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Originally Posted by Southern Boater
Hi MapisM
Let me guess......are the letters DP in the brand?
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Yup, they stand for Dalla Pietà, as NS correctly mentioned. Actually it's D
alla and not D
ella, 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!