Steamboat Register

Lagavulin

Status: Active use

Owner: Migges Glaser

Area: Germany

Hull

Open Launch. Construction: GRP, teak trim..
Hull model: Piet-Hein-Sloep at Amsterdam, Holland in 1985
Built 1997 by Fernando Boatyard at Sri Lanka
Fit out 2000 by Migges Glaser
LOA: 20' 3", Beam: 7' 8", Draft: 2' 10", Displacement: 1750 lbs.
GRP lapstrake, double ended, ca. 1750lbs displacement, all wooden trim in teak by owner

Boiler

VFT Designed by Owner,
Built 2012 by FMS Gochsheim at Gochsheim, Bavaria, Germany
Fuel: Wood briquettes, Pressure: 178 psi, Grate area: 2 sqft, Heating area: 48 sqft,
15.75" dia X 23.62" long stainless steel 1.45 drum(s). 81 X 0.79" dia stainless steel 1.45 tubes. welded construction, Stainless Steel superheater,
condensing, engine driven pump, hand pump, steam feed pump, feed water heater, Windermere kettle, whistle,
former boiler was designed by HF Maskiner Co. to Swedish code by Anders Winter, 169 x 0.8" tubes, 2012 after heavy corrosion in the boiler new re-design by owner with less and bigger tubes for easy cleaning; all over stainless steel construction; water leg fire box, dry ash box, 2 safety valves at 178psi , Steam drying pipe: hairpin shaped of 1/1" SS pipe, smoke cone cover by Geoffrey Newton

Engine

Compound. 3" + 5" X 4"
Built 2005 by Strath Steam at Australia
Design: Swan by: Strath Steam
pv valve. SLRG valve gear.
Power: 8 HP
1st fitted with a Bernt Breding (Sweden) B2 Compound built 1998, 3.3/8" + 5.7/8" x 3¼", SLRG, A-frame. 154 lbs. 6 HP at 700 rpm. 2cnd Engine: SWAN Compund, built 2001 by Strath Steam Australia, Serial # 76 Belt-driven pumps: Hypro Twin piston for feed and diaphragm for vacuum (Ford F180 diesel engine vac pump), central lubrication system

Propeller

alu-mangan-gunmetal, 3 blades, Right Hand, 22.5" X 32"
Shaft: 1" Stainless Steel
22,5“x32“, alu-mangan-gunmetal, 3 blades, type similar to Elliot Bay prop, casted by Peter Wadephul, Bremen

History

Built by owner as an "off the shelf project" for someone who had no previous skills in steam boat building. Trailerable boat for all european waterways, and costal waters Changes: new engine 2005, new boiler 2012, flap rudder 2020, central lubrication 2021

Monaco, La Belle Class

Photos

River Neckar, Germany	River Mosel, Germany	new gadget - sausage grill
engine room	Lake Neuchatel, Switzerland	Lake Murten, Switzerland
Lake Lucerne, Switzerland	boat layout	bolier plan