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)

S-ciopon launching and testing

On Tuesday, June 02, Republic Day, we finally launched the s-ciopon:

more photos

A boat for hunting, but not only ....

"Fisolera" is the name of a light boat used in the past for hunting. "Fisolo" is the venetian name given to a bird still widespread in the lagoon.
In Venice we also know the Sacca Fisola, the island lying at the western end of the Giudecca.

Fisolo (Svasso piccolo/cornuto its name in Italian, Podiceps nigricollis/auritus the latin name).

Fisolera, from PIETRO BERTELLI. Engraving. Diversarum Nationum Habitus, Padova 1594. Rovigo, Accademia dei Concordi. 

Hunters on a Fisolera. Hunters on the lagoon, Pietro Longhi, 1760. Fondazione Querini-Stampalia, Venice

Fisolere in regatta. Print of Coronelli (Correr Museum, Venice). 

Another famous hunting scene with boats in the lagoon.

Vittore Carpaccio, 1790. Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California, USA (detail):

Enlarged detail of the same painting:

the rebirth of the s-ciopon

After days of rain, winter seems to have arrived. Cold day, but sunny, great for photos on the result of our work:

link to page to see all the work