Pioneer
Status: Steaming
Owner: Dave Biss
Area: UK-South West
Hull
Open Launch.
Construction: GRP.
Hull model: Falmouth Oyster Punt
Built by Cygnus Marine at Penryn, Cornwall
Fit out 1988 by Iain Miles
LOA: 15' 2", Beam: 5' 0",
Blue, transom stern, tiller steering. Lines based on Falmouth oyster dredging punt.
Boiler
Blackstaffe type 3-drum HWT Built 1993 by Precision Steam at Tiverton
Fuel: Coal, Pressure: 150 psi,
condensing, engine driven pump, hand pump,
No.709. No.5 size. Fitted 2000.
Engine
Single. 2 1/4" X 2"Built 1988 by Iain Miles & Mr. Williamson at Durston
Design: 5A by: Stuart Turner
sv valve. SLRG valve gear.
Cast A frame by A. Bever for larger crosshead and increased height; trunk guide; Kcondond.; 2 ram fp by 2:1 reduction gear from crankshaft. 300 rpm.
Propeller
3 blades, 10 1/2" X 14 5/8"
History
Former fishing boat hull acquired June 1988; reconditioned and steam plant fitted by owners August 1989. First steamed at Royal Dart Regatta 1989. Recommissioned for 2000 and used several times. Hull & engine sold to Dave Biss (boiler removed to power a brewery!). New boiler fitted & boat recommissioned 2019.
Last Modified: 2021.05.03.
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National Trailboat Rally, Taunton, 1992