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:

NEWS

Boat Design Group:
 
Thu, 17 May 2012 13:10:32 GMT
Re: Madrigal scow
You can still buy these plans. I just did using the address given at http://homepage.ntlworld.com/osbourn/Madrigal/ They took three weeks to get to New

Sat, 12 May 2012 11:08:27 GMT
Re: Maryland Dove Video
I expect so, but make sure first.  You  can never tell, with pirates. She has some odd (authentic) features, from a narrow window in time.  For example, a

Fri, 11 May 2012 22:27:18 GMT
Re: Maryland Dove Video
Actually, the Kalmar Nyckel's home area in the north end of the bay has the advantage of being close to family members. I suppose they provide whatever

 
Bolger Group:
 
Sun, 20 May 2012 03:55:16 GMT
Re: pounding multihull vs pounding monohull?
Hi Susanne. I intend to ignore this person's unfortunate musings. Resisting the temptation to respond, we may hope he will eventually subside. _____ From:

Sun, 20 May 2012 01:15:24 GMT
Re: Chinese Sharpie fotos
She is beautiful!!! Sent from my iPhone

Sat, 19 May 2012 21:09:45 GMT
Re: wider trimarans
Thanks for the reply Bob. What I really was trying to get at was how expensive cats and tris can be because of all the hulls, and constraints upon interiors,

 
Michalak Group:
 
Sat, 19 May 2012 20:42:39 GMT
Paulsboat finished
turns out I work fast. The boat is done. Final rigging to be completed and a test sail set up for the eastern messabout june 1-3. expect a sailing report

Thu, 17 May 2012 14:41:20 GMT
Re: Haps Cut
I will try to make it to Sail OK this Fall. Just need to figure out how to get my GIS and Haps Cut to the event?

Thu, 17 May 2012 07:41:10 GMT
Re: Paul's Boat
Radiata is used in the building game for house frames over here.Probably the cheapest timber you can buy.As a soft wood,it's not all that rot resistant and