Leisure or profession: boats always born of passion
A boat is always the fruit of passion, the passion of its builder, whether amateur, confirmed professional or aspiring professional. Our meetings this week prove it once again. From Thomas Vanwindekens, an ocean-racing enthusiast who designs build-your-own IMOCA kit models initially as a pure dilettante; or students from the Lycée Pierre Guéguin in Concarneau, fine-tuning their trimaran with wood veneers and a glulam tiller "outside the program" all of them testify to their satisfaction with this beautiful object, and their desire to continue.
When it's not a new build, renovating a boat is quite an undertaking, with its share of pitfalls. Especially when it comes to turning a former Vendée Globe yacht into a 60-foot cruising yacht, all by yourself and with your own little hands. Matt from the Duracell project demonstrates this again this week, after resolving his tank leaks .
Adventures that nurture vocations
These portraits, and the joy of these builders for a day or every day, don't just fill websites. They entertain and educate readers, but above all, they inspire enthusiasts and yachtsmen who, by reading them and watching the videos, draw up plans for their own adventure. Imagining building their own round-the-world sailboat, or simply renovating Grandpa's dinghy at the bottom of the garden, they won't all go all the way, but they'll get a taste of the dream, and for those who do launch, they'll feed a virtuous circle to inspire even more people to take the plunge. It's a circle we'll be happy to nurture if you contact us to tell your story as an amateur builder-repairer.
