Name: AMY C. ROLSTON Home Port: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Owners: Barrie & Linda McClung Address: 155 Goldfinch Rd., Victoria, BC, Canada V9C 1Y3 Phone: 1-250-478-8043 Email: lsmcclung@shaw.ca |
Hull: type when purchased when launched   hull builder material fantail 1990 1873 Alfred Yarrow wood LOA LWL beam draft capacity speed weight 26 feet 20 feet 5.6 feet 1.5 feet 8 adults 6+ knots 2,500 lbs. Other: Built of teak on bent oak frames with copper rivets, the owners have spent 9 years rebuilding the launch, including replacing all 2,200 copper rivets. |
Engine: type year built builder # of cylinders bore & stroke valve type(s) simple 1882 Herreschoff one 2.5" x 5" "D" slide ihp rpm reverse type condenser type & size vacuum 5 250 Stephenson not as yet determined unknown Other: The engine is engraved: "Herreschoff No.93, Bristol, R.I., 1882" and is one of only three left. |
Propulsion: dia. & pitch # of blades material make   RH or LH shaft size 20" x 30" four bronze unknown RH 0.875" dia. steering auxilliaries paddlewheel (dia., width, & # of buckets) chain & rope |
Boiler: type builder year built bhp operating pressure gauges Roberts L.Mietzner 1997 n.a. 160 psi four overall size # & size of tubes Heat.Surface economizer HS superheater HS 24" x 34" x 37" n.a. 60 sq.ft. none none fuel grate area stack dia. & height pump type injector type tanks wood/coal 2.7 sq.ft. 9" dia. x 4.5' displacement ? 20 gal. |
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