Ursula
Owner: J. Garratt
Area: UK-East Anglia
Hull
Cabin/Saloon Launch.
Construction: Strip plank covered with epoxied bi-axial glass cl.
Hull model: Edwardian (modified) designed by Selway Fisher
Built 2001 by Julian Garratt with Bob Fenton of Harwich Boatcraf
Fit out by Julian Garratt
LOA: 27' 0", LWL: 24' 3", Beam: 6' 5", Draft: 2' 0", Displacement: 3000 lbs.
White hull with black boot topping. Upper works varnished teak. Cabin has 2 berths, galley, w/c & shower, full electrics and h&c pressurised water system. Fresh water from 2x 23 gallon tanks which also provide ballast.
Boiler
VFT Built 1992 by Historic Steam Ltd.
Fuel: Coal, Pressure: 175 psi, Grate area: 1 sqft, Heating area: 20 sqft,
Xhead driven fp & ap, hand pump, injector, steam driven fp. Engine driven feed pump believed to be original, Condenser.
Engine
Compound. 2 1/2" + 5" X 4"Built by A.G. Mumford Ltd. at Colchester
sv valve. SLRG valve gear.
Cast bronze base, tf&bc. Previously in "Sunbeam". Overhauled by Anthony Beaver prior to installation in "Sunbeam" who made air pump. Alternator driven from prop shaft.
Propeller
20" X 30"
Shaft: 1" SS
History
Modified Selway Fisher Edwardian design to requirements of owner. Straight stem and narrower beam to give more of an LIFU appearance but with a counter stern, also lengthened to provide more room for steam plant. Much of the teak and the pitch pine floor boards is reused timber from old flour mills. Engine is believed to have been used in WW2 to run a generating set.
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Julian Garratt 24/08/2011 Great Ouse
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