Dear Roberto
Very many thanks for the study plans. I have been out on site for the last two days so have only just opened your email. I like to study plans for a little while just to familiarise myself but the plans are excellent and I have no concerns.

I certainly do not profess to be any sort of expert but I have so far built 5 dinghies of various sizes and construction (sailing catamarans, dinghies and my last one is a canoe (sailing rig when required). I have just finished building two outriggers for my canoe for when I sail it in winds above force 3-4, a somewhat hairy experience!!
I am very impressed not only with your website which I find to be informative, inspiring and easy to navigate around but also with your plans.

I am honestly really excited about the prospect of building the Pantanal 25. Would it be possible to send me the building manual as well, it would be greatly appreciated. I need to sell my current boat, one I did not build myself, so I can start on this project. She is 22ft long, somewhat slow but a great sea boat. However I begrudge the charges that I pay to the boat yard for winter layup and have to travel a 60 mile round trip to carry out maintenance!

It's fortunate that I came across your website as although I had already decided to build a trailer sailer, the design I had chosen was very much a compromise and although I love building boats and sailing them, it was not really a design that I had tremendous enthusiasm for but it was the best of an indifferent bunch of designs.


I love the lines of the Pantanal 25 and can already visualise the admiring glances that I know she will receive, even better to build her myself and the joy of sailing her.
Sorry to ramble on! Look forward to hearing from you .
Regards John


Roberto Barros Yacht Design