Vesuvius/2002-2016

Status: Sold - Sold to proud new owner

Owner: was Roger Heise

Website: http://www.sl-vesuvius.co.uk

Area: UK-North West

Hull

Open Launch. Construction: Cold Molded.
Hull model: Indian Runner 21 designed by Selway Fisher
Built 2001 by McNulty Boats Ltd at Heburn-on-Tyne
Fit out 2001 by McNulty Boats Ltd at Heburn-on-Tyne
LOA: 21' 0", LWL: 21' 0", Beam: 5' 6", Draft: 1' 5",
Strip plank cedar hull, teak decks, cedar/mahogany seating and panels. Navy blue with gold line, blue funnel with brass crown, removable awning. Engine & boiler on removable subframe. Enclosed coal bunker.

Boiler

Designed by SBA,
Built 2000 by Franklin & Bell at Gloucester
Fuel: Coal, Pressure: 150 psi,
72 X 3/4" dia tubes. Expanded construction, Stainless Steel superheater,
condensing, engine driven pump, hand pump, Windermere kettle,
No.394. starboard fire door, cedar vertical planking and brass top over ss-smoke box to boiler. Keel condenser

Engine

Propeller

Bronze, 4 blades, Right Hand, 16" X 30"
Shaft: 1" Stainless Steel
Originally 3-bladed RH 16x30" original twin engine. Hull space inadequate for a larger diameter for the 6A, thus use of 4-bladed prop with 1:22 uplift from chain drive.

History

Built new to present owner. Many owner-modifications and blind optimisations subsequently. Much travelled boat: home waters of Altrhein, Südhessen, Germany and now Windermere. Also steamed on Lake Coniston, Derwentwater, Ullswater, the Thames, Lancaster Canal, the Yorkshire Ouse, Loch Erne (NI) and Loch Lomond. In continental Europe she has steamed on the Lahn, Mosel, Rhein, Neckar, Rheinsberger Seen, Berliner Gewässer, Bodensee, Lago di Lugano, Vierwaldstättersee, Mürten/Neuchateler Seen and Thunersee.

On Windermere 2008 (Simon Maltby)

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