Three fingers down!
"... 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…
Ross Cameron and Ilur at Southampton boatbuiding show 2015
Ross Cameron, UK
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…
Jewell, trailable gaff yawl, launched in Australia
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…
Welcome to this new web site
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…
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Woodtec Boats, Greece
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…)
BKR, Peter Tatarinov, Russia
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, USA
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…
Arwen Marine
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…
Photos of the Skiff World Championships 2013 in Loch Broom Scotland by Steven Gourlay Photography
Jordan Boats, United Kingdom
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…
Bounty en Rance
Bounty, 16′ motorboat
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…
Bounty, 16′ sailboat
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…
O’Connor Wooden Boats, Australia
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…
Clint Chase, USA
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…
Jeanne-J
Jeanne J, chaloupe de Noirmoutier
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, France
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 Lauckenmann, Germany
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…
Ilur
Sail and oar
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…
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Classic sailboats
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…
Enez Koalen, Homardier de Loguivy
Heritage boats
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…
Hewes & Company, Maine, USA
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)…
De Bootbouwer, the Netherlands
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…
Koulmig
Moteur et vapeur
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…
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Corentin, chasse-marée de Quimper
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…
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La Belle Angèle, chasse-marée from Pont-Aven
Hull length: 14.55 m Breadth: 4.5 m Displacement : 35 t Sail area: 160 m² Pont-Aven is one of these harbour of South Brittany located upstream on tidal rivers. At that time,…
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Belle de Vilaine, chaloupe
Hull length: 10.5 m Breadth: 3.5 m Displacement : 18 t Sail area: 97 m² Billier is a small harbour at the mouth of river "La Vilaine", north of River Loire. Belle de…
Pettifox, langoustier de Camaret
Longueur de coque : 10.95 m Largeur : 3.77 m Déplacement : 11.7 t Voilure : 97.5 m² Pettifox est de la même veine que Babar. C'est un peu le même bateau avec un mètre…
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Leier Eussa, Ushant pilot
Hull length: 8.20 m Breadth: 2.84 m Displacement : 7.2 t Sail area: 51 m² Admiral Paris, in his exceptional book "Souvenirs de Marine", has published the plan of a "boat of…
La Pauline, Dahouet lugger
Hull length: 9.48 m Breadth: 3.45 m Displacement : 11.5 t Sail area: 95 m² Dahouet is a small harbour in Saint Brieuc bay, on the northern coast of Brittany. It was…
Ilur, traditionnal
Hull length: 4.50 m Breadth: 1.75 m Displacement : 250 kg about Sail area: 12.8 m² This design is the very first version of Ilur, drawn for a Morbihan gulf lover. She has…
Aven #1, during Morbihan Week 2017, with the grandsons of builder Jean de Massol.
Aven, the first sail & oar dinghy in France
Hull length: 4.60 mWaterline length: 1.45 mWeight: 200 kg aboutSail area: 10 m²Launched in 1982, the Aven was the forerunner of the sail-and-oar dighies that have become so popular since…