Name: WHATCOM PRINCESS (ex LEETHA)

 Home Port: Bellingham, Washington

 Owners: Steve & Pam Hunnicutt
 Address: 1040 Geneva Street, Belingham, WA 98229, USA
 Phone: 1-360-922-0673
 Email: steve@hunnicutts.net

 Hull:    type            when purchased     when launched            hull builder          material
 double-end lifeboat        1994                       1976                       unknown            wood

 LOA          LWL          beam         draft         capacity               speed                 weight
 24 feet     22 feet        7.5 feet        3 feet        8 adults              5 knots               3,920 lbs.

 Other: Originally a lifeboat for a survey ship, she was converted to steam in 1976 by Russ Hibler.

 Engine:   type     year built     builder      # of cylinders    bore & stroke    valve type(s)
         compound     1905        unknown            two            3" + 6" x 4.5"     "D" slide

 ihp          rpm            reverse type              condenser type & size                       vacuum
 12.5        380             Stephenson             keel, 1" copper, 5.25 sq.ft.                      yes

 Other:  

 Propulsion:    dia. & pitch    # of blades       material       make      RH or LH     shaft size
                          22" x 30"         three             bronze     unknown          RH         1.5" dia.
 steering                     auxilliaries                     paddlewheel (dia., width, & # of buckets)
 Kort nozzle w/wheel and tiller        

 Boiler:    type          builder          year built      bhp     operating pressure             gauges
            Roberts     Russ Hibler          1988           n.a.             125 psi                          two
 overall size       # & size of tubes     Heat.Surface     economizer HS       superheater HS
 22" x 33" x 45"           n.a.                  44 sq.ft.                   none                         none
 fuel              grate area     stack dia. & height         pump type       injector type     tanks
 wood/oil         3 sq.ft.            10" dia. x 5.3'                 piston             unknown        40 gal.

 Additional:

Whatcom Princess at Nanaimo, British Columbia, August 2001