Key details
- Current boat name
- Steampiper
- Boat class
- 7539
- Function
- Sports and Leisure
- Type
Dimensions and specifications
- Length (m / ft)
- 7.32 / 24ft
- Beam (m / ft)
- 1.37 / 4ft 6in
- Masts
- None
- Propulsion
- Steam
Design and build
- Designer
- Hobbs
- Date of build
- 1898
- Place of build
- Henley on Thames
Current status
- Present use
- Sailing
History
Alleged to have been built by Hobbs in 1898 as one of six electric canoes and named SANDPIPER. She was converted to steam in 1926. Found sunk in 2002, she was restored with a new engine/boiler by Ian Cross. She was re-named STEAMPIPER and acquired by her present owner in 2005 June 2010