Steamboat Register

Corra Linn

Status: Steaming

Owner: Daniel Jančík

Area: Czech republic

Hull

Open Launch. Construction: Stip plank, cedar, oak framing,glass sheeting outs.
Hull designed by Selway Fisher
Built 2008
Fit out 2021
LOA: 21' 0", Beam: 4' 10",

Boiler

Yarrow Designed by J King,
Built 2020
Fuel: Coal or wood., Pressure: 250 psi, Heating area: 32 sqft,
200 X 0.39" dia Cunifer tubes. Expanded construction, Cunifer superheater,
engine driven pump, hand pump, feed water heater, Windermere kettle, whistle,

Engine

Compound. 2.5" + 3.75" X 2"
Built 2020
Designed by: Reliable Steam Engine
D valve valve. Stephenson valve gear.
Power: 5 HP

Propeller

Bronze, 3 blades,

History

The hull and most of the boiler was made by Mr. John Macmillan in Lanark as a replica of Nathaniel Hereshoff's launch Maud. John intented to fit it with a bronze single cyl. engine. I (the current owner) started my steamboat project parallel with John without knowing so and in an opposite order (engine - boiler - hull). Just after finishng my engine I run into John's add selling Corra Linn. (Unfortunatelly I only got to speak with John once...) After bringing her from Scotland to Czech republic (cca 2200km) I started works on the boiler that was missing all the tubes and putting everithing together. The Launching party was in September 2021 with a presence of Scottish piper to honor John. Now I am steaming as much as I can on the rivers in Czech republic with my 5yo (2023) son.