Hanoi Private Boat Yards

Happy Boating
with HAPBY Boats!

 
Very glad to meet you! Hope you will, like us, take nothing as serious as having fun.
And to make sure that there is fun without end, we take safety as serious.
 
Have a look around this virtual boat yard. And if you feel the urge to build a boat by yourself, make sure to contact us, in Vietnamese or English. Together everything gets easier and is more fun.
 
Enough said. Or, well, one more thing: Pls. be a bit patient. We are right now busy with building another boat, so this webpage will stay for a while under construction, and you will get a number of "page not found" errors for now.
 
BTW: the latest addition is Project Boxy Cat 1.  

And here is the boating weather in Hanoi:

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Boat Design Group:
 
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:43:25 GMT
Re: Light Skiffs (was Once, in a Blue Moon,.....)
Here's Bolger's exact quote on Sparkler: "The boat would probably be faster, at least to windward, if the bottom had more profile rocker and a fuller bow in

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:44:27 GMT
Re: Light Skiffs (was Once, in a Blue Moon,.....)
Peter - Looking at the Atkin site, George and Ration seem to be clear examples of exactly what you're talking about. Gav ... reach.

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:46:43 GMT
Re: Light Skiffs (was Once, in a Blue Moon,.....)
... I don't know if my thinking will be a help here, but here goes. I got an idea to design a small version of a Sharptown barge. This is flat-bottom work boat

 
Bolger Group:
 
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:22:16 GMT
Re: Weston Martyr - Not for $200 nor Millionaire - but how much?
... Yep, steel is tough, and as the saying goes: "nothing seals like steel." Easy to repair - and supplies and know-how almost anywhere. The maintenance must

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:09:33 GMT
Re: Weston Martyr - Not for $200 nor Millionaire - but how much?
... grounded out on a shoal or mudbank,and the tide comes up the estuary and rolls you over. How's that happen Andy? Is that due to a tidal bore knocking you

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:34:24 GMT
Re: Large Bolger Designs?
There are quite a few pictures of large projects in the files and photos of the seven Bolger groups. No order rhyme or reason, you just have to look. Peter

 
Michalak Group:
 
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:45:09 GMT
Re: Sail Plans
... The same Sailrite who sell kits also sell a booklet for about $12 covering mainsail construction.

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:46:00 GMT
Re: Sail Plans
Robb- I have used this site when I made my first sail. http://simplicityboats.com/summerbreeze12.htm The sail is done using a tarp. ... that I already have the

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:21:39 GMT
Re: Sail Plans
Hi.....thanks for the great link.....I guess I should have included that I already have the sailcloth grommets, etc........what I really need is the how to do