Builder: Durbeck Boatworks, Bradenton, Florida
Designer: Peter Guerke

LOA: 38 ft 1 in
LWL: 30 ft 1 in
Beam: 11 ft 3 in
Displacement: 25000 lbs
Draft: 6 ft 1 in
Ballast: 8,000 lbs

Engine: Yanmar
Model: 4JH5E
Power: 53 hp
Year: 2009 installed 2011 w/new transmission by Marine Pro, Cocoa, FL
Hours: <100 hrs
Cruising Speed: 5.5 knots
Max Speed: 6.5 knots
PSS Dripless Shaft Seal in 2011 with new engine install

Fuel: 50 gallons
Water: 120 gallons
Holding: None. Removed with all septic hoses when Compost toilet installed in 2012

DAWN PIPER is an excellent couples cruiser. Everything is substantial from the bronze ports and warm cabin lamps to the solid wood interior and thick cabin sole. She has great light and ventilation. The boat is very large inside with a big forward stateroom with tons of storage, a large head just aft to port with incredible storage and a workshop adjacent on starboard. The whole area becomes a gigantic bathroom and dressing room. A diesel heater is on the bulkhead to keep warm. The salon is also large with an L shaped settee to port and a straight settee berth to starboard. A very large table can seat about six comfortably. The table is hinged to a bulkhead and folds up to create a large open area. There is abundant storage throughout. The U-shaped galley to port is just below the companionway with lots of storage including special dish storage and a large cabinet with storage below and counter space above. The sit down navigation station is on starboard with a quarter berth aft which is great for storage.

Great liveaboard voyager
Tons of storage
Nice big forward stateroom
Large head to port
Workbench to starboard
Huge salon with fold up table
Storage outboard of the settee
Excellent ventillation
Nav station to starboard
Galley to port
Quarter berth aft of the nav
Diesel heater

Two stainless steel sinks
Foot pumps for fresh and salt water
Three stainless steel water tanks with valve system
ORIGO Gimbaled Alchohol Stove w/Oven
Massive safety bar for the stove and a harness for the galley slave
Insulated ice box

12Vdc and 110VAC Electrical Breaker Panel
110VAC 30A Shore Power
Shore Power Cord (50 ft)
AC outlets
Four (4) Trojan T105 Deep Cycle Batteries (420 aH) installed 2012
One (1) 12V Starting Battery
Heart Interface Link 1000 Battery Monitoring System
Three Stage Battery Charger in 2010
High Output Alternator and Voltage Reg in 2011 with new engine install
Nav Lights Port, Starboard 'n Stern Light
Deck Lights
Steaming Light
Tricolor Light
Anchor Light
Deck Wash Down Pump
Two (2) Electric Bilge Pumps (Diaphram 'n Rule Hi Water) in 2011
Airgen Wind Generator mounted on pole
MONITOR Windvane Steering System new in 2011

Beautiful cutter rig easily managed by a couple. The rigging (replaced in 2009) is oversized with external bronze chainplates (rebedded in 2009), new pulleys on mast top and turnbuckles. The wire rigging has Norseman terminals so you can replace a wire one a time. The double spreader rig has permanent backstays so you don't need running backstays (bonus). She'll heave to reliably with a triple reef in the heavy mainsail and the staysail. She'll track well and balance easily to be steered by the Monitor wind vane steering system (new in 2012). The boat is rigged well to cruise.

Full keel with encapsulated lead ballast. Cutaway forefoot with relatively broad transom with a handsome sheer and relatively low freeboard, and high bulwarks. The external rudder is hung on massive bronze gudgeons. The three-blade prop is secure and safe in an aperture. Hull construction is solid fiberglass and hand-laminated. The hull is laid up with the best tooling polyester resins. The deck is molded with laminated fiberglass unit with strategic balsa coring in sections to reduce weight. The outer layer of deck is approximately 1/2" with 1/2" balsa core then a 1/4" under layer of fiberglass. Areas of deck hardware are reinforced and all were rebedded in 2005. The hull and deck are joined at the toe rail cap and the joint is completely tabbed below with several layers of fiberglass cloth. Bulkheads are tabbed to the hull and furniture is built into the monolithic structure. That is to say she is a well built solid boat!

Jack lines nylon straps run from staysail cleat to strong points at entrance to cockpit Edson manual bilge pump in the cockpit (should replace seals)