Helen
Status: Active use
Owner: Helen Steeple
Area: UK-North
Hull
Launch.
Construction: Carvel mahogany on oak.
Hull model: To owner designed by R Lower at Newhaven in 1980
Built 1982 by R. Lower & Sons at Newhaven
LOA: 16' 0", LWL: 15' 6", Beam: 5' 6", Draft: 2' 0",
Hull refurbished in 2009
Boiler
âKâ type VFT Built by H.A. McEwen (Boiler Repairs) Ltd. at Keighley
Fuel: Wood/coal, Pressure: 125 psi,
condensing, hand pump, injector, Windermere kettle, whistle,
Engine
2 cyl compound.Built 1965 by Stuart Turner Ltd. at Henley
Designed by: Stuart Turner
pv valve. Gearbox valve gear.
Previously fitted in "Leo" 1965-80 Number 215
Propeller
Bronze, 3 blades, 18" X 13"
Shaft: 3/4" bronze
History
Built to the specification of Cyril Moreman and first steamed in 1982. Subsequently owned by Malcolm and Gwyneth Yeomans and used in Wales, before being sold to Ian Lonsdale and based in Lancashire. Purchased in 2016 by Dr Derek Steeple for his wife Helen, the vessel is now permanently based within the steamboat community of Windermere.
Added to the register: 2017.01.03. Last Modified: 2019.05.21.
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Trailered at Storrs Park 2016