Owned by Barry Watson
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Hull |
10ft LOA 96 LWL 36 max beam. Originally a rowing skiff dating from about 1910. Constructed of Tea tree frames and grown knees with a Spotted Gum keel and pacific maple planking. |
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Engine |
1 1/2 bore 2 stroke slide valve with circular crosshead to the owner's design. Construction is all built up mainly from bronze and brass with cast iron cylinder, piston and valve parts |
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Boiler |
Monotube type using 6 meters of 6.35mm OD .7 mm wall seamless drawn
Stainless Steel tube at the water pump end , welded to 6 meters of 5mm OD
.7 wall. Latest boiler check in 2009 |
| Propeller | 12inch diameter by 14 inch pitch 3 bladed propeller from a 1930 clinker ski-boat. The prop shaft is Ύ inch stainless turned down to 5/8 inch between the inboard and stern bearings which are phosphor bronze with grease grooves and nipples. |
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