Vaporosa
Status: Active use
Owner: Peter Probst
Area: Switzerland
Hull
Open Launch.
Construction: GRP.
Built 1987 by Elliott Bay Steam Launch Co. at Portland, Oregon
LOA: 23' 4", LWL: 22' 3", Beam: 6' 7",
Black, varnished deck & interior, telescopic mast, antique bell.
Boiler
VFT Built 1986 by Ullman Welding Co. at USA
Fuel: Coal, Pressure: 150 psi, Grate area: 1.6 sqft, Heating area: 40 sqft, Output: 200 lbs/hr,
145 tubes, dry firebox, fwh, 5 gall fw tank.
Engine
Vee Compound. 3" + 5" X 4"Built by Semple Engine Co. at St Louis, USA
sv valve. Slip ecc. valve gear.
380 rpm, chain driven fp, Kcond. Fitted 1992.
Propeller
3 blades, 20" X 30"
History
New boat, assembled and plant fitted by owner, woodwork by local boatwright, completed 1991. June 1992 steamed from Czechoslovakia down Elbe to Dresden. Also steamed in Netherlands and Austria. 1991-92 had Stuart Turner 6A. The boat builder Helmut Strothjohann from Rüdesheim, Germany sold the boat after 29 years 2016 to Peter Probst to Solothurn in Switzerland. Now the Vaporosa has been given a new home on the river Aare.
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(Peter Probst)