Hot Pot

Status: Steaming

Owner: A.P. Hammond

Area: UK-North West

Hull

Dinghy. Construction: Clinker mahogany on oak.
Hull designed by Frank Hall & Son in 1960
Built 1960 by Frank Hall & Son at Walton-on-the-Naze
Fit out 1989 by Ron Hibbitt at Leeds
LOA: 12' 6", LWL: 12' 0", Beam: 5' 3", Draft: 1' 6",
Painted red below the waterline. Varnished pine decking.

Boiler

VFT Designed by the late Ron Hibbitt,
Built 1989 by Bennett Boilers at Bristol
Fuel: Coal, Pressure: 100 psi, Grate area: 0.75 sqft, Heating area: 2 sqft, Output: 80 lbs/hr,
12.25" dia X 22" Steel Welded steel, expanded tubes construction, Stainless Steel superheater,
condensing, engine driven pump, hand pump, injector, feed water heater, Windermere kettle, whistle,
12¾" dia 22" high, 40 x ¾" tubes, wet firebox, hand fp, injector, superheater, fw heater, bilge ejector, blower. Designed by Ron Hibbitt.

Engine

Propeller

Steel, 3 blades, Right Hand, 11" X 16"
Shaft: 3/4" Stainless Steel

History

Built as a Motor dinghy in about 1960 and fitted with a Stuart Turner R3M petrol engine.Fitted with a steam plant in 1989/1990 by Ron Hibbitt and first steamed in May 1990. Aquired in May 1998 by the owner. The Boiler was retubed by Andy Bennett at Bristol in 2000.The engine was rebuilt by Len Williamson in 2003. A popular small steamboat and a regular visitor to Windermere.

(Ann Hibbitt)