Marie-Jeanne Fishing Boat
Discover the Marie Jeanne, a wooden model of this French tuna fishing boat. Dedicated to tuna fishing in the months of June to October, this fishing boat came to reach the coast of Mauritania on trips of up to two months as tuna are often far from the coast. Guided by a our detailed step by step instructions you can complete your replica of this lovely fishing boat.
Leaving from the French port of Concarneau, the Marie Jeanne sailed between 1900 and 1950. Tuna fishing requires strong and quite fast boats. In the beginning, the ships engaged in these tasks were built for other purposes, generally too heavy. In the late XIX century new types of fishing boats were developed, small and with large sails.
The progress and the trend towards engine propulsion contributed to the disappearance of these elegant multicolored sails fishing boats. Build your 1/50 scale model of the Marie Jeanne, a traditional French tuna fishing boat. Its construction system using false keel and frames brings the assembly of your model closer to the construction of the actual ship. The model includes laser cut board pieces, hardwood, brass, die-cast and fabric. For the assembly you can follow our complete full-color step by step guide in 4 languages, accompanied by real-scale drawings of the ship.
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