For Sale
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Steam Launch Cocotte
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Oct/18
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Cocotte is on the current SBA register, however it is not registered in my name. I have attempted to add my name to the register, but so far without any luck.
I purchased the launch in January 2009 and transported it back to my garage in London. It has been rubbed down and given two coats of National paint on the hull. All the wood work has been rubbed down and given three coats of yacht varnish. The boiler casings are currently removed and the external of the tubes have been cleaned and inspected. The water feed pipe from the automatic pump to the boiler is currently removed, due to a dry joint, which needs attending to.
The photos show Cocotte as it was when I purchased her and she looks very much the same now. I have bills of sale, engine drawings and a number of other documents. The trailer is included with the sale.
My next step was to get boiler certification, but due to other commitments and interest, my work stopped there. I will be downsizing very soon, so will no longer have anywhere to store her.
(details from Register)
Hull: Open launch. Built circa 1991 by Gibbs & Thurston at Edmonton. Model: Limited Edition LOA: 14' 5". GRP, Counter stern.
Engine: Single, 2¼" x 2¼". Built 1992 by Border Engineering at Hoddesdon. Design: Regatta. Valve(s): pv, Gear: SLRG. No.920101. On 4 turned columns.
Boiler: 3-drum HWT. Built 1991 by Anthony Bever at Swindon. Fuel: paraffin. No.28, steam drum 5¼" dia x 15" long. 3-bladed prop.
Cocotte requires someone with a little time on their hands to bring back to steam.
This is a good opportunity for some one to enter the steam boat world at a low cost.
Located in SE London. See SBA register for full details.
Price: Offers in region of £2,200
Contact: David Neale, Viewing by arrangement.
Tel: 020 8291 1096
Email: davenealeassociates@btinternet.com
 
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For Sale
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Steam Narrow Boat Trevor for Sale
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Sept/18
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Steam Narrow Boat ‘Trevor’ is sadly for sale again following the death of the owner.
Engine is a 4” by 4” Sissons single driving through gearbox for ahead and astern
Boiler: Two drum by Kew Bridge, oil fired
Length: approx 45 feet.
Phil Martino is acting on behalf of the Owner's widow, and will post more details of Trevor hopefully around the 20th Sept 2018 after he has visited the boat. A boiler test is being currently arranged, as the certificate has recently expired.
Enquiries in the first instance to me: Phil Martino - address etc in the Register.
Price: circa £25,000
Contact: Phil Martino
Tel: see Member's Directory
Email: philipemartino@gmail.com


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For Sale
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Paddle Steamer Monarch (updated price)
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Jun/18
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Paddle Steamer Monarch is for Sale
A unique opportunity to acquire one of the only three working Paddle Steamers in Britain.
Monarch has a 42ft steel hull, fitted with a wooden saloon and wheel house.
Power Plant: She is powered by an inclined condensing compound engine supplied with steam from an oil fired scotch dry-back boiler.
Licensed for 12 passengers she has been successfully operating river trips on the Frome and into Poole Harbour in Dorset.
Price: Offers over £65,000
Also available: a 30ft licensed open steam launch.
Contact: Enquiries to Wareham Steam Navigation Co. Ltd
Tel: 01929 556031
Mobile: 07899 024250
Email: purbecklivesteam@gmail.com


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For Sale
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Steam Launch Garlandstone (updated)
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Aug/18
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Garlandstone
Hull: Length 24ft x 4ft 8in Beam. Oak and Mahogany. Skin 3 layers, copper riveted. Beautiful wood varnishing was finished by Peter Freebody in Hurley, River Thames.
Boiler: Ed Langley Vertical Firetube, coal fired. Mechanical shaft driven Hypo water feed pump and hand feed-pump. Professionally re-tubed by Manor Farm Engineering with boiler test, new hardwood staving. Only steamed twice since! New test on purchase.
Engine: a Taylor twin high pressure. Fitted with Clupit rings.Stephenson Link Motion, a really nice easy to use machine.
Trailer: 4 wheeled ‘Breakback’ for east of launching. Comes complete with 4 new Indespension units, new wheels and tyres.
Comes with cushions, boat covers, windows and Widermere kettle etc etc.
This is a beautiful one-off hulled boat, you will not find another, there isn’t one. With its vertical water cutting bow and counter stern she leaves little wash. Easy to steam and capable of running all day.

Would not be selling but for the fact I have been lucky to be offered and bought an even bigger steam boat.
More pictures available on request.
Difficult to find a nicer buy, early viewing recommended.
Price: On Request.
Contact: Phone Lyndon Bedford on 07973 919129 or email lpbedford@btinternet.com.

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For Sale
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Steam Launch Ilse Louise
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Mar/18
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Ilse Louise was built in 1914 by “Nicolaas Witsen”, Alkmaar in the Netherlands.
Hull: Over all length 10.5 m., beam 2.2 m., draught 0.8m.
Seats can be converted in two beds, galley, wc. Restored to the original of 1914.
Materials: Hull: steel, Salon: teak.
Chain steering, 3 blade bronze propeller 21”

Machinery: Triple expansion engine built in 2011. Cylinders: 76 + 122 + 200mm Stroke 102mm. Power: 15 hp at 450 rpm. and 14 bar. Stephenson link motion, 2 feed pumps and 1 air pump.
Chain steering, 3 blade bronze propeller 21” diameter.
Boiler: Vertical centre drum WT. built in 2011 contains nearly 40 litres of water. Working pressure: 14 bar, Heating area: 4.2 m2, Oil-fired with injector and handpump. Keel condenser and hot-well.
Price: on request.
Contact: Tjaard Schudde Kampen/Netherlands
email address: 3steamer@gmail.com
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For Sale
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Steam Launch Theodoor - new price!
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Mar/18
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Netherlands based SBA member Pieter Brittijn is well known in SBA circles in the UK from his frequent visits together with his beautifully built launch 'Theodoor': but he wrote in January to advise that 'It is with a heavy heart that I have decided to sell my steam launch.'
Hull: LOA: 22’, Beam 6’ 6”, Draft 3’. Designed by Paul Fisher from Melksham. (model 'IJssel') The design features high freeboard and great stability making her perfect for choppy conditions. Construction is Red cedar strip-planked in epoxy/glass, on oak framing, teak deck and mahogany coamings. Built between 2007 – 2011 by owner to high specifications.
Boiler: Vertical fire-tube VFT 103 from the SBA library Oak cladding, complete with all fittings and licensed by Lloyds Register till 31.12.2019, and she has a stainless steel 'wet' ash pan and a Windermere kettle. Boiler feed by engine driven hypro pump (main) plus injector and hand pump
Engine: A classic double acting twin 3 ¼ X 3 ¼ built in the late 1800’s and completely overhauled in 2010. Steam and mechanical lubrication by multi pumps. The plant is condensing (keel condenser) and there is a feed water heater, oil filter and engine driven air pump.
Propeller: Three blade bronze right hand 20’x 30’' Stainless steel prop shaft 1 ¼ inch, homokinetic clutch and axial bearing. 
Cover: Custom made winter and summer cover.
Trailer: Twin axle galvanised trailer custom adapted for the hull (licensed in The Netherlands)
The sale includes all the above, plus ropes, fenders, anchor, flag staffs as well as two boxes of assorted steam paraphernalia. The launch, its hull, boiler and engine as well as all the additional items, are in excellent condition.
Asking price: 25,000 Euro ono.
For more information please contact: Pieter Brittijn Tel: 0031 24 3582773. E-mail: pieter@brittijn.nl

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For Sale
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Steam Launch Amaryllis II
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Mar/18
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'Amaryllis II' was conceived with the enthusiastic help of eminent engineer, Alex Ritchie. One of the aims was to prove his development of a 25 hp triple expansion engine based on LIFU’s two cylinder 30 hp compound, and the photo in the LIFU catalogue of a 100 hp triple.
Year of Build 1995 - commissioned 2002 30ft LOA x 6ft 6” beam 3ft 6” draft / 6ft 6” air draft Weight 4.25 tons (Feed Water capacity 113 ltrs / Fuel 100 ltrs)
STEAM PLANT: Her 25hp LIFU type triple expansion engine is 3 3/8”+5 ½”+7 7/8”x 5 ½” and her three-drum water tube boiler generates approx. 900lbs steam per hour, while the 240 volt NuWay oil burner is automatically pressure regulated to maintain 265-275 psi..
This is powered by 2x225 Ah. gel batteries supplemented, if required, by an alternator driven off a layshaft which also drives a three cylinder boiler feed pump. The batteries are maintained by a Victron monitor.
A 27”x40” propeller, designed specifically for her by Bruntons, using an Aquadrive flexible coupling and thrust block, gives her 6 knots at 200 rpm with a 23” vacuum, burning about 4 l/hr. Her maximum speed has been measured at 7 knots at 375rpm.
'Amaryllis II' has a comprehensive set of gauges: boiler, HP, MP, LP, Vac, Feed and matching rev counter (by Alex Ritchie). Boiler feed-water passes through a four-stage filter system in the 12 gallon hot-well. She comes with a six-wheeled, 5 tonne capacity galvanised road trailer, tailor-made specifically for her by RM Trailers, and the sale will include a full set of spare boiler tubes and other items.
HULL: Drawn by Paul Fisher after a Dixon Kemp design and built to a very high standard by with copper and silicon bronze fastenings, and finished with teak decking, joinery and saloon. She has outside seating for eight guests in comfort in forward and aft cockpits while the saloon provides additional seating for four people around the table. 'Amaryllis II' is quiet, economical and remarkably manoeuvrable.
Enquiries with sensible offers are invited for Amaryllis II Contact William Fuller: 01502 722657 wghfuller@btinternet.com
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For Sale
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Electric Launch Haida - reduced price
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Feb/18
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HAIDA was built in 1992 as a motor launch by PJS boats, 18ft x 5ft Indian Runner design.
Cedar strip, sheathed exterior, mahogany veneer planking interior, mahogany / bevelled glass engine cover.
Converted to steam in 1998, then further conversion to electric in 2010 using a 48 volt 1.5 KW SEM motor & 200 amp/hour deep cycle batteries, on-board 20 amp charger & Victron battery monitor.
[Always dry stored on axle stands when not in use and battery charge maintained]
Full history in EBA news summer 2011 and Water Craft magazine Nov/Dec 2011.
Winner of the Simonds Trophy for best electric boat at the Thames Vintage Boat Rally 2011. Registered with the Thames Vintage Boat Club No. 44.
The boat comes with full inventory, new road / mooring cover, half canopy, boat safety certificate from June 2015. Twin axle trailer, overhauled professionally in Sept. 2014. [New sealed wheel bearings and AL-KO damped brake coupling fitted].
Price £10,500 ONO.
Contact: Peter Brennan on pbrennan842@gmail.com or
Telephone on 01474 707534
 
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