This type of boat was chosen to participate in the Brest 92 competition "one boat per port" to represent the Arcachon Basin.
Pierre Mallet was the name of the project owner who died in 1989, the day after the first wooden boat festival in Larros, organized to launch the project.
The sailboat was imagined and designed by Auguste Bert, a carpenter in Aiguillon.
This shipyard had presented a model of the ferry at the Universal Exhibition of 1900, a model which was used for certain details of rigging and construction, and which can still be seen on display in the Museum of Aquitaine.
At the end of the 19th century, the first sailing ferries appeared on the basin and on the surrounding lakes, boats for all purposes, they were used for freight, but also for oyster farming and fishing.
In 1920, the motor arrived and the sailboats were replaced by mixed boats.
Pierre Mallet was the name of the project owner who died in 1989, the day after the first wooden boat festival in Larros, organized to launch the project.
The sailboat was imagined and designed by Auguste Bert, a carpenter in Aiguillon.
This shipyard had presented a model of the ferry at the Universal Exhibition of 1900, a model which was used for certain details of rigging and construction, and which can still be seen on display in the Museum of Aquitaine.
At the end of the 19th century, the first sailing ferries appeared on the basin and on the surrounding lakes, boats for all purposes, they were used for freight, but also for oyster farming and fishing.
In 1920, the motor arrived and the sailboats were replaced by mixed boats.
