Magazine of boating culture
Amateur construction
The amateur construction of a boat or sailboat is the adventure before the adventure. For some it is even the real passion... The future journey is only a pretext. Many sailboats were born from the hands of amateur builders and these sailboats sail well and far away.

Bamboo and boating: progress on the SoBoo 650 sailboat

Bateau à donner: this 13-metre self-built sailboat is looking for motivated buyers!

Hulg: building an autonomous schooner, a unique project in the heart of the German mountains

Hulg: the titanic construction of a schooner in the heart of the Black Forest

Modélisme Naval Hermanville: historic ship reproductions in miniature

Club Modélisme Naval Hermanville: a passion for miniatures

Canot, the new dinghy from the Bow shipyard

Brise Vague 5.50, a 5.50 m open motor hull to build in kit form

Duracell project: Plywood and sandwich sail dinghy decking

Duracell project: foam-plywood sandwich parts for the annex

Amateur construction of a Marauder by J.J. Herbulot and François Vivier

A beautiful Canadian canoe built in a record time of 2.5 months!

Between drakkars and the Immersive Viking City: Rouen reconnects with Norman identity

"I built myself an old school runabout for 4,000 Âeuros"

At the age of 70, he single-handedly built a 13-meter catamaran to live on the water

Why impregnate plywood with resin?

Progress of the Beg-Meil construction site in epoxy wood

Free model boat plans: the MiniX, an easy-to-build radio-controlled sailboat

A sailboat reconstructed from photos and testimonies

La Viviacia, a strip planking Beg-Meil under construction
Test
PRAM : A dinghy whose price will depend on the time invested !

Build your own cardboard boat to race in Douarnenez, or elsewhere...

Renovation of a Figaro 5 - Building with your own hands, by economy but especially by passion!

EcoCat 42, a do-it-yourself cruising catamaran to stay eco-friendly
Interview
Meeting with Alan, a multi-recidivist boat builder!

Building a Skerry: testimony of a white-haired amateur builder

When a furniture restorer starts building a Beetle cat

Amateur construction: a miniature motorboat

Amateur construction: A varnished wooden motorboat for less than 6000 euros

Step by step for the construction of the MiniX, everything to build a radio-controlled sailboat

A 6.50 m trimaran built by recycling boats

I feel like I made my trimaran with a knife and wood

A book to help you Build your wooden boat

Build your own mini catamaran, a guide for amateur builders
Web series
The Vivacia takes shape, gluing the planks together

He designed and built the full carbon 45 footer of his dreams!
Web series
La Vivacia is moving. Transport of a shipyard during manufacture

Build your own 5.50 m open hull for 7,000: a story of a successful shipyard

4 years to build his 7 m helmsman with his hands
Web series