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STEAMBOAT REGISTER - Edition 8, 01/09
  Owner: B. Tinner. (SBA member)
Area: Lake Zurich (Switzerland).
HULLOpen launch
Built 2001 by Bossom’s Boatyard Ltd. at Oxford.
Model: Oyster 16
Fit-out 2001 by M. Blickenstorfer & B. Tinner at Thun.
LOA: 5.09m, Beam: 2.0m.
GRP
White, transom stern, oiled wood interior, 6 seats, hydraulic wheel steering.
ENGINECompound, 2" + 3¼" x 2".
Built 1987 by F.S. Wallington at Bristol.
Design: Anthony Bever.
Valve(s): sv, Gear: SLRG, Pumps: Xhead lever driven fp & ap. Hand fp. Steam simplex fp. Fwh, Kcond, hotwell..
500 rpm, 3 hp.
BOILER3-drum WT.
Built 1988 by Anthony Bever at Swindon.
Fuel: wood, Pressure: 10 bar.
No.17. All copper
PROP3 blades, bronze, RH, 15" x 24".
Shaft: 30 mm SS. 1:1.4 chain driven aquadrive antivibration system.
HISTORYNew hull fitted out and steam plat installed by M. Blickenstorfer & B. Tinner. First steamed Oct. 2001, Lake Thun, Switzerland. Canopy fitted spring 2002.
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