Otter

Status: Fettling needed

Owner: Bart Smaalders

Website: http://www.smaalders.net/barts/boat.html

Area: USA

Hull

fantail launch. Construction: 1/4" plywood lapstrake.
Hull designed by Bill Gruenwald at CA
Built 1980 by Aeolus Boats at Davenport, CA
Fit out 1990 by owner at San Jose, CA
LOA: 19' 0", LWL: 17' 6", Beam: 5' 0", Draft: 18' 0", Displacement: 2500 lbs.

Boiler

Lune Valley type Designed by Bart Smaalders,
Built 1996 by Bart Smaalders
Fuel: diesel, Pressure: 180 psi, Grate area: 1 sqft, Heating area: 17 sqft,
8" dia X 20" high Steel drum(s). 55 X .5" dia Copper tubes. welded steel drum with welded copper coils construction,
condensing, engine driven pump, forced draft fan, hand pump, feed water heater, whistle,

Engine

Propeller

Bronze, 3 blades, Right Hand, 16" X 20"
Shaft: 1" Stainless Steel

Added to the register: 2017.10.27. Last Modified: 2021.03.12.

Otter in the San Juan Islands, Washington.