Steam Launch, Steam boat, Steam Engine

Description

“The LIFU launches were very successful and were known for their good sea keeping qualities when being used as tenders for the big racing yachts of the time”

Guidance Use

6-8 adults

Several celebrities and high net worth individuals were taken on sunset cruises on the island of Mustique

LOA :26’3”

Beam: 6’1”

Hull mid Depth: 3’3”

Draft: 2’

Maximum Headroom 6’

Displacement: 4410 lbs (6to 8 adults)

Construction methods: Strip plank with Red cedar, fiberglass and 6mm mahogany veneer over waterline, teak decks, iroko deadwood and keel

20 oz. fiberglass and epoxy below the water line

16 layers of Owatrol deck oil on all wood, bilge several layers of epoxy

Antifouling paint below the water line

Very solid boat yard trailer

Boiler:

6 mm steel welded (built in UK)

20-inch diameter

15-inch height

Approx. 180 ½ inch copper tubes

Wood fired – can be coal fired

Firebox: homemade

Feed pump:

Hand pump 500 psi

½ inch penberthy injector

Safety valve set at 125 psi

Steam engine:

85 mm x 185 mm twin high pressure with Stephenson reversing gear

on a 1:2 chain drive, all ball bearings, inline displacement oiler

20” x 24 pitch bronze propeller

Mild steel rudder with anodes

80 gallons feed water tank (if used on lake, hull trough fittings can be used to take in fresh water)

Anchor & chain, robes, gallons of steam oil, gallons of tannin based boiler treatment included

Lots of storage space in the front hatch

Any questions please e-mail. More pictures available.