Affinity

Owner: R.J. Hopes

Area: UK-Midlands

Hull

Open Launch. Construction: GRP.
LOA: 16' 6", Beam: 5' 9",
White with mahogany trim, transom stern, tiller steering.

Boiler

VFT Built 1992
12" dia x 12" high, .3/8" boiler plate, 56 x ¾" copper tubes, dry firebox, hand fp, injector, Wkettle

Engine

Propeller

3 blades,
Shaft: 3/4" MS

History

Former RNLI tender used by crew to row out to lifeboat somewhere in Scotland. Converted to steam by owners 1991-1993. Steamed each year except 1999.

(Owner) 1993