The YAGO PROJECT

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Remember: Amateurs built the arc, and professionals built the Titanic! The designer Thomas E Colvin on his web site "When anyone asks me how I can best describe my experience in nearly forty years at sea, I merely say, uneventful. Of course there have been winter gales, and storms and fog and the like. But in all my experience, I have never been in any accident ... of any sort worth speaking about. I have seen but one vessel in distress in all my years at sea. I never saw a wreck and never have been wrecked nor was I ever in any predicament that threatened to end in disaster of any sort." Edward J. Smith, 1907 Captain, RMS Titanic Believe me, my young friend (said the water rate solemnly), there is nothing— absolutely nothing—half so much worth as simply messing about in boats. Simply messing…nothing seems really to matter, that’s the charm of it. Whether you get away, or whether you don’t, whether you arrive at your destination or whether you reach somewhere else, or whether you never get anywhere at all, you’re always busy, and you never do anything in particular… The Wind in the Willows

Quotes

"When anyone asks me how I can best describe my experience in nearly forty years at sea, I merely say, uneventful. Of course there have been winter gales, and storms and fog and the like. But in all my experience, I have never been in any accident ... of any sort worth speaking about. I have seen but one vessel in distress in all my years at sea. I never saw a wreck and never have been wrecked nor was I ever in any predicament that threatened to end in disaster of any sort."
Edward J. Smith, 1907
Captain, RMS Titanic

Believe me, my young friend (said the water rate solemnly), there is nothing—
absolutely nothing—half so much worth as simply messing about in boats.
Simply messing…nothing seems really to matter, that’s the charm of it.
Whether you get away, or whether you don’t,
whether you arrive at your destination or whether you reach somewhere else,
or whether you never get anywhere at all,
you’re always busy, and you never do anything in particular…

The Wind in the Willows

There is a new, bigger version of the YAGO in the works. Building has started in August '07, and full plans will be available soon after.

Have a look at the first drawings and 3D-renderings here and see the first building Pictures in the section "Diary - Building the Yago 36"

For economical long distance cruising in comfort we designed the ROVER 36. Building started 2006 in Hungary.

Read more here and follow the building diary

Welcome to the YAGO pages!

It's all about designing and building boats.

Our own YAGO 31 is the fifth steel boat I build myself, to my own design and using an assembly method called folded steel, or, more poetically, ORIGAMI. See the building Diaries to follow our progress.

All of Yago 31 is available for free: Plans, designs, documentation and all. You will also find a growing number of other designs, concepts and projects here, so check in regularly for

designs and concepts for other boats I am working on,
buiding news of boats under construction
a friendly welcome to all your enquiries ;-)

Enjoy these pages, and Fair Winds To You All

Gerd

August '07 - YAGO 36 Half-Hulls folded in one Week

Finally things came together, and the building of the YAGO 26 has started In Florida from where I just received these Pictures:

Work went fast, the 2 half hulls were complete in just one week, 40 hours, and will now be blasted and painted before assembly along the centerline.

More in the new Building Diary for the Yago 36.

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