Squero Padovano

In Venice squero is the boatyard for the building, maintenance and shelter for traditional boats such as the sandolo, mascareta, puparin, and, of course, the most popular gondola. Even in Padua, city of waters, as in Venice, there were once squeri overlooking the waterways.
Within the walls of the ancient city, in a hidden place to rediscover, we have improvised our squero. Here we're trying to share a story that has been lost over fifty years ago.

Sunday, 28 August 2016

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:



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