Perseverance

Owner: G.B. Simpson

Area: UK-South West

Hull

Open Launch. Construction: Cold-moulded, 4 laminations of 3mm mahogany veneer.
Hull in Owne
Built 1984 by Hugh Cawdron at Staines
LOA: 20' 0", Beam: 6' 0",
Transom stern, bottle green, varnished mahogany decks, ash and mahogany gunwales and thwarts. Stressed plywood canopy on SS stanchions acting as rainwater downpipes, wheel steering,

Boiler

Babcock type HWT Built 1984 by Hugh Cawdron
Fuel: paraffin, Pressure: 150 psi, Heating area: 27 sqft, Output: 200 lbs/hr,
Xhead lever driven fp & ap. 4 stage oil separator, hotwell with automatic regulator. In 2001, two 26 kW 12 volt electrically powered pressure jet kerosene burners replaced the paraffin vapourizer. Kcond, Wkettle.

Engine

Propeller

3 blades, manganeseb, 18" X 33"
Shaft: 1 1/4" Stainless Steel

History

Hull, boiler and original burner designed by first owner Hugh Cawdon as a trailable boat following the SBA Seminar on that subject 1976. Launched 1989, hence name! First steamed c 1991, steamed most years since. Acquired 1999. Pressure jet burners and positive engine oiling system fitted by current owners in 2001. Over 110 hours in steam in 2002 and also in 2003.

River Fowey