Repair of the sandolo

The "sandolo" of Amissi has been much neglected and the result can be seen in photographs:

This summer the work was rebuild some parts of the boat structure ("sanconi" and "piane"), then replace the rotten planking of the sides and bottom:

Now the hull is ready to be painted:

mascareta n.1 sails again

completely restored after about 3 months of work the mascareta n. 1 enters back into the water:

more details about the restoration of this boat

Repair of a forcola

The prior forcola of Pupparino went crashing into the pier of a bridge and broke:

I did the repair with wooden dowels and epoxy resin:

Then smoothed with sandpaper:

Final finishing with straw oil and varnish:

lucky dip in the river Piovego (video)

we had a very special fishing for the New Year....

Down the Piovego river (video)