Boat plans to make the sea more beautiful
Small boats monthly is a very interesting web-magazine. It contains many interesting articles for builders, owners and users of wooden boats that can be stored and maintained at an average-size home.…
A Koalen 17 under construction by Andrew Cooper in Walls, Shetland Islands, has been turned over. This is the second Koalen 17, the first one having been built by Icarai in France.…
When building an Ebihen, Icarai boatbuilder had the idea to assemble the boat structure upright, and then turn over the hull for planking. Then, the boat is suspended to two…
Louis Ducharme, Atelier Nautique Richelieu, is a new partner. Located near Montreal, Quebec, he is able to build "VivierBoats", as well as provides CNC cut plywood kits. Our cooperation started…
Skol ar Mor is a high-level school, training traditional marine carpenters. During the 2 years course, the apprentices are building several boats, in order to learn various wooden boat techniques.…
For many years, I had in mind to draw a Mediterranean boat, named pointu or barquette on the French Med coast. Michel Aubert, living in the countryside near Fréjus and…
Sorine is a flat dinghy, very easy to build. Two plans are available, a motor skiff or a sailing skiff. Hans Schalk is building a Sorine and held a blog on the…
"... I received the plan of the boat. We started with my son in early August the construction by the building frame. We were proud of ourselves and result. We…
I am happy to welcome a new partner, Ross Cameron. After a career in biotechnology, Ross makes a boatbuilding training at the International Boatbuilding Training College [IBTC] in Lowestoft. Then he…
Fontana is the first Jewell built in Australia by Tony O'Connor, my partner in this country. He writes "the wind was very gusty that day so I used the first reef, but…
12 years ago, I gave you my first appointment on the web. Now I welcome you to this new web site. It allows me to post many pieces of valuable…
Woodtec Boats is a new partner. We have signed an agreement in augist 2015. Woodtec Boats was founded by two enthusiastic builders/sailors, Nikos and Thanassis, specializes in building high quality wooden boats (sail or power) using modern wood-epoxy methods. (more…)
Peter Tatarinov is a new partner in 2015. Located near the Baikal lake, he is able to build wooden boats as well as providing CNC cut plywood kits. He uses mostly birch plywood which is very stiff and a good choice for modern wooden boatbuilding. (more…)
Duckworksmagazine is firstly a web magazine with plenty of posts for home builders and small boats users. Chuck Leinweber was my first representative in the USA, selling my plans as well as…
Emmanuel Conrath founded Arwen Marine a few years ago, to market plywood-epoxy boats kits. Actually, he is the French representative of Chesapeake Light Craft ( CLC), USA, who is probably the…
Alec Jordan (Jordan Boats) is specialized in CNC plywood cutting. He works with several boats designers and is leader in UK. In particular, he has contributed to the development of the…
Designed to navigate with a motor, the Bounty motor is different from the sailing boat by the absence of a centerboard and rudder. The transom is foreseen to house either an…
Sailing boat, the Bounty will, before anything else, be a pleasant boat. Swift and easy to rig, a quarter of an hour will be needed to pass from road to…
With over 20 years experience in wooden boat building and repair, Tony is pleased to discuss any aspect of Wooden boat construction, mast and spar construction and repair, as well as…
In 2010, Clint Chase became my partner in the USA, as I was seeking for somebody able to market CNC cut kits. In 2011, Clint came in France and participated…
Hull length: 9.40 m Breadth: 3.10 m Displacement : 10.7 t Sail area : 77 m² Noirmoutier is an island located just south of river Loire mouth. Due mainly to salt marshes, Noirmoutier…
Grand-Largue is my historical partner. It started with the first Stir Ven in 1998. With Pierre-Yves de la Rivière, we took the first steps towards the CNC cutting of plywood…
Stefan represents myself as well as Grand-Largue Boat-builder in Germany, Austria and German-speaking Switzerland. He is himself owner of an Ebihen 16 built by Icarai. Therefore, he is able to advise…
Before modern times turned everything upside-down, all small boats, whether used for fishing, as workboats, or for pleasure, were propelled by sail or oar. In fact, both coexisted, because a…
Yachting is already very old. A magnificent Viking boat, with two pairs of oars, was found in Gokstad, whose fineness of line and performance clearly did not make it a…
Stone constructions like houses, churches, castles, monuments, can withstand centuries and even milleniums. But wooden boats can't live for such a long time, they can live for an average of…
Marine Projects Manager (Hewes & Company), Gardner Pickering, has spent 18 years in sail and powerboat construction yards as lead carpenter, boat boss & project manager. Hewesco (Hewes & Company)…
Bert Reyntjes (de Bootbouwer) is my first partner out of France, and also the first one in term of number of plans sold. We started our cooperation in 2004 and…
Les bateaux à moteur ont une histoire de plus d'un siècle. C'est pourquoi je propose une gamme de bateaux à moteur inspirés par la tradition. N'y cherchez pas de coques…
Hull length: 17.2 m Breadth: 4.96 m Displacement : 69 t Sail area: 217 m² Quimper is the main historical city of western Brittany, located uptream of river Odet. It was…
Le poids lège est proche de la définition de masse lège définie par la norme ISO 8666.
C’est le poids du bateau prêt à naviguer avec un armement minimum comprenant la voilure de base, le moteur de puissance moyenne recommandée, une ligne de mouillage et quelques amarres. S’il y a un ballast liquide, il est vide.
Pour les voile-aviron, il n’y a pas de poids moteur mais le poids des avirons. S’il y a plusieurs versions de gréement, je prend la plus simple.
Le poids est susceptible de varier d’un bateau à l’autre en fonction du choix des essences de bois et des équipements choisis.
Il est courant que le poids indiqué sur les documentations d’autres architectes ou chantiers, ou publiés dans la presse, ne soit que celui de la coque seule et parfois même fortement sous estimé. Aussi je vous invite à faire preuve de discernement lors de la comparaison de mes bateaux avec d’autres.
Le dossier d’évaluation est un extrait du plan pour en savoir plus avant achat. Donc inutile d’acheter plan et dossier d’évaluation.
Le plan, ou dossier de construction, est le document de base pour construire le bateau. Il comporte dessins, instructions de montage, photos, listes de matériaux et fournitures, etc… Il donne droit à une assistance par email ou téléphone. Le plan doit être acheté pour construire le bateau.
Ce bateau ne peut être construit qu’avec un kit de contreplaqué en découpe numérique ou les tracés vraie grandeur. L’un ou l’autre doivent être acheté en complément du plan. Compte tenu du nombre important de panneaux de contreplaqué, le kit est vivement conseillé.
Vous pouvez aussi commander des fichiers de découpe numérique pour faire découper le kit par une entreprise de votre choix.
Pour commander un kit, s’adresser à l’un de mes partenaires.
Les frais postaux et la TVA, si elle s’applique, sont inclus dans les prix affichés.