new steamboat on windermere

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new steamboat on windermere

Post by steamboatjack » Sat Jun 28, 2014 4:23 pm

24th June saw the naming ceremony of a new steam launch on Windermere. The 28 foot 'Bluebell' owned by John & Eileen Wallace. The boat was built by local master boat builders Patterson Boat Works of Hawkeshead Cumbria.
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Re: new steamboat on windermere

Post by PeteThePen1 » Sat Jun 28, 2014 9:10 pm

Wow! Nice looking boat and superb machinery. Would you have had a hand in it Jack, perchance...?

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Re: new steamboat on windermere

Post by TahoeSteam » Sun Jun 29, 2014 4:28 pm

She is a beautiful launch Jack. Do you have any more specs on her?
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Re: new steamboat on windermere

Post by racerfrank » Sun Jun 29, 2014 10:17 pm

Very nice. I also would like to know more about this boat. Would also be interested in some photos inside the salon.

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Re: new steamboat on windermere

Post by steamboatjack » Tue Jul 01, 2014 7:48 am

The boat is of strip plank construction about 28ft x 7.5ft the engine is based on Cyril Taylor's larger engine castings, a compound with slide valves. 2.75 + 4.5 x 4.5. the boiler is the latest SBA services design type VFT 105 about 38 ft sq H.S. Coal fired 200 PSI, pressure vessel by TRS welding, all the rest of the plant by myself. Feed is by a hypro pump running at 1.5 x engine speed and a buffalo number 2 injector, Both direct from the lake no condenser etc.
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Re: new steamboat on windermere

Post by Dhutch » Thu Oct 09, 2014 11:54 am

Saw the boat in Pattersons workshop while looking at there 23ft electric speed launches, very nice boat, very nice workshop!



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