Marlin
Status: Undergoing renovation
Owner: Alistair Scott
Area: UK-Solent
Hull
Open Launch.
Construction: GRP.
Hull model: Frolic 21
Built 1983 by Steam & Electric Launch Co. at Wroxham
Fit out 1985 by Mack Scott at River Hamble
LOA: 21' 0", LWL: 18' 0", Beam: 5' 7", Draft: 1' 8",
Straight stem, counter stern, white, varnished deck and interior, 8 seats, wheel steering.
Boiler
Scott Babcock WT Built 1985 by Mack Scott at Southampton
Fuel: Oil, Pressure: 140 psi, Heating area: 17 sqft, Output: 200 lbs/hr,
Copper tubes.
condensing, engine driven pump, steam feed pump, Windermere kettle, whistle,
1 drum with 2 box headers, copper tubes.
Engine
Compound. 2 1/2" + 4" X 3"Built 1983 by Mack Scott at River Hamble
Design: 6A by: Stuart Turner Ltd. Henley-on-Thames
pv on HP, sv on LP valve. SLRG valve gear.
2 tfc, 2 cbs, engine driven fp and air pump with 3:1 Scotch crank drive.
Propeller
3 blades, 16" X 30"
Shaft: 1" Stainless Steel
History
New launch fitted out by previous owner, Mack Scott with mahogany and pine, plant installed and first steamed May 1985. Steamed each year since. Previously fitted with an original Liquid Fuel Engineering Company (LiFu) compound engine from 1999 for a number of years before reverting back to the Stuart Turner 6A.
Last Modified: 2017.12.15.
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(Sue Milns) 1987
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