An attractive design and specifications for a shallow water craft of excellent appearance and a fine turn of speed
Designed by Chester A. Nedwidek
Sandpiper is a double cockpit runabout of the V bottom type, designed with a tunnel stern, this being done to cut down the draft so that she can be used in places where the water is plentiful but spread out over a large area. The extreme draft to the bottom of the wheel is only about eighteen inches. If a heavier engine using a larger wheel is installed the draft will be increased slightly. The engine shown on the drawings is a 35-50 horsepower Kermath weighing about 700 pounds, which should drive Sandpiper at a rate of about 22 to 25 miles per hour. Sandpiper will carry about six people very nicely although her seating accommodations allow for more. She is handled entirely from the forward cockpit, here the helmsman will sit at his steering wheel, with the reverse lever and all other necessary items for the control of the boat near him. This double cockpit arrangement makes this boat ideal for a yacht tender as then the crew is kept separate from the guests or the owner as the case may be. With the decks painted green, which by the way is much easier on the eyes in the sun than if painted the usual buff color, mahogany transom, mahogany covering boards in the way of the after cockpit, mahogany top strake and the rest of the topsides painted white, with a green boot top, you should have avery handsome job.
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