Blue Buccaneer
Status: Active use
Owner: M. Cole
Area: UK-North West
Hull
Open Launch.
Construction: Plywood and epoxy.
Built 1993 by Roger Davies at Stroud
LOA: 17' 9", LWL: 17' 0", Beam: 5' 3", Draft: 1' 6",
Blue, wheel steering, round stern, built in buoyancy.
Boiler
3-drum WT Designed by SBA,
Built 2017 by Richard Havard/Mike Cole at Wallasey
Fuel: Wood/coal, Pressure: 100 psi,
6" dia Steel drum(s). Copper tubes. weld less, drum ends attached by single stay construction, copper/bronze superheater,
condensing, engine driven pump, hand pump, injector, steam feed pump, whistle,
Steam drier is a short length of pipe run above in the top of boiler casing.
Engine
Double-acting single. 2 1/4" X 2"Built by Anthony Bever at Swindon
Design: 5A by: Stuart Turner
sv valve. Slip eccentric valve gear.
Cast A frame, Xhead driven fp and air pump, 1½ IHP, Kcond. Displacement lubricator added,
Propeller
Bronze, 3 blades, 11" X 18"
Shaft: 3/4" Stainless Steel
History
Joint project of orginal owners, started 1992. Unused machinery acquired from Bossom’s Boatyard, Oxford and fitted 1997.Orginal name Twite, Launched Oct 1997. Acquired present owner Spring 2013 and renamed. New boiler stays and tubes fitted winter 2013. New SBA WTB1 boiler pressure vessel by R. Havard , the rest by M Cole. stainless steel casing.
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Liverpool May 2017
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