Tui

Status: Active use

Owner: Alan Atkins

Area: New Zealand

Hull

Yacht. Construction: Carvel.
Built by Unknown
Fit out 2006 by owner at New Zealand
LOA: 18' 4", LWL: 18' 1", Beam: 7' 3", Draft: 2' 0",
During restoration hull given 3rd skin of 3mm marine ply and glassed over.

Boiler

VFT Designed by Rod Muller (Strath Steam),
Built 2005 by Rod Muller (Strath Steam) at Australia
Fuel: Coal, Pressure: 110 psi,
Steel tubes. Welded steel drum and tubes construction,
condensing, engine driven pump, hand pump, feed water heater, whistle,

Engine

Single, double acting. 3" X 4"
Built at USA
Designed by: Crescent Marine Steam
D valve valve. SLRG valve gear.
Power: 5 HP
Purchased from Kent Lacey in 2005ish

Propeller

Bronze, 3 blades, Right Hand, 18" X 19"
Shaft: 1" SS

History

Hull located in an apple orchard in 2004, hull restored and strengthened 2005, steam fit out 2006. Boat was used regularly from 2006 to 2015, then the children arrived and Tui has been laid up since. Now March 2021 with the children 5 & 6 its time to dust off the cobwebs to get her steaming again, so expecting Tui in the water sometime late in 2021.

Added to the register: 2015.12.22. Last Modified: 2021.03.26.