Quetzal

Status: Steaming

Owner: Alan & Verona Davis

Area: UK-South West

Hull

Launch. Construction: Carvel.
Hull model: Torbay Class designed by Louis Gale at Paignton Harbour in 1930
Built 1930 by Louis Gale Boatyard at Paignton Harbour
Fit out 2014 by Alan Davis at Harrowbarrow Cornwall
LOA: 20' 0", LWL: 19' 0", Beam: 6' 0", Draft: 2' 0", Displacement: 1860 lbs.
Hull purchased in April 2011 in very poor condition .Restored and converted to accept steam plant by owner . Restoration completed September 2014

Boiler

SBA VFT103 Designed by Kevin Slater,
Built 2014 by Steamwell Boilers at Chew Stoke
Fuel: Coal, Pressure: 150 psi,
Steel barrel. Steel tubes. Welded steel ,expanded tubes construction,
condensing, engine driven pump, hand pump, whistle,

Engine

Propeller

Bronze, 3 blades, 18" X 24"
Shaft: 1.25" Stainless Steel
Stern tube and shaft by Teignbridge Engineering Newton Abbott 2013

History

Quetzal was originally built as a Torbay Handicap Class racing yacht . She has a racing history in Torbay dating back to the 1930s .Purchased by me in very poor condition in April 2011 lying in a farm yard near Totnes South Devon . Totally rebuilt and converted to accept a steam plant by owner .Restoration/conversion completed September 2014

Quetzal