Steamboat Register

Tern

Status: Steaming

Owner: Jean-Claude Giret

Area: Brussels, Belgium

Hull

Open Launch. Construction: GRP with teak deck and mahogany interior.
Hull model: Oyster Punt
Built 2000 by Cygnus Marine at Falmouth
Fit out 2000 by Bill Underwood
LOA: 15' 3", Beam: 5' 0", Draft: 1' 6",
Raked stem, ‘wineglass’ transom stern, dark blue hull, mahogany wood fit-out with teak decks. Wheel steering.

Boiler

Bolsover Express VWT Built by Tilbrook Services at Cambridge
Fuel: Propane, Pressure: 140 psi,
engine driven pump, hand pump, feed water heater, Windermere kettle, whistle,
Engine driven fp and steam pump. Steel. Plans from LSP. Fit-out by Bill Underwood. Non-condensing. Superheater, fwh. Wkettle. 10 gal fresh water tank.

Engine

Vee twin. 1 3/4" + 1 3/4" X 2"
Built by Bill Underwood
Designed by: Bill Underwood
sv valve. SLRG valve gear.
Cylinders and valve-chests from cast iron bar. Duralumin frame. Overhung crank with aluminium con-rods, all bearings are ball race. Helical valve gear (courtesy of John Winn).

Propeller

3 blades, 14" X 20"
Shaft: 3/4" SS

History

Launched 2001. Steamed about 300 miles each year. Purchased by John Wood 2012 New Brass/copper canopy designed by "Kiwi" Hunt being fitted 2014.

Last Modified: 2017.10.28.

(John Gibbs) Windermere, 2005