Name: IDLTIME  Home Port: Medford, Oregon  Owners: Don & Ruth Mentzer  Address: 1467 S. Stage Road, Medford, OR 97501-4324, USA  Phone: 1-541-772-6478

Hull:    type            when purchased     when launched            hull builder          material            lifeboat                    1961                     1962              Kahnwieler & Son       steel  LOA          LWL          beam         draft         capacity               speed                 weight  16 feet     15 feet        5.5 feet       2 feet         4 adults               5 knots              2,650 lbs.  Other: The steel lifeboat hull makes an excellent, roomy and stable platform for a steam installation.

Engine:   type     year built     builder      # of cylinders    bore & stroke    valve type(s)               simple        1990          owner               one               3.5" x 4"         "D" slide  ihp          rpm            reverse type              condenser type & size                       vacuum   5            320              Hackworth             keel, 1" copper, 5.5 sq.ft.                         22"  Other:

Propulsion:    dia. & pitch    # of blades       material       make      RH or LH     shaft size                           22" x 28"          three           bronze     unknown          LH       1.125" dia.  steering                     auxilliaries                     paddlewheel (dia., width, & # of buckets)  cable

Boiler:    type          builder          year built      bhp     operating pressure             gauges        water tube     D. Mentzer          1991           n.a.               150 psi                         one  overall size       # & size of tubes     Heat.Surface     economizer HS       superheater HS   21" x 30" x 36"           n.a.                  40 sq.ft.                 6 sq.ft.                      3 sq.ft.  fuel              grate area     stack dia. & height         pump type       injector type     tanks  wood               2 sq.ft.              8" dia. x 4'                    piston              Penberthy      4 gal.

Additional: Idltime is a regular at Northwest Steam Society meets and the Sacramento Delta meets. Don also hosts a meet at Lake Klamath in early summer.