Carranca

Status: Active use

Owner: Mark Herrod

Area: UK-North West

Hull

Open Launch. Construction: Plywood (3/8.
Hull model: Elegance (prototype) designed by Glyn Lancaster Jones at Todmorden in 1977
Built 1978 by Glyn Lancaster Jones at Todmorden
Fit out 1981 by Roger Mallinson at Windermere
LOA: 16' 0", Beam: 4' 2", Draft: 1' 8",
No.1. Hard chine, straight stem, counter stern, tiller steering (converted from wheel steering July 2022).

Boiler

Blackstaffe type 3-drum HWT Built 1980 by Roger Mallinson at Ambleside
Fuel: Coal, Pressure: 100 psi, Heating area: 16½ sqft,
17" long Steel drum(s). 8 X 5/8" dia Copper tubes. Steel drums, copper tubes construction,
non-condensing, engine driven pump, hand pump, injector, feed water heater, whistle,
No.3. 21" dia x 17" long, 8 x .5/8" vertical coiled tubes, hand fp

Engine

Propeller

Bronze, 3 blades, 14 1/2" X 17"
Shaft: 5/8" bronze

History

Hull built as prototype for ‘Elegance’ range, subsequent hulls have more beam. Acquired late 1978, plant fitted 1981 by T Macan and R. Mallinson. First steamed May 1981 on Windermere. Laid up 1992. Sold 2021. Refurbished and relaunched July 2022 at Ghyll Head, Windermere. Stored between Lamport Hall Northamptonshire and Ghyll Head.

Docked at Ghyll Head, 2022