Mallard

Status: Active use

Owner: John Reid & Mike Linward

Area: UK-Cambridgeshire

Hull

Open Launch. Construction: GRP.
Hull model: Nell
Built 1981 by Bossom’s Boatyard Ltd. at Oxford
LOA: 19' 5", LWL: 17' 3", Beam: 5' 10", Draft: 1' 10",
Cream/Green, varnished deck and interior, counter stern, wheel steering, 6 gall fuel tank.

Boiler

Blackstaffe type 3-drum WT Built 1981 by K. Cirket
Fuel: paraffin, Pressure: 150 psi,
Copper drum(s). Copper tubes.
condensing, engine driven pump, hand pump, Windermere kettle, whistle,
Four jet, bar burner.

Engine

Propeller

Bronze, 3 blades, 16" X 25"

History

New launch fitted out and plant installed by the first owner K. Cirket and first steamed in 1982. Originally with navy blue hull. Acquired 1985 by Charles Gardner. The interior was relined by Bossoms and a new canopy fitted in 1986. Layed up between 1997-2003. Acquired by John Gibbs in early 1998 and refitted 2003/04. Canopy removed. Acquired by John Reid and Mike Linward in 2007. Extensive repair and modification to the boiler and engine carried out between 2010-2013. New stainless steel, four jet burner bar for the boiler, designed, constructed and fitted during 2016 to improve reliability.

(John Gibbs) Great Ouse 2005