Claire's uncle is an avid collector of steam powered cars, trains, tractors, in fact anything he can get his hands on. One of his more recent acquisitions is a steam powered boat. I don't know much about the boat, except that I believe he purchased it from the Port Stephens area (and I may even be wrong on that front!).
When we were visiting in May 2009 we did a good bit of investigating of the shed and we were quite taken with S.L. Wear. So as is my want...photo time...The only trouble taking photos was that with the shed jammed full of steam engines of all shapes, sizes and descriptions, it was hard to 1) get around the place, and 2) take any photos from outside the boat which actually showed it!
...the wheel, which I don't know if you can make out, with "S.L. Wear"" engraved on it...
...and a bit closer, so you can read it...
...a couple of shots looking from the bow to the stern...
...James trying to work out the controls...
...and listening intently to how it works...
...I have no idea really how it works, so I'm not going to try to explain exactly what we are looking at in the next two shots, except that it is the engine...
...a couple of shots looking toward the bow, the skipper's view - except picture a idealic beach location in the background instead of the inside of the shed...
...and finally, the stern...
As I was writing this I did a google search on S.L. Wear, just to see if anything came up. Well, I found a link to a model boat company, Float A Boat located in Ringwood, Victoria. They sell plans to build a model steam launch which appears to be the same SL Wear as above...
If it isn't the same SL Wear, it is very similar!
lovely picture of her on The Steamboat Association of Great Britain including full details. sad to see her in such condition after only 28 years.
ReplyDeleteThanks for that. I'll check it out!!
ReplyDeleteAnd here it is...
ReplyDeletehttp://www.steamboatassociation.org.uk/Default.aspx?pageId=1117882
Tim, I sent the note on n
Deleteov 9th and it showed as anon. Sorry. If your interested I'm building a model of her which you can follow on modelboatmayhem forum. You must register to get pics or make comments. It's under model boating clinker building guide thread. Love to hear from you if you could post some pics on the site. Strange to see the pics of wooden boats Melbourne as we walked there in November. Regards Jerry C.
I was a friend of Colin Wear (now deceased) and have steamed SL Wear on Sydney Harbour & Parramatta River. Would like to see her on the water again. I have photos.
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Hi Terry,
DeleteI'm not sure what the long term plans of the boat are - but i think everybody hopes to see her on the water again!
HI Tim,I have finished the model. Here she is after 6months work at 35hrs per week. http://youtu.be/HIwbgFfw--I
ReplyDeleteJerry C. Keeps calling me annon.
Jerry, that's awesome!
DeleteI'll jump onto the forum at some stage and have a look at the build.
http://www.modelboatmayhem.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,33737.175.html
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