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How
can a Piper Boat be Recognised?
Although David Piper boats bear certain common features, the majority were built
for private customers, fulfilling their own particular specifications.
David Piper boats may
have some or all of the following characteristics:
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Traditional
Style (up
to 1997)
Headlamp
on a cranked
free-standing
pipe in
front
of cratch. |
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Square
water-tank lid, hinged at forward end.
Water in the
bow
storage
tank can be viewed by lifting the lid. |
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grab-rail continuous with cabin sides.
Similar wooden rail on earlier boats. |
Particular
livery design across back doors. |
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Hopper
windows. Some older boats
with a round hopper window for the bathroom.
Curved-top Dutch barge type windows on some later boats. |
Sliding
hatch at fore end as well as at rear.
Slide rails were solid wood faced with brass. |
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| Wooden
seats on foredeck cut in a radius to facilitate the opening of the
cabin doors. |
Wooden
pigeon box over sleeping cabin. |
Other
features
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Facility
of boat-handling – light and easy to steer.
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Gas
locker lid below back deck, shaped characteristically.
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Air
venting for front cabin area via front locker.
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Roof
angled in ribs in older boats.
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Built-in
storage area beneath side-hatch steps.
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Calorifier
system
Cruiser
Style (Up
to 1997)
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Decorative
wooden strip
along cabin side
above windows |
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Engine controls on
rear bulkhead. |
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Hopper
windows.
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Deeply
curved roof, especially on later
boats in this series. |
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Shape
of front cabin.
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Grab rail with
discontinuous
plates
to roof |
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Simon
Piper Boats
(From
1997 approx)
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