PocoLoco

Status: Steaming

Owner: Gord Bruce

Area: Canada

Hull

Launch. Construction: Strip plank covered with epoxied bi-axial glass cl.
Hull model: Indian Runner 21 designed by Selway Fisher
Built 2007 by owner at Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Fit out 2016 by Ronnie Baird at Virginia, USA
LOA: 21' 4", LWL: 20' 0", Beam: 5' 10", Draft: 2' 0", Displacement: 2200 lbs.
built by owner of Pennsylvania black locust, with glass/epoxy inside & out. Stained & varnished - natural beauty of the locust shows. 2021 update - now 5 years of summer running without a problem (other than a persistent small leak that gets smaller every year - maybe this year ??)

Boiler

Becxkman Designed by LIoyd Beckmann US,
Built 2015 by LIoyd Beckmann at Rhode Island, USA
Fuel: wood, Pressure: 110 psi, Grate area: 2.5 sqft, Heating area: 30 sqft,
18" dia X 36" high Steel barrel. 90 X 1" dia Steel tubes. Welded steel construction,
engine driven pump, hand pump, feed water heater, whistle,
lagged in stained/varnished black locust to match the hull

Engine

Double-acting single. 3" X 4"
Built 2006 by Owner at Kawartha Highlands, Ontario Canada
Design: Tiny Power M by: Tiny Power
D valve valve. Stephenson valve gear.
Power: 5 HP
built using a Lodge & Shipley engine lathe which was built in 1906, refurbished by owner, weight 1475 lbs

Propeller

Bronze, 3 blades, Left Hand, 18" X 30"
Shaft: 1.5" steel

History

started by buying the lathe in 2004, engine castings and boat plans in 2005. Engine complete and running on air 2008. Keel laid 2006, complete hull flipped 2012. Boat/engine/boiler delivered to Virginia autumn 2014. Picked up spring 2017, launched August 2017 (minor leaks. now repaired)/ First and only 3 trips very successful. All work was done only during summer months, at cottage, between bouts of entertaining family/guests.

Added to the register: 2018.01.14. Last Modified: 2021.03.24.

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