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Old 05-05-2020, 06:08 AM   #38
MapisM
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City: Sardinia
Vessel Model: DP 56 Asterion
Join Date: Aug 2012
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Originally Posted by Southern Boater View Post
Hi MapisM

Let me guess......are the letters DP in the brand?
Yup, they stand for Dalla Pietà, as NS correctly mentioned. Actually it's Dalla and not Della, but that's a rather common misspelling, also among Italians.
One of many IT yards that sadly went under in the 2008 crisis aftermath.
They never built trawlers though, only planing boats.

Not that I dislike displacement speed, mind - quite the opposite, in fact.
The pic in my avatar shows my second to last boat, which was a timber, full displacement trawler built by another small Italian yard that NS might remember, called CNAM (Cantiere Nautico Azzurro Marotta).
A lovely vessel in many ways, which I kept for the best part of two decades.
During which, her maintenance needs did not decrease, while my wish to deal with them did - hence the choice to revert to plastic...

PS: whereabout are you in Tas?
I have a couple of boating mates who live there, and when we went to visit them a few years ago we also took the opportunity to attend the AWBF in Hobart.
Fantastic event for boaters in general, and even more so for wooden boat lovers!
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