Steamboat Register

Puffin

Status: Active use

Owner: R. & N. Powell

Area: UK-South West

Hull

Open Launch. Construction: Clinker African mahogony on oak. Iroko keel and g.
Built 2006 by Nick Smith at Avon, Hampshire
Fit out 2007
LOA: 20' 2", Beam: 6' 6", Draft: 1' 8",
Straight stem, transom stern, wheel steering

Boiler

Babcock type WT Built 2001 by Mack Scott
Fuel: paraffin, Pressure: 150 psi, Heating area: 17 sqft, Output: 200 lbs/hr,
Steel drum(s). Steel superheater,
condensing, engine driven pump, forced draft fan, hand pump, injector, steam feed pump, Windermere kettle, whistle,
Ecc driven fp, hand fp, injector, Kcond, Edwards ap, Wkettle, bilge ejector 1 drum with 2 box headers, copper tubes.

Engine

Compound. 3" + 5" X 3"
Built 1995 by Sam Wilkinson at Kemerton
Design: 3+5X3 by: Gordon Cheape
pv valve. Joy Radial (modified) valve gear.
Power: 6 HP
On 4 turned columns.

Propeller

3 blades, 18" X 30"
Shaft: 1 1/8" Stainless Steel

History

Machinery transferred from old SL PUFFIN to new hull by owners. Relaunched at Beale Park Wooden Boat Show 2007. New engine built by Sam Wilkinson installed in 2019.

Last Modified: 2021.03.14.