Name: VITAL SPARK

 Home Port: Seattle, Washington, USA

 Owners: John & Joellen Hope
 Address: 11014 Rainier Avenue S., Seattle, Washington 98178
 Phone: 206-772-6588
 Email: john.hope@comcast.net

 Hull:    type            when purchased     when launched            hull builder          material
 transom stern              Sept. 2005                   1911                                                  wood

 LOA          LWL          beam         draft         capacity               speed                 weight
 18 feet     17.5 feet        5 feet      1.9 feet       5 adults               5 knots               1200 lbs.

 Other: Excellent job of fiberglassing over carvel planking.

 Engine:   type     year built     builder      # of cylinders    bore & stroke    valve type(s)
     compound        1969     Blackstaffe/Wood      two         1.5"+3"x2.5"     "D" slide

 ihp          rpm            reverse type              condenser type & size                       vacuum
 2.5           500            Stephenson              keel, 0.5" copper, 1 sq.ft.                      26"

 Other: Fore-and-aft compound. Feed and air pumps are crosshead driven off LP cylinder.

 Propulsion:    dia. & pitch    # of blades       material       make      RH or LH     shaft size
                          14" x 19"           three           bronze        Hyde             RH         0.75" dia.
 steering                     auxilliaries                     paddlewheel (dia., width, & # of buckets)
 cable        

 Boiler:    type          builder          year built      bhp     operating pressure             gauges
   Roberts           Mietzner/Larson      2003         n.a.              150 psi                         four
 overall size       # & size of tubes     Heat.Surface     economizer HS       superheater HS
 18"w x 18"l       31 - 0.5" x 30"           12 sq.ft.                 none                         none
 fuel              grate area     stack dia. & height         pump type       injector type     tanks
 propane              n.a.               7" dia. x 7'             displacement           none          9 gal.

 Additional:

Vital Spark with her current owner, October, 2005