Steamboat Register

Bos Murphy

Owner: P. Sewell

Area: New Zealand

Hull

Open Launch. Construction: Double-skin Kauri, diagonal inner skin, fore and a.
Built 1882 at Auckland
Fit out 2003 by Peter Sewell at Auckland
LOA: 25' 0", LWL: 23' 0", Beam: 6' 6", Draft: 1' 9", Displacement: 2800 lbs.
Counter stern..

Boiler

VWT Built 2001 by Colonial Iron Works
Fuel: Oil, Pressure: 100 psi, Heating area: 40 sqft, Output: 180 lbs/hr,
Croshead driven fp and condensate pump. Kcond Verticle drum , out of the fire with odfeld type tube layout with a steam atomizing burner

Engine

Single. 3" X 5"
Built 1971 by Ralph Sewell
Designed by: Ralph Sewell
sv valve. SLRG valve gear.

Propeller

18" X 20"

History

Hull built in Auckland in 1882. The top two planks and the deck has been replaced in 2002.