Ictus

Status: Steaming

Owner: C. Bushnell & M. Ellis

Area: UK-Wales

Hull

Narrowboat. Construction: Steel.
Built 1989 by Bay Class Yachts at Conyer Quay, Kent
LOA: 54' 0", Beam: 6' 10",
Saloon.

Boiler

LIFU type WT Built 1990 by Alex Ritchie at Wrabness
Fuel: kerosene (previously, Pressure: 250 psi, Grate area: 2.4 sqft, Heating area: 50 sqft,
condensing, injector, Windermere kettle, whistle,
No.715. 15 IHP, 3-drum, steel drums, ‘S’ shaped copper tubes secured by screw connectors.

Engine

Propeller

3 blades, 32" X 32"

History

'Ictus' was built in 1989 by Bay Class Yachts at their yard in Conyer, Kent for well-known canal artist, Garth Allan, to his own specification. It was designed as a replica Edwardian Steam Launch but to canal narrowboat width as a cruising art studio for the inland waterway system. He told the story that he took an old locomotive steam whistle to Bay Class Yachts and asked them to build a boat round it! 'Ictus' was Bay Class Yacht's exhibit at the 1990 London Boat Show Owned by Garth Allan until 2004. Purchased by current owners in 2006. (See also ‘Classic Boat’ April 1990). More to follow...

(Garth Allan) 1991