Dear Roberto 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 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.
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