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For Sale
5mm Shock Cord
Ideal for boat covers etc., at a one off price of 50p per metre, inclusive of postage. Any quantity supplied from minimum order of 10 metres up to 300 metres!
Contact Richard Havard

Wanted
6A eccentrics
Two sets of un-machined 6A eccentric sheaves and strap castings required or something very similar.
Contact Richard Havard

Sold
Bronze ½" Blowdown Cocks.

Wanted
Bronze check valves
Angled or straight PN32 3/8" BSP, or information on a maker/supplier.
Contact Mark Brett

For Sale
Stuart Turner Steam engine
Stuart Turner single cylinder steam engine; 5A!.
Reverse valve gear. Brand new, air tested only. Drip lubrication. Reasonable offers considered. Contact John Bridge Also For Sale
Paddle boat but not steam.
Contact John Bridge

For Sale
Water Flow and Gas Flow Indicators
Two "Platon" variable area flow indicators with removable glass metering tubes and floats, mounted in metal frame with removable plastic cover and blowout disc.
Maximum operating conditions: Temp. 68 Deg. F.-Press. 235 PSIG. Formula supplied to correct indicated flow to flowing conditions. Both items in good working condition.
A selection of various range interchangable glass metering tubes available from manufacturer.
Price : £40 each indicator, including U.K. postage & packing.
For full details please contact Mr. George Young.

For Sale
High Pressure Marine Engine
2½" + 2½" x 3"
A very powerful engine, tested last year in my 27' saloon launch at 7.5mph turning a 18" x 30" propeller.
£6,250 ono
Also available:
A full set of castings for the above engine at £950.
Contact Phil Moore.

Wanted
Basic steam launch.
Small enough to be easily handled by two 50+s. Ideally GRP hull, something along the lines of "Kitty". Reasonable condition and price.
Needing work not objected to but the wife says "No more piles of junk that'll never get finished".
Prepared to travel to view.
Details to David.

Wanted
Canopy for Frolic 21, IOLA
Needs a fixed canopy. I've had enough of being drowned and bleached alternatively!
Is anyone interested in making it for me?
Call Richard Hayne

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Taylor compound steam engine.

For Sale
PS ANDANTE
17ft 6in x 6ft 11in O.A. Hull, 4ft 6in draft. Displacement l000lbs. Trailing weight 6001bs. Tows easily by 1.6L car.
Seats 4 + engineer. 30in dia x 13in. 9 float side paddle wheels. Reduction drive from Double diagonal 2.25in x 3in SV. engine, Hackworth-Breme valve gear, all roller bearings, keel condenser, engine driven air & feed pumps.
5.6sq.ft Vertical Ofelt boiler, propane fired for quick steam raising. Complete with all gear & trailer £3250.
Contact Walter Simmons, Fowey.

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

For Sale
Boat Building Project :- 19 ft Steam Pinnace, designer Paul Gartside [ www.gartsideboats.com]
All the timber required to complete the basic strip planked hull in Robins cedar rapid strip T&G, including Douglas Fir inner keel timber and gunnels, drawings, CNC cut building molds by Jordan boats, building base. Shaft block laminated, Inner stem post, steam bent and laminated. Transom and frame formed and cut out. The designer suggests 2 to 3 hp to power this fine-lined launch.
Price £1500-00. [fifteen hundred pounds] Buyer collects. [Kent].
Contact: Peter Brennan. 01732 873307 peter.brennan842@o2.co.uk

For Sale

• Carefully used Century Millwrights Two drum water tube boiler complete with all gauges, fittings and hand pump. 120 psi. 185--200 pounds per hr on processed coal. Currently oil fired with blackstaffe type vaporiser burner, all oil valves and fittings plus 6 gallon fuel tank, Brass bound funnel, Current Boiler certificate, manufacture documentation and drawings. Price £4000-00.
• Taylor Compound engine 2¼" + 3½" x 2½". mechanical lubrication to bearings, Jabsco air pump, Hypro feed pump + spare, Price £3500-00.

Both items currently in SL Haida and can be seen running as a successful and balanced unit. Pictures and further details in the SBA online register.

• Southworth vertical steam feed pump plus drawings 95% complete. Price £375-00.

For Sale
Steam & Electric Launch IRENE

HULL: Built 1993 by Duffield Marine, USA as the VOLTAIRE, GRP, LOA 18', beam 6'6", draft 1'11", weight 1.4tons, side wheel steering, seating for 10 with centre table and carpet.
ENG 1 (Steam): Built 1983 by Trefor Milns, designed by Cyril Taylor, comp 2¼" + 3¾" x 2½", SV, SLRG on 6 turned columns, twin geared fp, ecc driven air pump, keel c, 5 IHP, 400rpm, Poly 'V' belt drive geared up 1½:1
ENG 2 (Electric): 36 Volt General Electric 2 ½ HP continuous duty, geared down 2:1 by 'V' Belt. Electronic MosFET continuously variable speed controller.
BOILER: Built 1994 by Precision Steam, Tiverton, boiler no.712, No.5 size VWT, helical coils, hs 28sqft, evap 180 lbs/hr, 150 psi, hand fp, injector, coal.
BATTERIES: 6 x 6 volt Semi Traction Monoblock Trekker, capacity 176 AH.
HISTORY: Purchased as an electric launch, then combined steam and electric, resulting in this dual fuel boat. Changeover from steam to electric is via a lever operated dog clutch anchoring the required engine to the prop shaft. To March 1998 cruised well over 1000 miles in England and France.
Boiler inspection: October 2008
Owner: Mr Nick Osborn 01756 790829 info@canaltrips.co.uk
Location: Skipton, North Yorkshire, just taken out of water. Trailer included.

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Steamboat books.

For Sale
Sissons Marine Launch Engine

Single Cylinder
The 'Rolls Royce' of Steam Launch Engines! - In perfect working order Very Powerful & Strong - Plus an extremely rare example! Precision Engineered Piece to the Highest Quality!
Off Base L 18" x W 10" x 23" H overall.
On Base L 32" x W 18" x 29" H overall
Slide valve with link reversing gear.
An attractive single cylinder steam launch engine on turned columns with attached boiler feed pump. Solid disc flywheel.
Weight Approx 70 Kg.
In Excellent - Fully Restored Condition - Circa 1950's
(Currently Mounted on Teak Display Stand as Shown)
Offers in the region of £3500.00
Call Mark on 07775695316

Wanted
Bronze checkvalves
Angled or straight, PN32 3/8" BSP threads,
or information on a maker/supplier.
Contact: Mark Brett
Email: mlabrett@yahoo.co.uk

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Compound Launch Engine

For Sale
Twin High Pressure Marine Engine

2½” + 2½” x 3”
A very powerful engine, tested last year in my 27’ saloon launch at 7.5mph turning an 18” x 30” propeller.
£6,250 ono
Also available:­
A full set of castings for the above engine
At £950
Contact: Phil Moore, Wirral. UK
Tel: 0151-342-8294

For Sale
Funnels - no not those ones!!!
These are the paper version and filled with lots of info you need!!!
No. 88 to 138 available, except no 104, which I seem to have mislaid. 49 copies all in good or very reasonable condition, shall we say £5 for ten? or £25 for the whole lot? Ten would cost roughly five pounds via parcel post and the lot would work out at ten pounds.
Also:-
Mitchell's "The Steam Launch" and Farmer's "From my old Boat Shop" these £20 each, again in very good nick!
"Reeds Yacht Trawler and Launch Engines" £20.
Reprint of Kunhardts "Steam Yachts and Launches". These seem like Hen's Teeth so how about £30?
Phone Robert Thompson 0191 388 5383 for any more info.

For Sale
"Blackstaff" Twin Steeple Compound

i.e. 2 + 2 cylinders - effectively a 1.5" twin simple HP with 3" LPs under, 3" stroke.
"Foster" type cylinder oil pump, cross head vaccum pump. Ball race stevensons valve gear "Iglidur" little ends.
Used 2 seasons only. The beginings of someones 16 - 22' steam launch?
£ 1750
Contact John Tilley on :01530 814 224 or on mobile: 0780 164 0175

For Sale
Steam Launch LORINA


21' (seating for 8) open steam launch built 2004
Lorina is a stretched version of the "Solway Fisher." The 12.5mm thick g.r.p hull has been professionally constructed, the bottom has been treated with an additional two coats of gel-shield prior to anti-fouling.
The decks, coamings, side benches etc, are made from the finest 'Sepele Mahogany' coated with marine varnish, the floor boards are made from aluminium tread plate on a marine ply base.
The Boiler and all ancillary fittings are NEW, the boiler having been pressure tested and passed fit for purpose. The Engine is a completely reconditioned "Stuaret Turner 6A" Two Cylinder compound marine engine. The Engine is mounted on 2" x 3" bearers glassed into the hull.
The Wheel Steering in by 'Morse' cable, and there is a manually operated bilge pump.
'Lorina' has been built to a very high standard, she is both mechanically and structurally sound and well suited for inland water cruising. Used only a small number of times since completion.
Will seat 8 Adults/Children comfortably!
Comes complete with a Large Windermere Kettle, GRP Roof, White Vinyl Sides including Windows, plus all ancillaries and Trailer.
Price: £16500
Please call Mark on 07775695316 or email hemmingm@aol.com

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

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
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

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