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Built
: 1987 at Goolwa by Mr J Veenstra
Engines : Diesel hydraulic (installed
to replace the steam engines initially fitted ex-Pyap of 1892)
Length
: 34.9 metres. Steel hull construction
Bought
from the Veenstra family by Captain Pointon and sailed from Goolwa to Mildura
from the 5th until the 16th December 1999
Reengined as the old steam plant
first installed was found not to be powerful enough for the vessel at Mildura
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