Steam Boat Register Radow - sorted by Propulsion Type and Length

 07.04.2011 22:54:21
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Nation: GER Vaporosa 
7,11 m x 1,91 m / 23'-4" x 6'-3" 		Engine: Semple V
3" + 5" x 4"
(76,20 + 127,00 x 101,60)

steam boat: Vaporosa by Rainer Radow

Technical Data
Hull
year purchased 1988
year launched 1991
boat builder Elliot Bay #19
material fibre glass
color black (red bottom)
LOA 7.11 m / 23´4"
LWL 6.50 m / 21´4"
beam 2.00 m / 6´8"
draft 0.60 m / 23"
sped 7.5 knots
weight 2,550 lbs.
Engine
type v-compound
builder Semple Co. USA
year build 1982
stroke 101.6 mm / 4"
HP d = 76.2 mm / 3"
LP d = 127.0 mm / 5"
estimated internal HP about 10 iHP at 400 rpm at ? psi...
valve / reverse type slide / slip eccentric
condenser & material keel - copper
chain driven vacuum pump
Boiler
type vertical fire tube (VFT)
builder Semple Co. USA
year build 1986
safety setting 10.5 bar / 165 psi
heating surface 4 m2 / 43 sq. ft.
# & size of tubes 145 - 1"
grate area 0.16 m2 / 1.72 sq. ft.
fuel wood / coal
Buffalo injector chain driven twin piston feed pump
Propulsion 3 blades; d 500 mm x 750 mm / d 20" x 30"

Additional manual feedpump; stack blower; steam whistle; steam siren; shaft can be disconnected from engine for free-wheeling; rev-meter; telescoping mast; bell on fore deck; petroleum fired position lights; deck covered with 3/4" gauge teak; interior made from mahagony.

steam boat: Vaporosa by Rainer Radow

steam boat: Vaporosa by Rainer Radow

steam boat: Vaporosa by Rainer Radow

Boat first published: 30.06.2000 Contend update: 06/Dec/2009 This file build: 07/Apr/2011
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