Persephone

Status: Active use

Owner: Wash & Teresa Kohnke

Area: USA

Hull

Open Launch. Construction: 18mm mahogany striplank.
Hull model: Corn Bunting designed by Selway Fisher
Built 2008 by Wash Kohnke at Ridgefield, WA, USA
Fit out 2008 by owner at Ridgefield, WA, USA
LOA: 28' 0", LWL: 27' 6", Beam: 6' 1", Draft: 2' 6", Displacement: 3500 lbs.
Inspired by Amaryllis and Dixon Kemp designs. Built to owners specification. Bronze fastened 18mm Honduras Mahogany strip plank construction Inner keel and bilge stringers and significant members out of Douglas Fir

Boiler

LIFU type WT Designed by Alex Richie,
Built 2006 by Everett Engineering at Everett, WA
Fuel: diesel, Pressure: 175 psi, Grate area: 8 sqft, Heating area: 63 sqft,
10" dia X 30" high Seamless steel drum(s). 126 X 5/8" dia Copper tubes. Welded steel drums, copper generator tubes with Co construction,
condensing, engine driven pump, injector, whistle, siren,
20 HP version of Alex Richie LIFU inspired design. Design pressure 275psi Boiler casing to owners design

Engine

2 cyl compound. 3.375" + 5.750" X 5"
Built by Peter Freebody & Co
Design: (reproduction) by: Belliss
Slide valve. Stephenson valve gear.
Power: 15 HP
One of four reproduction engines produced by Peter Freebody from patterns made from Odile's Belliss engine.

Propeller

Bronze, 3 blades, Right Hand, 24" X 25"
Shaft: 1.375" Stainless Steel
One of four Bruntons propellers made for Alex Richie's 15HP LIFU engines

Added to the register: 2017.12.13. Last Modified: 2017.12.13.