Home decoration and garden stores San Cristóbal

Frenchman Denis Cartier's handsome workshop produces 2,000 model boats a year. The visit is fascinating and free of charge... The highly realistic reproductions of La Santa Maria, La Niña and La Pinta have given way to half-hulls and limited-edition "made-to-measure" models, such as those of the America's Cup challengers. The creation of a model is a delicate craft, requiring perfect mastery of all manufacturing phases. Each boat takes between 40 and 500 hours to build.