The advantages:

ECONOMY:
Some not negligable savings in material and labour costs can be achieved

GUARANTEE:
Another advantage for the amateur builder is that the shipyard selects the best timbers for the job and the quality is therefore guaranteed

FLEXIBILITY:
The construction can be complete or at various stages

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Premier bordé de coque, lamellé collé

Hull carpentry kit: Shpountz 44/40
built by Ultramarine Boatbuilders
plans by Daniel Bombigher

Ultramarine Boatbuilders

The shipyard is eminently qualified for the job and their workmanship is superb. Moreover, substantial savings can be achieved, when compared with building costs in other parts of the world.

Lionel Mallard (Ultramarine's director) and Dimitri Le Forestier have something in common: They were both well acquainted with Daniel Bombigher, a French naval architect famous for his classic Shpountz Series.

Kits for the amateur builder:

If you would like to built your boat yourself, but have some hesitations about lofting and building the hull structure, the shipyard can build a kit to get you well on the way.

KIT N° 1 – Hull Charpentry Kit and KIT N° 3 – Deck & Roof Carpentry Kit (disassembled)
These kits are assembled as they are built, then disassembled for shipping

Solaris leaves the shipyard

The shipyard Ultramarine Boatbuilders is located on the south east coast of India at Pondicherry where its director, Lionel Mallard, settled with his family after a five year circumnavigation. You can see a number of boats built at Ultramarine on this page of their website (in French).

Photos of "SOLARIS" (Plans Daniel Bombigher), one of the many sailing boats built by Lionel Mallard, can be seen on Flickr.com