Rockabill
Owner: D.C. Ayers
Area: UK-Wales
Hull
Open Launch.
Construction: GRP.
Hull model: Tela
Built 1993 by Penryn Bridge Boat Yard at Cornwall
Fit out by David Ayers
LOA: 16' 6", LWL: 16' 0", Beam: 5' 6",
White, black rubbing strake, varnished deck, short canvas canopy.
Boiler
Roberts type 3-drum WT Built 1989 by David Ayers
Fuel: Coal, Pressure: 150 psi, Grate area: 1½ sqft, Heating area: 17½ sqft,
Designed by owner, steam drum 5" dia, mud drums 2" dia x 25" long, 4 x 1½" dia downcomers, 14 coils, economiser, auxiliary vfp, Wkettle.
Engine
Single. 2 1/2" X 3"Built 1988 by David Ayers at Newport, Gwent
Designed by: David Ayers
Balanced sv valve. Marshall Radial valve gear.
Fabricated back standard, tfc, Kcond., 2 IHP, 390 rpm. Designed and patterns for castings by owner.
Propeller
5 blades, fabricated, 16" X 22 1/2"
History
New launch, entirely designed and built by owner. Fitted out and machinery installed 1993-4.
Last Modified: 2014.04.01.
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