Serenity
Owner: K.J.B. Butcher
Area: UK-East Anglia
Hull
Open Launch.
Construction: GRP.
Built 1988 by Steam & Electric Launch Co. at Wroxham
Fit out by International Boat Building College.
LOA: 18' 0", LWL: 16' 6", Beam: 4' 9", Draft: 1' 6", Displacement: ~7½ lbs.
White, varnished deck, tiller steering, now has a canopy.
Maroon upholstered seats, Windermere kettle. Stainless steel engine bed, Skeg & Rudder.
Boiler
WT + VFT Built 1992 by Keith Butcher
Fuel: Coal, Pressure: 100 psi, Grate area: 0.785 sqft, Heating area: 17½ sqft, Output: 126 lbs/hr,
Engine fp, hand pump, Injector, Kcond. Centre column 8½" x 30" cunifer tube with ¼" thick copper end plates, 30 of 1" x 30" water tubes & 12 of ¾" x 30" fire tubes. With stainless steel casing.
Engine
Single. 2 1/2" X 3 1/2"Built 1995 by Keith Butcher at Lowestoft
Designed by: Keith Butcher
Balanced sv valve. SLRG valve gear.
2 SS tfc, 1 cbs, engine driven fp, 400 rpm, 3½ IHP, Kcond.
Propeller
3 blades, SS, 14" X 24"
Shaft: 3/4" Stainless Steel
equipoise-type
History
Second hand bare hull acquired 1990, entirely fitted out and steam plant installed by owner, First steamed August 1995. Approx miles steamed, 1996 - 300; 1997 - 250. Steamed each year since. Owner designed & fitted stainless steel propeller in 2002.
Last Modified: 2014.04.01.
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(David Creasey) Thames 2006
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