Elidir

Status: Undergoing renovation

Owner: Ray Sibbald

Area: UK-Thames

Hull

Cabin/Saloon Launch. Construction: Riveted & welded steel.
Hull model: Edwardian style designed by Robin Wallace-Sims at Reading, Berkshire, UK in 1976
Built 1976 by Robin Wallace-Sims at Reading
LOA: 23' 0", LWL: 20' 0", Beam: 5' 3", Draft: 1' 7",
Straight stem, counter stern, white, aft saloon, 6 seats, wheel steering, balanced rudder, 6 knots.

Boiler

VFT 101 Designed by David Beale,
Built 2015 by Steamwell Boilers at Chew Stoke
Fuel: Coal, Pressure: 150 psi, Grate area: 1.06 sqft, Heating area: 11.44 sqft, Output: 57 lbs/hr,
18 " dia X 24" high Welded steel shell barrel. 84 X 7/8 " dia Expanded steel tubes. Welded steel ,expanded tubes construction,
condensing, engine driven pump, hand pump, steam feed pump, Windermere kettle, whistle,
Keel condensing system with hotwell. 14 gallon forward mounted water tank.

Engine

Propeller

Bronze, 3 blades, Left Hand, 14" X 18"
Shaft: 7/8" Stainless Steel

History

Launch built and fitted out by Robin Wallace-Sims between 1976 & 1978. First steamed February 1978 and steamed every year until 2009. Acquired by present owner in 2011. New boiler in 2015. Complete restoration undertaken.

(Brian Smith)