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Lenght 3.00mDesigner: Paolo LodigianiChine hull, Stitch & Glue constructionBuilding Skills: amateurDiecipiedi Class Even if it does not show, the GIORMAX is a classical boat, in the sense that it is a reelaboration of a project of the...

Lenght 4.44mDesigner: Paolo Lodigiani and Matteo CostaChine hull, Stitch&Glue construction - or - Round hull, Strip-PlankingconstructionBuilding Skills: amateurThe DRIADE cannot be truly considered a real canoe, but rather as a rowing boat, ideal for...

It would be easy to define the SILVER 45 and SILVER 55 as "Riva of the poor people" as we had ironically called them when they were presented in the pages of our newsletter. Obviously there is no intent of comparison with the famous runabouts (real...

NINFA is the name of a kayak which used to be built in plastic, reinforced with fibreglass by Alessandrini's company ASA, a historical canoe factory around 30 years ago; it was also my first kayak and gave me great satisfaction. Since then, as with all...

Lenght 7.43mDesigner: Paolo Lodigiani and Matteo CostaRound hull, Strip-Planking constructionBuilding Skills: expertIn my book on traditional Italian boats, I had published a drawing which had been kindly given to me by Sergio Spina, a keen, skilled...

The THALAS 13' project was inspired by Whitehall, the most classical and elegant American row boat of the XIX century, but obviously, it is a very different boat both for hull lines - which have been modified to facilitate construction - and for its...

Designed for a boat owner who wanted to fit his eight meter "yacht" with a rigid tender, the PRAM 220 has the minimum dimensions to be used safely for this type of task, maintaining at the same time a boat appearance and not that of a floating box...

Designer: Paolo LodigianiStrip-Planking constructionDiecipiedi Class The premises of the BABY BAGGIE are completely different from those of the Tenfooters with a chine hull which we propose in the catalogue: with the BABY BAGGIE, cheapness and simplicity...

Length 5.35mDesigner: Paolo LodigianiChine hull, Stitch & Glue constructionBuilding Skills: amateurThe NAIADE is a two seat NINFA and has similar characteristics. It is not a real double sea kayak, as this would require an extra meter, as well as...

The Vila are female fairy figures in Slav mythology, similar to Greek nymphs. They control storms and live on fields, in ponds, in the ocean, on trees and clouds. They may take on different forms and appear as a swan, horse, wolf, as well as being very...

The PALOMA, in its various versions, derives from a fruitful collaboration with our clients and, perhaps, also for this reason, it seems to have met the favour of the public. It all started from the request of a client who wanted an inboard motor boat,...

Length 6.50mDesigner: Paolo Lodigiani and Matteo CostaChine hull, plywood constructionBuilding Skills: mediumMinitransat ClassThe Mini Transat Class was born from a somewhat crazy idea of organizing a solitary Transatlantic regatta on board a small boat...