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Ilurs






Roger Barnes with "Avel Dro"
John Hartmann's "Waxwing"
Jean-Pierre Scheerlinck's "Elandra"


Sicily






A good start with interior








A strip built canoe designed and built by us more than 15 years ago
Videos





First launching of the lovely self-built misanier-rigged "Aries" by the family van der Post in Friesland. The Aries won two prestigious prices at the Dutch Wooden Boat Festival.
A beautiful "raid" by Roger Barnes among the islands in the Venice archipelago.
It is a good idea to learn how to scull a boat with a single oar over the transom.......
Three Ilurs with different rigging doing "walkabout" in Friesland
A small boat with a very shallow draft thanks to a retractable swing keel and an easily collapsible rig is perfect for river and canal sailing. This young couple navigateted a long distance on the Danube, all the way from Austria to the Black Sea!
Video playlist of sailing "sail & Oar" boats by Roger Barnes, President of The Dinghy Cruising Association
Links
American free forum for amateur builders
Huge selection of boat equipment in Germany
Dinghy Cruising Association
Photos of Vivier designs
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