Steam Launch 'Fiddler's Green' on Bristol Harbour

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  • Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
  • Steam launch 'Fiddler's Green' out on Bristol Harbour.
    Information lifted from the SBA Register:
    Hull:
    Construction: GRP, and marine plywood.
    Fit out 1997 by A.H. Yacht Services at Exmouth.
    LOA: 15' 8", Beam: 5' 9", Draft: 1' 6".
    Green above the waterline and white below with new mahogany coaming and gunnels in the style of a harbour launch. Originally called Miracle and painted red above the waterline, white below, externally; grey and white interior.
    Boiler:
    Helical water tube boiler built by John Quick of Tiverton.
    Fuel: Coal, Pressure: 150 psi, Heating area: 14 sqft, Output: 180 lbs/hr.
    Engine:
    Compound. 1.97" + 2.95" X 2.36"
    Built 1984 by Fred Walton, Alex Ritchie, John Quick, R Goodchild
    Design: Reeves Commander by David Piddington
    Fitted with slide valves and Stephenson's Link reversing gear.
    Modified, mainly by A Ritchie, and J Quick. Fitted with multi-point mechanical lubrication. Runs at 450RPM at 150psi.
    Propeller:
    Bronze, 3 blades, Left Hand, 16" X 20" by Norris Propellers.
    Owned for four years by Roger Hull, a boat-builder in Penarth, who added the beautiful woodwork to Miracle and changed her name to Fiddler's Green. Originally dreamed up by "two mad blind men" (their own words), late October 1983. Hull acquired 1996. Launched, and first trip, Spring 2004. Full account in Funnel 120, "A Steam Boating Miracle." Purchased by the current owners in Spring 2016.

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