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    • Pesci salati: la pesca delle acciughe e la loro salagione
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Nautical Publications

All I know about boats and surf I learned almost exclusively by two ways: the good books and an impressive amount of errors. Of these two options I strongly suggest the first one, especially if this helps to avoid part of the second one.

Loren R. Borland


Boat design

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Il multiscafo da crociera

The Cruising Multihull

Ed. B.C.A. Demco kit - 2001
Autor: Paolo Lodigiani

Language: Italian

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Il multiscafo da crociera (PDF)

These notes are used as a backing to our design courses. They analyze specific design and construction problems related to small and medium-sized cruising multihulls (from 21 to 36 feet), clarifying them with many examples and references to existing trimarans and catamarans. Structural and building aspects of these kinds of boats are also taken into exam.


La barca da viaggio

The Blue Water Yacht

Ed. B.C.A. Demco kit - 2003
Autor: Paolo Lodigiani

Language: Italian

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La barca da viaggio (PDF)

These 112-pages notes analyze thoroughly and rather exhaustively the designing and building problems of a 33-36 feet boat suitable for long distance cruises.


L´uso del computer nella progettazione nautica

Computer Aided Yacht Design

Ed. B.C.A. Demco kit - 2011
Autors: Paolo Lodigiani - Filippo BICH

Language: Italian

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L´uso del computer nella progettazione nautica (PDF)

More than 100 pages of notes explain the extraordinary potential of computer in boat-building and introduce beginners and experts to the tricks of hi-tech design.


Boat building

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Costruzione moderna di barche in legno

Modern Wooden Boat building

Manuale per progettisti, costruttori e appassionati

Manual for designers, builders and lovers

Ed. Hoepli - 2008
pages: 432
Autor: Paolo Lodigiani

Language: Italian

It is a dense volume, widely illustrated with drawings and photographs, which deals in detail with all the aspects of modern techniques of construction in wood, taking into consideration all the materials that are used, from the wood itself, to its derivates, such as plywood, to resins and glues, as well as the tools and techniques which you need. This manual is intended primarily to our traditional audience, that of the amateur builders and wooden boat enthusiasts, but it can also be useful to designers and professional boat builders. The book, published and distributed by Hoepli, is available in bookstores but can also be requested directly to us. (432 pages).


Costruire rapidamente piccole barche in legno

How to Build Quickly Small Plywood Boats

Ed. B.C.A. Demco kit
pages: 92
Autor: Paolo Lodigiani

Language: Italian

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Costruire rapidamente piccole barche in legno

This book explains in a simple and exhaustive manner, with numerous illustrations and two practical examples (the construction of a ten foot catamaran and a motor launch), the building technique known as “Stitch & Tape”. Also, it approaches in general terms broader themes related to wooden boats construction, initiating the reader to more complex building techniques. (92 pages).


Culture of the sea

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Carlo Sciarrelli Architetto del mare

Carlo Sciarrelli, Sea’s Architect

OUT OF PRINT
Ed. Comunicarte - 2007
Text of: Guglielmo Danelon, Enrico Buschi, Carlo Sciarrelli, Luciano Semerani, Paolo Lodigiani and others

Language: Italian

The book is the catalog of the exhibition held at the Museo Civico di Trieste to commemorate Carlo Sciarrelli, a great Italian yacht designer deceased in 2006. A rich array of photos, drawings and documents, mostly unpublished, retraces the stages of his career, from the earliest boats of the Sixties until his latest achievements. His personality is recalled through the words of his close friends Guglielmo Danelon and Enrico Buschi. Contributions were made by Paolo Lodigiani with an essay on the search for beauty in Sciarrelli’s work, and by Davide Battistin and Federico Lenardon who analyze the technical aspects of it, revealing the modernity of his lesson. Published by Comunicarte from Trieste, the book is both a precious source of information and a sincere attestation of esteem for a master who could convey into his boats culture, intimate knowledge, taste and intelligence.


Maestri dello Yacht Design

Yacht Design Masters

Ed. B.C.A. Demco kit
Autor: Gian Marco Borea d'Olmo
Edited by: Paolo Lodigiani and Matteo Costa

Language: Italian

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Maestri dello Yacht Design

The book gathers a series of articles about notable yacht designers of all times written by Gian Marco Borea d’Olmo, founder of the Association “I Venturieri”, a man of great sailing skills and extensive nautical knowledge. First appeared on the magazine “Bolina” between 1992 and 1999, these articles are now published together, enriched by numerous illustrations – among them a series of color photos by Paolo Maccione – and integrated with an essay on Carlo Sciarrelli, the Triestine designer deceased in 2006, and an introduction dedicated to the author himself. The book is a detailed, though not comprehensive, study of the life and work of nautical design history’s prominent figures from its dawning, in the second half of the 1700s, to the present day. Along with famous names such as Herreshoff, Nicholson, Watson, Fife or Giles, also lesser known figures such as Hillyard or Butler are taken into consideration. Particularly significant is the presence of the Italian “masters” who have so much helped the diffusion of a culture of the boat in the country: Chiggiato, Veronese, and Sciarrelli.


La barca nel mito

The Boat in Mythology

Ed. B.C.A. Demco kit
Autor: Paolo Lodigiani
Language: Italian

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La barca nel mito

At the dawning of the Egyptian civilization, nearly five thousand years ago, a boat, in which a God sails, is first mentioned in a religious text: since then, boats and ships are referred to in myths and legends from all times and cultures. From the unraveling of these stories in time emerges a real “spiritual” history of navigation, staged in the high seas of imagination, at the center of which lies the boat, loyal travel companion that shares the adventures and trades of humanity and at once expression of its dreams and desires. Those are the same forces whence myths originate.


Barche Tradizionali Italiane

Traditional Italian Boats

Ed. B.C.A. Demco kit - 2nd edition 1994
Autor: Paolo Lodigiani
pages: 310
Language: Italian
OUT OF PRINT
only available in digital format PDF

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Barche Tradizionali Italiane (PDF)

A long and enthusiastic research has led to this volume that traces a complete overview of Italian minor maritime history, with its traditions and culture, including anecdotes, curiosities, proverbs, habits, and folklore. The book also contains a detailed description, provided with several building plans, of more than 50 boats found along Italian coasts, and profiles of all traditional Italian crafts. Though specialist in its topic, it has a popular character that makes it an enjoyable and interesting read for any boat lover. (310 pages)


Vela latina

Lateen rig

Associazione “Storie di barche"
Autors: G. Panella, R. Guzzardi, A. Razeto, P.Ajello

Language: Italian

A collection of documents and studies on traditional boats of the Tyrrhenian Sea with the typical lateen sails edited by the worthy “Associazione Culturale Storie di Barche”.


Filo da torcere

Rope to twist

Associazione “Storie di barche"
Edition 2001
Autors: R. Guzzardi, A. Razeto
pages: 140
Language: Italian

The ancient techniques of ropers and their stories collected and documented with skill and passion by our friends of the association "Storie di Barche”.


Pesci Salati: la pesca delle acciughe e la loro salagione

Salted Fish: anchovy fishing and their salting

Associazione “Storie di barche"
Edition 2003
Autors: Marina Boero, Roberto Guzzardi
pages: 94
Language: Italian

A beautiful, richly illustrated book that deals with anchovy fishing, salting, and trading (traditional activities of small fishing villages of Liguria) in a exhaustive – though pleasantly conversational – way. Though its title may lead to believe this is no more than a cook book – and it does contain some ancient cooking recipes – it offers much more: it really is a riveting trip into the past that should delight anyone who loves boats and traditional crafts.


Guida al mare Adriatico

Adriatic Sea Nautical Guide- fourth Edition -2010

Ed. Zanichelli
4th edition - 2010
Autor: Paolo Lodigiani
price: 69€

This guide and the others mentioned above are some of the well-known “Pilots” (Sailing Directions) published by Zanichelli and specifically aimed at yachtsmen. Recently updated, the Adriatic Guide contains a detailed description of the coasts and landings of all nations facing the Adriatic Sea, including Montenegro and Albania, yet to be discovered by pleasure boating.


Handbook to the seas of Corsica and Sardinia

Ed. Zanichelli
2010
Autor: Paolo Lodigiani
price: 74€

336 pages, over 600 berths, ports and marinas, 225 maps


Handbook to the seas of Liguria, Tuscany and Lazio

Ed. Zanichelli
2011
Autor: Paolo Lodigiani
price: 69€

Over 300 berths, ports and marinas. 184 maps


Handbook to the seas of Southern Italy, Malta and Tunisia

Ed. Zanichelli
2012
Autors: Paolo Lodigiani e Valentina Scaglia
price: 69€

448 pages, 322 maps, over 500 ports and anchorages


Information on publications


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Our publication

You may buy online some publications concerning yacht design, boat building and other matters related to the culture of the sea.
Some of them have been published by us, others are from other publishers.
The works published by us are divided into:

    Books, printed in typography
    Booklets, consisting of rebound photocopies b/w A4
Some of the books published by us are sold out or waiting for reprint. We can send these books in PDF format via e-mail through the service WeTransfer (see orders and shipments). We may also send by e-mail our booklets.
The dates of publication indicated refer to:
    For books published, to the year of the last edition
    For the rebound booklets, to the year of the last update.
The books published by other publishers included in our catalog are sent based on availability.
All our books and booklets are in Italian

Distribution

Our publications are sold in nautical bookstores and in some large libraries.
If libraries are interested in orders can contact us to know the conditions we apply.


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