Talisker

Status: Steaming

Owner: Simon & John Fellows

Area: UK-Thames

Hull

Launch. Construction: Strip plank, cedar and epoxy composite.
Hull model: Indian Runner 21 designed by Selway Fisher at Melksham in 1993
Built 1998 by Tom Peebles at Perth
Fit out 1998 by Tom Peebles at Perth
LOA: 21' 0", LWL: 20' 0", Beam: 5' 6", Draft: 1' 9", Displacement: 2750 lbs.
Iroko coaming, keel and engine/boiler bearers. Teak decks Red Cedar strip planking in epoxy/glass. First 21ft Indian Runner built.

Boiler

Roberts type HWT Designed by Antony Bever,
Built 1994 by Anthony Bever at Swindon
Fuel: Coal, Pressure: 165 psi, Grate area: 1 sqft, Heating area: 28 sqft, Output: 300 lbs/hr,
8" dia X 24" long Steel drum(s). 28 X 5/8" dia Steel tubes. welded construction,
condensing, engine driven pump, hand pump, injector, steam feed pump, feed water heater, whistle,
Modified air inlets and larger wet ashpan fitted 2004. Retubed 2010.

Engine

Propeller

Manganese Bronze, 3 blades, Right Hand, 16" X 30"
Shaft: 1-1/4" Stainless Steel

History

Hull built and fitted out by Tom Peebles (1993-1998) Tom Peebles participated at Portsoy, Coniston and Windermere rallies with one foreign trip to Stavanger (2008). Currently steaming on the Lower Thames at Twickenham Yacht Club and between Richmond and Teddington.

Loch Katrine 2013 'Captain Holly' in charge