Name: OTTER  Home Port: Menlo Park, California  Owners: Bart Smaalders  Address: 509 San Benito Ave., Menlo Park, CA 94025-1933, USA  Phone: 1-650-298-8839  Email: barts@smaalders.net  Website: http://smaalders.net/~barts/boat.html

Hull:    type            when purchased     when launched            hull builder          material      fantail skipjack            1990                     1990               Aeolus Boatworks       wood  LOA          LWL          beam         draft         capacity               speed                 weight  19 feet     17 feet         5 feet        1.2 feet       4 adults              6 knots                900 lbs.  Other: Built by Bill Grunwald of Aeolus Boatworks, Davenport, California of Douglas fir plywood and mahogany with painted canvas deck.

Engine:   type     year built     builder      # of cylinders    bore & stroke    valve type(s)     double simple     1989          owner                 two               2" x 2.5"         "D" slide  ihp          rpm            reverse type              condenser type & size                       vacuum   2            500            slip eccentric         keel, 0.75" copper, 1.2 sq.ft.                     none  Other: The engine is single acting, built from a GE refrigeration compressor with a single, balanced slide valve. There are photos on the owner's website which clearly show the valve arrangement.

Propulsion:    dia. & pitch    # of blades       material       make      RH or LH     shaft size                          13" x 17"            three           bronze     unknown          RH           1" dia.  steering                     auxilliaries                     paddlewheel (dia., width, & # of buckets)  tiller

Boiler:    type          builder          year built      bhp     operating pressure             gauges         Lune Valley      owner              1995          n.a.                180 psi                       two  overall size       # & size of tubes     Heat.Surface     economizer HS       superheater HS   19"dia. x 36"tall           n.a.                 17 sq.ft.               1.4 sq.ft.                     none  fuel              grate area     stack dia. & height         pump type       injector type     tanks  oil                      n.a.                7" dia. x 4'                    piston                  none          9 gal.

Additional: Otter was inexpensive to built (a "must" when you're starting a family) and has been enjoyed by the family, including extended cruising in the San Juan Islands of Washington State.