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For Sale
Funnel Magazines
Collection of back issues of FUNNEL'S No.l to 129 excluding No.30 and No 70.
Price £50 plus postage
Brian Lee

For Sale
Two Steam Engines
2½" x 2½" twin, 70% complete, very high standard, £2,500 ono
Small compound, 1¼" HP + 2" LP x 2¼" stroke, £700 ono
Contact Mick Rutland

For Sale
Steam Launch BLUE BELLE
Very Nice condition Fibre Glass hull with mahogany strip fore and after deck.
Very efficient copper boiler, coal fired with stainless steel ashpan. Current boiler certificate. 2 x 100 psi pressure gauges, 2 safety valves.
The Stuart Turner Swan (twin) engine drives the boat well at 4/5 knots with 50 lbs steam pressure. New galvanised trailer.
Offers around £4,000
Reason for sale, Anno Domini Captain and crew, not the boat.
John Osborne
Also have 1936 BSA 250cc OHV motorbike for sale.

For Sale
Paddle Steamer ANDANTE
17' 6" long by 7' overall beam, 4' hull beam. Trailing weight 600 lbs. Displacement 1000 Ibs, side wheel steam launch.
Double diagonal 2¼" x 3" side valve engine, Bremer/Hackworth valve gear, Mechanical and hand feed pumps, airpump, keel condenser.
Vertical copper Ofeldt type boiler, propane fired working pressure 120 psi, heating surface 5½ sqft.
Easily launched and tows behind 1.6L car, complete with road trailer.
Little used £3,900
W. Simmons, Fowey.

For Sale
Strongback and formers, used in my build of 26ft Selway Fisher design LIFU launch.
Strongback of 3" x3" timbers, 9mm galv bolts, Formers in 22mm board. Whole on castors if required.
£300
Geoff Connolly, Wirral

Wanted
Trailer
Four wheel trailer suitable two ton, 22ft steam boat or two axles to modify current rig and eliminate leaf springs.
Phil Webster.

For Sale
1) Victorian Launch Boiler
5ft long, 2ft barrel, copper box, 72 1¼" brass tubes, most fittings.
This is a rare survivor, and is really a "museum exhibit" and would only be workable at low pressures.
Offers invited
2) 'D' rubber fending
100ft of 3" across the base hollow with fixing holes every 11 inches.
£40
Contact: Roger Lees

For Sale
Steam Launch AMETHYST
17ft x 5'6" double ended glass fibre hull. Originally a 1970s copy of a traditional sailing hull. Only draws about 18" fully loaded. Very solid. Purpose made cushions. Brass bilge pump and all equipment
Engine is a twin cylinder simple (2¼" x 2") Stuart Turner Swan, but without the ST pumps. Lubricator feeding cylinders, main bearings and crossheads. Feed pump is a 2 cylinder high pressure pump belt driven from engine. Engine is bolted to a bedplate and can be removed from boat in 10 minutes.
There is an engine bilge with a separate pump to a tank.
Boiler is a 150 Ib/hr copper, three drum blackstaffe boiler running at 125psi. The pressure vessel was built by Swindon Copper Boilers who overhauled it less than 40 hours steaming ago. The rest of the boiler was built by the owner after seeing other people's mistakes! It is easy to clean, Has a stainless steel superheater/steam dryer, whistle and a new safety valve. The steam plant is operated as a "puffer" from river water, but there are also two feedwater tanks holding about an hours supply each to allow steaming when out of the water or when the water is unsuitable. There is a hand feed pump. The boiler bedplate has almost all steam and water systems attached and can be removed in 30 minutes. There is a purpose built, galvanised trailer in very good condition with a "dry feet" launch and recovery system. There is a purpose made cover for when the boat is on the trailer.
The boat has not been in the water for several years (other interests), but is in good condition. The asking price will include a new boiler certificate and a new Boat Safety certificate. However, if you wish to get this done yourself the price is negotiable.
Can be viewed under cover near High Wycombe. £5000
Verdun Luck 01494 881926, 07979 856969 or Mail@VerdunLuck.com

For Sale
Steam Launch LOLLIPOP

Frolic 18 Steam launch.
Hull: white fibreglass hull moulded by Creative Marine, fitted out in varnished mahogany by owner.
Engine: twin cylinder Bevor Compound built by owner, 2" x 3½" x 2" stroke. Crosshead driven feed and vacuum pumps, displacement oiler for hp cylinder. Wick distribution system for bearings. Stephensons link motion with balance valve to enhance reversing. Hand operated boiler feed pump.
Boiler: VFT 100 coal fired design by David Beale built by Bell Boilers with 72 steel fire tubes. Certified until August 2008. Clad in mahogany with Chantier gauge glass, injector, blower and steam whistle. Cast iron grate with spare
Engine and boiler mounted on a common galvanised steel frame. Morris stern gear with stainless steel shaft and 14"x 20" bronze propeller. Snipe bespoke trailer
Lollipop was exhibited (partially complete) at the 2003 Model Engineering Exhibition held at Donington Park and again at the Jan 2005 Exhibition held at Alexandra Palace.
Equipment includes warps fenders and a fitted cover that can be used for storage on the trailer or afloat.
O.I.R.O £10000
John Weatherall Tel: 01480 460701 (Cambridgeshire) e-mail: juneweatherall@waitrose.com

For Sale
Steam Launch MAGICIAN

21ft Frolic
Hull: Steam & Electric Launch Co 1983. GRP.
Engine: 2½" x 3" DA single. maker and date unknown.
Boiler: VFT 16 x 1 1/4" tubes. Thought to be circa 1910 by Tom Goodhand Gillingham Kent.
Prop: 3 blade.
History: Built 1983 by Burnage Bedford, Mike Raahauge 1990 era. Last used 1998 so will need plant and engine overhaul.
Complete with cushions canopy and trailer (new wheels and tyres). Situated near TRURO £7500 ONO.
Marcus Croome 01872 223610.

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Steam Launch ESTEEM

For Sale
Steam Launch JAUNTY

Jaunty is now for sale. 21ft 6 ins LOA by 5ft 7ins beam.
Built 1992 by Phillip Guest, boatbuilders of Fowey, cold moulded triple diagonal mahogany, epoxy encapsulated, so all the beauty of wood without the rot.
Newly professionally painted and re-varnished inside and out this Winter.
New vertical watertube boiler pressure vessel by T Kerston 1999, with current certificate until December 08. Coal fired.
Stuart 6A compound condensing engine built we believe 1988, with Alex Ritchie lubricating system. Crosshead driven air and boiler feed pumps, injector, hand pump, through- hull water collection to hotwell when required through switched pump with cut off. Separate, connected, make up tank.
New wooden canopy with 6 brass stanchions fitted 2006, with all round removable side curtains/screens. All- over cover for boat without canopy also available.
4 wheel break- back braked trailer with power winch. New wheels, tyres and tow hitch 2005.
Current boat safety certificate.
£18,000 o.n.o.
For more information contact Robin Ford
Tel. 01494 727768, Mobile 07767 471038, email robin@fordmail.co.uk

Wanted
For my new 22 feet boat, a double-acting twin engine. Size 2.5" Till 3" .
New, second hand or partly built.
Contact: Pieter Brittijn

For Sale
Steam Launch ORCA
Hull: GRP loa 19' 6", beam 7' 6", draft 2'1" decked with fore cabin, gas cooker, hydraulic steering to Schilling rudder, alloy floor plates, anchor, warps and fenders. A good sea boat.
Engine: 2¼" x 5" x 3" compound, Gordon Cheap Savory design, piston valves, tecalemet engine driven pump lubricates all bearings and slides. Claw coupling to 1¼" ss shaft to thrust bearing thence to 3 blade 19"xl8" bronze screw.
Pumps At fore end chain driven adjustable stroke Scotch crank, working air, feed and fuel pumps. At aft end eccentric driven condenser water circulating pump with emergency bilge suction. Hand feed pump, hand bilge pump.
Boiler: Illingworth design steel with copper tubes flared and nut joints. Steel superheater and feed coils. Certificate to October 08. Burner Kerosine with automatic steam pressure control. Floating needle type jet. 5 section hotwell and fuel tank below floor plates.
Trailer: 4 wheel overrun brakes, new tyres, launching trolley 4 pneumatic tyres, guide bars and ramps. Recovery by electric winch, slow or rope to tow hitch, fast.
£8,500
Contact: D.S. Taylor

For Sale
Compound Launch Engine

10½" + 5½" x 7"; 38" tall and 33" wide. On turned front columns & cast back standards. With slide valves & reversing gear.
Probably c1900 possibly earlier. Needing complete restoration.
Serious enquiries to Michele Goddard 07792 136877

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Steam Launch WOODBINE

For Sale
Steam Engine

4" x 4" Lack engine, c1890s.
Offers around £1500
Contact: David Molyneux. Tel: 01424 756841

For Sale
Steam Engine

Probably a Mumford fan engine, dated 1897.
20” high, 17” long, approximately 3½” bore x 3” stroke.
Single cylinder, piston valve. There is no reverse, but can be converted to Marshall valve gear. (David Harding has a similar engine converted by Roger Mallinson and I have photographs of the conversion)
It appears to be in excellent condition, with good compression, I suspect it has never been used as the crankshaft flange has not been drilled.
It is very heavy, being stamped “Wt 240 lbs 31/3/97”.
Price £1500 ono.
For further information contact: Geoff Newton
All proceeds from this engine go to the Consuta Trust!

Wanted
I would like to buy a steam boat around 5 metres long complete with the trailer.
Contact Emmanuel ABIT, Poujeux 58110, Bazolles, France
email: babit@terre-net.fr - tel: 03 86389054

For Sale
Steam Launch CUTTY WREN


HULL: GRP moulded 1979 by Cygnus Marine at Penryn, Cornwall. LOA: 15' 2", Beam: 4' 10", Draft: 1'. Slightly raked stem, transom stern, blue, 4 seats, tiller steering, rope fendering. Painted inside and out within last year.
ENGINE: Built 1973 by Stuart Turner Ltd. at Henley. "Swan" serial No.SW102. Twin, 2¼" + 2¼" x 2", sv, SLRG. Steam injector, hand fp and chain driven fp, condenser. Chain drive to shaft. 12", 3-bladed prop.
BOILER Built 1993 by Quick (Swindon). Copper shell & tubes, 150 psi. Pressure test valid to October 2007.
TRAILER: 2-wheeled, galvanised trailer with winch and No.plate.
Cutty Wren has been stored inside since new and is in very good condition; ready to launch.
£7000
Contact: John Barber, 01494 867210

For Sale
Steam Launch HERO as a partially restored project.

S.L.Hero was built in approximately 1895 and was one of the first boats involved in the SBA. She is 35 ft long beam 5ft6 inches and a draft of 2ft.
Over the last 18 months a great deal of professional time has been spent on her replacing her keel, ribs and most of the underwater planking, the workmanship is of the highest quality. My circumstances have changed which results me in looking for someone who would like to take on the project. The majority of the work is done and she comes with a 10 hp Lifu engine and side fired boiler.
Contact: Nigel Thomson (Tel: 07710 474158 - Email: Nigel.Thomson@btinternet.com)

For Sale
Paperback Book: "Steamboats and Modern Steam Launches"
A volume of the complete series of the magazine of the same name published 1961-1963 by Howell North USA.
Editor of this 1981 edition Bill Durham
155mm by 235mm by 38mm thick.
Many articles, b&w pictures, drawings.
Condition: slight fading on spine but otherwise mint.
Price £25 plus postage. Located Dundee UK.
Contact: David Middleton at dmech@brington.fsworld.co.uk

For Sale
2¼" x 2¼" Taylor Twin Steam Launch engine (two thirds complete).

Complete with all remaining castings/drawings etc, completed slideways (surface ground) and provision for central lubrication system. Universal Joints to prop shaft also included. Too much detail to describe. Please give me a call for extensive information. £1100 ovno. Could deliver (within reason).
Also ...
Stuart No.2.Bronze Seacock & Strainer for 3/8" tube.
Brand New, unused and boxed.
£75 incl P&P
Contact: Steve Probert. Tel. 01606-331874 or by e-mail probicus@gmail.com

For Sale
Motor Launch DRAM


16' x 6' clinker hull. Decked fore and aft with lifting rudder and bronze fittings. Ideal for steam plant.
With two-wheeled trailer and spare wheel.
£1500
Also available: Stuart Turner 10hp ic engine. Electric and hand start.
£500
Contact: Christine Stanbury. Tel.01483-285940

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