Jan/12
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Owner: G.B. Simpson. (SBA member - South West Region)
Area: River Fowey (UK).
HULLOpen launch
Built 1984 by Hugh Cawdron at Staines.
LOA: 20', Beam: 6'.
Cold-moulded, 4 laminations of 3mm mahogany veneer
Transom stern, bottle green, varnished mahogany decks, ash and mahogany gunwales and thwarts. Stressed plywood canopy on SS stanchions acting as rainwater downpipes, wheel steering,
ENGINECompound, 2¼" + 4½" x 4".
Built c1982 by Beaumaris Instrument Co. Ltd. at Anglesey.
Valve(s): pv on HP, sv on LP, Gear: SLRG, Pumps: Xhead lever driven fp & ap..
No.9. 400 rpm.
BOILERBabcock type HWT.
Built 1984-85 by Hugh Cawdron.
Fuel: paraffin, Pressure: 150 psi, Heating Area: 27 sqft, Output: 200 lbs/hr.
4 stage oil separator, hotwell with automatic regulator. In 2001, two 26 kW 12 volt electrically powered
pressure jet kerosene burners replaced the paraffin vapourizer. Kcond, Wkettle.
PROP3 blades, manganese bronze, 18" x 33".
Shaft: 1¼" SS.
HISTORYHull, boiler and original burner designed by first owner Hugh Cawdon as a trailable boat following the SBA Seminar on that subject 1976. Launched 1989, hence name! First steamed c 1991, steamed most years since. Acquired 1999. Pressure jet burners and positive engine
oiling system fitted by current owners
in 2001. Over 110 hours in steam in 2002 and also in 2003.
SBA memberUK
 
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River Fowey

 

(Brian Smith)

(Simon Maltby) Windermere, 2003

(Simon Maltby) Windermere, 2003

(Peter Massey) Windermere, 2005

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