Ship models from Juan Ignacio Argaluza

In my post of 10 April 2008 in this blog I wrote a note about the historic racing yacht Hispania, recently rebuilt at Astilleros de Mallorca, recovering an authentic jewel of sport shipbuilding, of true both technical and historical interest.

A few days ago I was phoned by  Juan Ignacio Argaluza, Getxo's neighbor like me, whom I did not meet before, informing me that he was building a model of the sail yacht Tuiga, twin of Hispania, and having read my blog note he had got an interest in commenting to me on some respects . A few days later I visited him at his home and he showed me the model of the Tuiga's hull , under construction, and told me he was finding some problems due to lack of ship's drawings that will guide his work.

Tuiga hull's model (click to zoom)

 Hispania at Astilleros de Mallorca

Naval Architects from Basque Country inaugurate a new managing board

On First day of December, on proceeded to confirm the appointment of the new members of the managing board of the COIN  Delegation in the Basque Country, for a further period of four years, in a simple ceremony held at hotel Igeretxe, Getxo, with an associates assistance  rather large for what is usual in such a kind of event.