Advice

It often happens that guides on how to build a boat yourself simply scare off beginners with such “mysterious” words as “epoxy resins,” “foam,” “fiberglass,” “bakelized” or “aircraft plywood,” etc. More experienced boaters are scared by something else: the difficulty of acquiring these materials. Meanwhile, a good boat can be built from simple materials available Read more…

No matter how much we talk about the windsurfer being the smallest sailboat, you still can’t get on a trolleybus with it. To transport a sailboard, you need at least a car. Of course, it is possible to transport a boat about 3.5 m long on public transport, but… …it would be better if it Read more…

Electric drive? For a boat? So, doesn’t our industry produce enough gasoline outboard motors? Go to a sports store and choose any one – from the lightest, suitable even for a kayak, to the heavy and powerful Neptune. But we still need crystal clear water without an oil-and-gasoline rainbow on the surface, we need undeterred Read more…

The magazine “Modelist-Constructor” (No. 6, 1983) published drawings of a miracle stove designed by I. Maslov. Wonderful stove! Especially for those who love to travel. We have introduced, so to speak, an oriental accent into the organization of country holidays: we have designed and now carry with us a folding barbecue, we call it a Read more…

Our industry produces various inflatable and folding boats for fishermen, hunters, and water tourists. However, they do not satisfy the demanding tastes of consumers in everything, so many hobbyists make watercraft themselves. I also set out to create a transportable, quickly folding boat that would also be light, stable and fast. He called it “Strug”: Read more…

The idea of ​​water ski floats is not new, and yet such a projectile cannot be called ordinary. On the contrary, the sight of a person literally running on the waves invariably causes surprise among those around him. Apparently, the spread of watercraft of this type is hampered by the opinion that skis are not Read more…

The “Volna” inflatable boat, popular among water recreation enthusiasts, can be easily converted into a real sailing dinghy. The drawings of the universal sailing rig published in this issue, which was awarded a 1st degree diploma at the IV competition of the best sailing and tourist vessels, can be used for any “inflatable boats” and Read more…

M-K has repeatedly published descriptions of car trailers. And industry produces them, for example, “Skif”. However, I decided to build it to my own taste. And since then, the traveling dacha has been reliably serving my family for many years. All its components turned out to be quite durable and efficient, and the interior provides Read more…

A few years ago I came across plans for creating a bamboo dome, and this idea stuck in my head. No one was building such domes at that time (and even now I have found only two examples using this principle), and I wanted to try. I started with a scale model about a meter Read more…