Chimera IIb
Status: Steaming
Owner: Peter Lee
Area: UK
Hull
Launch.
Construction: GRP.
Hull model: Winklebrig
Built 2005
Fit out 2005 by John Winn at Abingdon
LOA: 16' 0", Beam: 6' 8",
The hull is a WinkleBrigg gaff sloop sailing boat, believed to also be used by Wootens as the basis for an electric runabout.
Boiler
Ofeldt type Built 2005 by John Winn
Fuel: paraffin, Pressure: 115 psi,
Steel drum(s). 20 Copper tubes. welded drum, silver soldered tubes construction,
condensing, engine driven pump, forced draft fan, hand pump, injector, Windermere kettle, whistle,
Ofeldt type vertical watertube (vertical drum surrounded by coiled watertubes) built by John Winn to the SBA WTB2 design. Paraffin fired with a pot burner and electric forced draft fan.
Engine
Double-acting single.Built 2005 by John Winn at Abingdon
Slip eccentric valve gear.
This boat has had a series of engines, starting with a vee-twin double high built by John Winn, currently fitted with a single cylinder, again built by John Winn, now rebuilt with 2" additional height. It has also carried a Stuart S and a Canadian built semi-enclosed compound by the late Malcolm Orr, of Hamilton, Ontario. This was the portside of a pair of handed engines, the starboard being in Curlew 3.
Propeller
Bronze, 3 blades, Right Hand, 16" X 22"
Shaft: 1" Stainless Steel
History
Built in 2005 by John Winn, the boat was later owned by Mark Rudall before being purchased in November 2017; re-launched July 2026 following a comprehensive rebuild and named Chimera IIb.
Last Modified: 2026.08.18.
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Chimera IIb, Thames rally, August 2026
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