DUTCH Steam canoe “Sirius”
Characteristics
Wooden round bilge Canadian two-seater canoe, owned by the Van Gulik family.
Dim. 4.55 x 0.9 x 0.4M
Weight : 24kg.
Material : 7mm thick wooden slats with polyester.
Built in Amersfoort 2005, builder unknown.
Speed : 10km/h.
Total weight canoe: 105 kg.
Converted into a steam canoe by Mr. F. Fontijn in 2009.
Balanced rudder, oil bath propeller shaft with 3 blade aluminium propeller.
Boat built for participation in steam events in the Netherlands.
Propulsion:
Stuart Turner No 4 single cylinder design with A-frame.
Stephenson reversing mechanism.
Piston diameter 1.5 x stroke 1.25 inches
Power: 1/2 hp at 1000 rpm.
No condenser, spent steam up the chimney.
Builder and year of construction unknown, presumably in the 1980s.
Boiler:
Water tube steam boiler.
Working pressure : 6 bar.
14 tubes.
Boiler No. 209.21
Coal or wood fired.
Boiler can be constructed from three parts.
Material: steel, welded.
Stainless steel grate.
Total content: 7 litres.
Weight : 63 kg.
Designed, drawn and built by F. Fontijn in 2009 according to applicable regulations.
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