Introduction The Steam Boat Association of Great Britain
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STEAMBOAT REGISTER - Edition 8, Jan/12
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Owner: J.R. Calvert. (SBA member - Solent Region)
Area: Inland Waterways (UK).
Website: www.soton.ac.uk/~jrc
HULLOpen dinghy
Built c1974.
Model: Flying Dutchman
LOA: 20', LWL: 19', Beam: 5' 1", Draft: 1' 4".
Cold-moulded wood
Transom stern, GRP sheathed, varnished, tiller steering.
ENGINESingle, 2¼" x 2".
Built 1972-76.
Design: Stuart Turner, 5A.
Valve(s): sv, Gear: SLRG, Pumps: Ecc driven fp & ap. Kcond..
Cast A frame, bevel gear drive to shaft with 2:1 reduction, 500/250rpm,
BOILERWT.
Built 1975.
Fuel: wood.
V centre flue with 6 cross water tubes, shell 12" dia x 28" high. Formerly donkey boiler on HSL 376. Fitted 1999.
PROP3 blades, 14" x 20".
Shaft: ¾" SS with universal joint.
HISTORYBoat adapted and plant fitted by Dr. Geoffrey Calvert in 1976. First steamed SBA Thames cruise August 1976. Steamed each year (except 1987) since. (SSR 41575). Previously fitted with Merryweather ‘A’ boilers.
SBA memberUK
 
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(Owner)

(Bob Shearer) Thames Rally, 2003

(Peter Massey) Windermere, 2005

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