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Progress Achieved To Date
The YAVARI has undergone extensive technical surveys, been rendered totally watertight and secure and made comfortably habitable. Many of the original items of equipment including the ship's wheel have been located and restored to their rightful place aboard the ship.
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1998:
Once more painted in the black, white, red and green livery of The Peruvian Corporation, the vessel was opened as a registered National Museum.
1999:
Bolinder Engine
Thanks to the sponsorship of Volvo Peru S.A. and Atlas Copco and the ingenuity of the Swedish volunteer Per Fonser, American engineer John Kusner and the Yavari's chief engineer Maximo Flores and the Crew; the Swedish 4 cylinder hot bulb semi diesel Bolinder engine (installed in 1914) was stripped down, its crankshaft and bearings ingeniously repaired and the engine restored to full operational order.
When the Yavari left port to carry out engine trials it was the first time the vessel had sailed in over 40 years.
The engine is now the oldest and largest working Bolinder of its type anywhere in the world.
The Trek in the Footsteps of the Yavari
An Anglo-Peruvian expedition of 12 persons and 25 llamas set out from Tacna to search for the exact route taken by the mules and porters carrying the pieces of the YAVARI and YAPURA to Lake Titicaca. Three teams followed the three mule trails most frequently used in the 19th century. It was strenuous and unforgettable undertaking but although the Yavari's Aymara crew members were able to quiz the local inhabitants on the way. Scant evidence was found of the original journey.
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