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IONA

Status: Steaming

Owner: Stephen S. Weaver

Area: USA


Hull

Launch. Construction: Cold-moulded marine plywood, GRP epoxy sheathed.
Hull model: Sharpie Type Hull designed by Reuel Parker in 2010
Built 2014 by owner at Lancaster PA USA
Fit out 2020 by owner
LOA: 24' 2", LWL: 20' 0", Beam: 6' 6", Draft: 1' 5",
Designed by Reuel Parker along the lines of his Harbour Launches for the Owner. New England Sharpie hull with a box keel. Topsides are 0.625" okoume marine ply covered in 6 oz. cloth. Box keel and bottom is 0.75" okoume ply covered in 10 oz. cloth. Hand laid teak deck.

Boiler

Clyde Dry-back Scotch Designed by Owner,
Built 2014 by Owner at code shop Strasburg Rail Road Company at Lancaster PA USA
Fuel: Coal or wood., Pressure: 200 psi, Grate area: Two sqft, Heating area: 47 sqft, Output: 254 lbs/hr,
Thirty" dia X 24" long Steel barrel. Fifty X 1.5" dia Steel tubes. Welded steel, expanded tubes construction,
condensing, engine driven pump, hand pump, steam feed pump, whistle,
Free-drafting, easy-steaming boiler at Ahead Full

Engine

Compound. 2.5" + 4" X Four"
Built 1973 by Beaumaris Instrument Co. Ltd. at Anglesey
Design: Beaumaris by: Mills
D valve valve. Stephenson valve gear.
Power: 15 HP
This is Mills-Beaumaris No. 5

Propeller

Bronze, 3 blades, Right Hand, 21" X 28"
Shaft: 1.25" 316 Stainless Steel

Added to the register: 2021.03.19. Last Modified: 2022.10.19.


Fitting out in The Works

Photos


Boiler with temporary fittings the evening before fire-up, August 2018. (Note the heat lamp in the furnace to warm the boiler to 70F for the hydrostatic test)


First Anthracite fire on the grate bars, August 2018 steam-up.


SL IONA at the 2022 Wooden Boat Show in Mystic CT USA


Underway with guests at Mystic CT USA


SL IONA at the dock in Sorrento ME USA


Cruising Frenchmans Bay Maine USA (click on photo for correct orientation)


Frenchmans Bay Maine USA (click on photo for correct orientation)


"Industrial kayaking" on Frenchmans Bay Maine USA. The First Class Water Tender takes a break on the foredeck.


Flank Speed during sea trials in May 2022