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Moondance

Status: Steaming

Owner: John Whittaker

Area: UK-South West


Hull

Cabin/Saloon Launch. Construction: Strip plank (7/8"), GRP sheathed both sides.
Hull model: IJssel designed by Selway-Fisher in 2013
Built 2013 at Devoran
Fit out 2013 by Johnny Whittaker at Devoran Cornwall UK
LOA: 23' 0", LWL: 21' 0", Beam: 6' 6",

Boiler

SBA VFT 105 Designed by Kevin Slater,
Built 2014 by Steamwell Boilers at Chew Stoke
Fuel: Coal, Pressure: 200 psi,
Steel barrel. 209 X 0.75" dia Steel tubes. Welded steel ,expanded tubes construction,
condensing, engine driven pump, forced draft fan, hand pump, Windermere kettle, whistle, siren,

Engine

Single cylinder. 3.25" X 4.5"
Built by J R Rankin at Halsall, Lancashire
Slide valve. SLRG valve gear.


Propeller

Bronze, 3 blades, Left Hand, 20" X 30"
Shaft: 1.25" 316

Added to the register: 2014.09.04. Last Modified: 2014.12.07.


Moondance at Windermere Week 2014

Photos


Moondance at Tallships Falmouth 2014


Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner?


Moondance catches a wave Windermere 2014


Moondance crew having a natter


Moondance under construction 2013 (1)


Moondance under construction 2013 (2)


Moondance underway Windermere 2014


Steamboat Johnny aka John Whittaker


Moondance under construction 2013 (3)

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