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Hi everybody !!  I’m sorry I’m posting few news here lately, but I’ll promise you this is going to finish , since we have several new projects coming in the very coming weeks. Yesterday a buoy racing sailor wrote me showing interest for Haiku 700 project ; he usually races […]

Haiku 700: how about putting some spice in her ???

new plans coming soon in 2018   we’re working hard to broaden our range of plans for homebuilders and Do-It-Yourself addicted, there are two projects (and a half…) cooking right now on the drawing board. First one is a cartoppable beach cat that I presented on my FB page few […]

2018: new plans coming soon !!

Hi everybody, official page and plans for my AeroWood 310 Stand Up paddle are now available here. Budget to build the board is around 300 € , plans included, if you go for a homebuilt fin ( its drawing is on plans ) or something more if you choose to […]

Stand Up Paddle plans available !

We begin to sold the Dentex 420 plans few months ago with a very good response, she’s the last member of our seakayak family; Dentex 420 is basically a sit on top seakayak dedicated to fishermen addicted to kayak fishing, and to all the ones who want to build a […]

Dentex 420: first pictures !!!

Service Lead batteries, how to choose the right one: This post is the English translation of a post published by Roberto Minoia on his blog; you can find the original Italian version here  ; a huge thank to Roberto for allowing me to traduce and share this article The service […]

Service Lead batteries, how to choose the right one:

I’ve just updated the kayak page; the whole family belongs to the same stitch & glue building system, based on plywood & epoxy, a system which guarantees sturdy, nimble and beautiful hulls with a reasonable amount of building time; it took me about 75 hours to built my own Bette 500 […]

Kayak: how to choose the right model

Stand Up Paddle (SUP for friend) is the new skyrocketing activity blasting the scene during the last summer: basically a SUP is a slightly modified stable surfboard on which you stand up and paddle, mixing fitness, relax, watching around and exploring coastal areas. I couldn’t resist the temptation of design […]

Stand Up Paddle : the new toy for summer !!!

“you can’t promote wooden boat building in 2017, forests are disappearing, the ecological impact of your projects is devastating !!!!” oh, man , really ???? pluvial forest in south america, picture form  www.rainforest-alliance.org now, let’s take a look at the big picture …. the alternatives: in my range of projects, […]

modern wooden boats: the ecological footprint

Hi everybody, Modernwoodenboat has landed on Instagram world too !  Follow us, you’ll see several shots of our projects, beautiful pictures of Sardinian landscapes, lifestyle and a lot of other funny stuffs.    

We’re now on Instagram too !

Thanks to a very motivated owner/homebuilder , we are currently delivering the first set of plans of HAIKU 700, our newest project, just a couple of weeks after the official release. I am really glad to announce that boat #1 will be build in the Denmark , stay tuned for […]

HAIKU 700 #1 goes to Denmark !

” hey Chris, your kayaks are superfine, but I’d love to built a sit on top one” “come on, everyboady knows kayak fishing is rockin’, do something !!!” “Raju 500 is sleek, nimble and fine, sure, but I love to fish form kayak…” and so on, and on, and on…. […]

Dentex 420 sit on top: the new kid in town

while the first hull of Hirundo 750 is 85% complete, with a huge amount of extra woodworks and upgrades form the basic plans, and another boat is on the assembly scaffold down in South America,  we’re currently doing some modifications to the standard plans, for a french client. Basically modifications […]

Hirundo 750: a growing family