Steamboat Register

Golden Eagle

Status: Active use

Owner: Kent & Lisette Lacey

Website: http://CLICK PHOTO FOR LARGER VIEW.

Area: USA

Hull

Launch. Construction: GRP with wooden decking and interior ..
Hull model: Elliott Bay 23 designed by Bill Durham
Built 1997 by Elliott Bay Steam Launch Co. at Portland, Oregon
Fit out 2016 by Kent Lacey at Old Lyme, USA
LOA: 23' 4", LWL: 20' 0", Beam: 6' 4", Draft: 2' 0", Displacement: 3,800 lbs.
. The boat was purchased used in 2015, and was completely refitted including the installation of a Mallinson twin engine during the winter of 2015-2016. The original York engine was sold to a boater in California. The boat is operated each summer season in Connecticut, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Canada and Massachusetts. Occasionally in the great state of Maine. A GPS unit permenantly mounted in the hull provides a live speed readout and computes miles traveled which has been about 300 miles per year.

Boiler

Built by Everett Engineering at USA
Fuel: solid fuel, Pressure: 175 psi,
injector, whistle, siren,
Boiler fired on wood when available or soft coal otherwise.

Engine

Double acting twin . 2-1/2" + 2-1/2" X 3"
Built 2005 by Roger Mallinson at Windermere
Designed by: Roger Mallinson
Power: 4 to 5 HP
This is one of just two Mallinson engines located in the States. It was built in 2005 and has been stored in a barn for ten years. The spring of 2016 will be the first time under steam for this engine.

Propeller

Bronze, 3 blades, Right Hand, 20" X 30"
Shaft: 1-1/4" Stainless Steel
Elliott Bay "steam" prop. I have tested a dozen or more props over the years, and this one is by far the best performing, especially at slow or mid-range RPMs.

Added to the register: 2015.12.14. Last Modified: 2021.03.27.

Golden Eagle running west on Otter Creek, Vermont. Captain sitting in the stern and steering with a paddle.

Photos

Golden Eagle on the left running on Otter Creek, Vermont in the rain while blowing down the boiler. Also shown is the SL Saucey.	Pen and ink drawing of Golden Eagle steaming south on Selden's Creek, off the Connecticut River in Hadlyme, Conn. USA. Fall temps were cool that day.	End of day and time to give the steam lance a chance to do it's job. A steady wind across the gunnels is a help to keep the boat in good order.
Operating on the St. Lawrence Seaway in US waters one mile from Canada. Boat was doing circles waiting for another launch to free itself off of a ledge. That granite is so unforgiving.	Pen and Ink drawing of Golden Eagle operating close to shore on Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire, USA.	Whistle steam condensing on a cool fall day against the blue sky. Photo taken at junction of Connecticut River and Selden Creek, in southern New England.
Golden Eagle cruising by the town docks at Lees Mill, Lake Winipesaukee, New Hampshire. Lisette Grunwell-Lacey at the helm.	A hot day on Lake Champlain, Vermont. Anchored in shallow water over a sandy bottom. The water feels wonderfully refreshing.	Capt. Kent Lacey and two passengers on Selden Creek near the Connecticut River in the vicinity of Deep River. Photo by Lisette Grunwell.