Elpenor
Owner: D. Ayers
Website: http://www.elpenor.co.uk
Area: UK-Wales
Hull
Gentleman’s Cruising Launch.
Construction: Plywood (8mm) covered with fibreglass and epoxy..
Hull model: 2 designed by David Ayers in Owne
Built by D. Ayers
Fit out 2002 by David Ayers
LOA: 22' 0", LWL: 21' 6", Beam: 5' 6", Draft: 2' 2", Displacement: 19cwt lbs.
Raised foredeck with cabin under. Straight stem, transom stern. Speed 7 ½ mph
Boiler
Bolsover Express Built 2000 by David Ayers
Fuel: Coal, Pressure: 120 psi, Grate area: 1.77 sqft, Heating area: 27 sqft, Output: Sufficient lbs/hr,
Engine driven fp. Steam aux. fp. Both auto control. Hand fp. Kcond. Central drum, 8 in dia, 2 ft high. 6 arms, at bottom and two thirds height. 7 tubes, all of equal length, spiral up drum from each bottom arm to top. Cleaned by steam soot blowers.
Engine
Single Uniflow. 3 1/2" X 5"Built 1998 by David Ayers
Design: 23 by: David Ayers
Balanced poppet valve. Helical Sleeve valve gear.
Frames cut out of ½" plate. Iron cylinder cast by local foundry, aluminium base cast at bottom of garden. Air and feed pumps attached.
Propeller
Fabricated blades, stainlesss, 19" X 27"
Shaft: 1 1/4" Stainless Steel
History
Various modifications to plant in original boat, Rockabill, meant that vessel was overpowered. Elpenor was built to make better use of that engine and boiler.
Last Modified: 2014.04.01.
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(John Gibbs) Thames 2005
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