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The Steamboat Association of Great Britain
SBA Services Limited is a not-for-profit company set up to provide services to steamboaters.
Established by the SBA in 1991.
Services
Today SBA Services Limited (aka "the SBAS") provides a range of services used by many members. We have recently started to offer castings and drawings for sale. The profits from these sales will be used to offset our operating costs (like PI insurance), so that we can reduce the costs of our "famous" boiler inspection services to members.
Our services include:
- Boiler & Pressure System Design Assessment Service - evaluation and certification of new boiler designs by professional design engineers, which can be used to build boilers which can be inspected and certified under the SBAS Boiler Inspection Scheme .
- Construction Surveillance Service - Inspection of boilers under construction to ensure appropriate materials and manufacturing processes are employed, and that the boiler confirms to an approved design.
- Boiler Inspection Service - periodic inspection and certification of boilers by a professional engineer to agreed SBAS standards.
- A Library of design-assessed boiler drawings
- This includes both fire-tube and water-tube designs, some of which require no welding and are therefore suitable for the home builder.
- This includes the designs of John King (Yarrow, Babcock and Simpson Strickland types).
- Designs are available for all sizes of steam launch/boat/yacht.
- Designs are available for solid (coal) and liquid (paraffin, diesel or o
il) firing.
- A library of hull drawings, bequeathed by the estate of Glynn Lancaster Jones.
- A library of patterns and castings for steamboat ancillaries (principally donated by Ian Cross), from which we can cast items (in Bronze, GM or Iron) on demand for members.
- A library of patterns and drawings for three twin-cylinder and a single cylinder steam engines.
Fully Insured
Owners, should be aware that SBAS maintains in force a policy of professional indemnity insurance which provides cover in respect of examinations carried out to orders placed by SBAS; this acts as a safeguard for inspectors and owners in the unlikely event of something going wrong.
Learning More about SBAS Services
You can find out more about these services by using the links below.
All our products and services can be ordered from SBA Services Limited via the pages referenced by these links.