Dancer

Status: Active use

Owner: John Olsen

Area: New Zealand

Hull

Edwardian style canal inspection launch. Construction: Strip plank, cedar 19mm, no ribs, epoxy sheathed b.
Hull model: Dancer designed by Peter Sewell at Auckland< New Zealand in 2005
Built 2017 by John Olsen at Cambridge, New Zealand
Fit out 2017 by John Olsen at Cambridge, New Zealand
LOA: 30' 0", LWL: 30' 0", Beam: 6' 0", Draft: 2' 6", Displacement: 5400 lbs.
The hull is being fitted out to allow cruising with a small galley, a head and a shower. The length allows reasonable room to sleep. There are tanks for blackwater, freshwater, and fuel. The cabin is removable so that the boat can be open, partly covered with a canopy, or with a forecabin. The hull is constructed from strip plank cedar, glassed inside and out. Keelson and deadwood are Jarrah. (Australian Hardwood.) Deck is planked with New Zealand Kauri. The concept is for the boat to be like a smaller version of the canal inspection boats or the Windermere boats.

Boiler

3-drum Yarrow WT Designed by Andre Pointon,
Built 2008 by John Olsen at Auckland, New Zealand
Fuel: Used cooking oil, Pressure: 170 psi,
8" dia Steel drum(s). 126 X 5/8" dia Steel tubes. Welded steel ,expanded tubes construction,
condensing, engine driven pump, hand pump, injector, whistle,
The boiler has been built to conform to the ASME standards and has been built from certified materials. All welding has been done by certified welders and testing has been done by SGS M&I.

Engine

Propeller

Bronze, 3 blades, Right Hand, 21" X 21"
Shaft: 1.25" bronze

History

The engine build was started in 2001, the boiler in about 2004, and the hull in about 2007. The hull was launched for the first time in February 2017 with boiler and engine in place. First steamed October 2018.

Under way on the Mahurangi river

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