Inside Waverley – A Technical Guide to the World’s Last Seagoing Paddle Steamer

£10.95

This publication takes you inside Waverley to show her machinery and explain how it works. As well as explaining the numerous steam engines on board this book considers the production, use and circulation of steam through the ship as well as the design of the paddles.

With 13 sections including the main engine, boilers, the Bridge, steering system, paddles and winter maintenance across 46 pages with over 100 images this publication shares details and information on Waverley that isn’t available anywhere else.

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Learn all about the maintenance of Waverley as required by the 5-year survey cycle on Waverley’s triple expansion engine. This publication illustrates the extent of winter work undertaken to strip down components for inspection before being reassembled.

Readers will be impressed by the detail included in this publication including the speed at which a paddle float moves through the water –

“Each paddle wheel has 8 timber floats, 11 feet wide by 3 feet deep. At typical engine revolutions of 42 rpm, each paddle float moves through the water at 30 feet per second. Waverley’s typical cruising speed of 14 knots is 24 feet per second.”

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