Navigare necesse est

Shipping, Yachting and Merchant Marine

This site contains various published and unpublished documents about recreational boating and the merchant marine.

The author, P.-A. Reymond, was very young when he decided on a navigation-related career. He holds a Second Mate FG certificate and he qualified as a marine architect. These qualifications led him to a career as a consultant in recreational boating. As a naval architect, he realised numerous construction projects.
This man of the sea also devoted more than 30 years to teaching nautical science and to the training of boat builders.


Should you not find the document that interests you in your own language, you can always read it in French, and also sometimes in another language.

Until now, not all pages have been translated into D, GB, E and I. If you wish to help us with this task, we welcome your contribution. Contact us.