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Hello everyone,
New to this site, I'm starting to build a Duo 480. I live in the south of France. I am retired but still with a lot of activities and therefore little time to devote to building the boat. But the pleasure is as much in the journey as in the arrival, isn't it ? I have already built a small rowing sail and have a slightly larger boat that I sail on a large lake near Bordeaux. Alas, one is too small to really sail and the other is too big and too heavy to be easily moved. After much thought, I arrived at a catamaran project with a single sail and more classic hulls. I however stumbled on the design of the hulls. I was going to do them approximately but, luckily, I came across the Duo's photos, Brian's blog and Mika?l's video. I really liked it and decided to give it a go. I ordered the plans in the United States. I thought Bernd lived God knows where, but sa "maison" is at Maison ;-).

I'll go see him one of these days. I started tracing and first cuts. I checked the correct dimensions by making pre-assemblies before gluing and I can say that the plans are very precise. I made my cuts to the millimeter and it falls perfectly just. Well done Bernd! I am now waiting for the weather to be a little warmer to do the collages of the large parts and move on to the construction stage of the two hulls. See you soon for the rest of the construction...?