This is not exactly a post dealing with boatbuilding. My intention is to focus on some small refurbishment works that can be done by a hobbyist boat owner to give a new fresh aspect to the interiors and furnitures of his/her small boat. Marinas here in Italy are currently packed […]
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Autumn 2015: works in progress In working with homebuilders I love to receive upgrades’ news and pictures of the building process. Here are several pictures of the very last month, boats launched (Idea 19 “Tortuga”), several kayaks , and the progress in Hirundo 750 first hull (you can follow Salvatore […]
Autumn 2015: works in progress
I’m here with the first paper copy of Idea 850 in front of me, checking the last small mistakes, those you’ll never catch on a PC screen, circling them with a red pen and correcting them on dwg files. And yes, I’m quite satisfied and proud of the work […]
Idea 850: “The Beauty and the Beast” has come
ok, may be not exactly, not in the common view; but considering the perspective of a garage boatbuilder, summer is just one step away ; for example, starting today, working on your kayak one hour per day, you’ll be ready to launch your wooden marvel within the 21st of […]
Summer is coming !!!!
Here we are, what follows is my plans price listing for 2015 and some indications on them; I’ve cut most of plans prices down for an amount of 10-15% , and since Euro is getting weaker on US dollars , they are becaming everyday cheaper for US customers how to […]
2015 plans price listing
Hi everybody, I am alive and kicking ! I’ve quite busy lately, so I missed the time to post news on the blog section. I’m currently upgrading some plans, working on very exciting new projects, answering to builders’ e-mail, so stay tuned. by the way, in the very next […]
Alive and kicking !!!
May the Force be with us ! All this is to say that from today all our plans are available in imperial units too; you, force of evil, wizard of inches and yards, have won !! drop us a line at info@modernwoodenboat.com when you’re ordering the plans specifying you need […]
Imperials are comings !
Most of sites dedicated to boat building plans suited for homebuilders gives an indication of the skill level required to built a plan, which is a wise practice. Some of them push this process further, giving an amount of hours needed to launch the boat or to build the hull. […]
Why I don’t indicate “skill level required” on my plans ...
Homebuilding your own boat in time of crisis/ PART 2 Second part of the article on how to save some money and launch a sound safe and beautiful boat; we’re gonna talk about engine, deck gears and on-board systems, quite a rollercoaster , so fasten your seat belts ! – […]
Homebuilding your own boat in time of crisis/ PART 2
IDEA19: a lethal weapon on ORC club racing ? Michele, the owner/builder of IDEA19 “Muchacha”, after a few season of successful racing in a simplified “no rating” system club racing, chose to “go big” and few weeks ago decided to require an official ORC rating certificate for his boat; (ORC […]
IDEA19: a lethal weapon on ORC club racing ?
serious sea-trials for a serious seakayak …and an everything but serious paddler… Let’s start form the beginning: I live in Sardinia, wich is basically an awesome deserted island at the center of Mediterranean Sea: 1,6 million of people , half million in the Cagliari’s urban area; so the rest […]
serious sea-trials for a serious seakayak
How to build a seakayak /PART 8 Eighth part of our tutorial on how to build a seakayak Bette 500 HV, using plywood and epoxy resin , with the so called “stitch and glue” system building the seat and assembling seakayak deck and hull time required: building and gluing the seat […]