Halcyon

Status: Steaming

Owner: Nigel Cooper

Area: UK-South West

Hull

Open Launch. Construction: Carvel mahogany.
LOA: 16' 7", LWL: 16' 0", Beam: 5' 3", Draft: 1' 8",
Transom stern, maroon, varnished deck and interior, wheel steering.

Boiler

3-drum WT Built 1986 by Roger Mallinson
Fuel: Coal, Pressure: 120 psi, Grate area: 1 sqft, Heating area: 20 sqft,
Steel drums, copper tubes construction,
non-condensing, engine driven pump, hand pump, injector, electric feed pump, feed water heater, Windermere kettle, whistle, siren,
No.10. Casing 21" dia x 18¼" long, 10 x .5/8" tubes, steam drum 6" dia, mud drums 2" dia, Wkettle.

Engine

Propeller

3 blades, 15 1/2" X 24"
Shaft: 7/8" Stainless Steel

History

First fitted out as steamer by Tom Gordon, River Thames 1981-2 with 1976 built ‘Swan’ and Thames Steam Launch Co., boiler No.005. 1983 to Maurice Grace, Esher, 1984 to John C. Grace, new steam plant fitted, 1988 to Roger Kent, Steamed each year, all year round. Ref: Funnel 99. Completely rebuilt winter 1997-8 by Kevin Halcrow, Lakeland Wooden Boats. February 2010 to present owner and moved to the Tamar Valley, steamed each year principally on the Tamar but also on other South West rivers. Winter 2013 hull repainted in maroon Under in the current ownership Halcyon has won the Dartmouth Royal Regatta Steamboat award twice 2015 and 2016, The Stuart Turner Cup 2016, Concours d'Elegance Plymouth Classic Boat Rally 2016, The Reade Propeller and the Horsham Cleat Henley Traditional Boat Festival 2018 and the SBA Montagu Challange Trophy 2018. At the 2019 Dartmouth Royal Regatta was filmed for the Channel 4 program Devon and Cornwall which was broadcast in May 2020

Cotehele Quay River Tamar June 2014