On the 5th of August the next annual Small Craft Trendwatching Conference will convene in Saaremaa.
This year the conference focuses on the issues of Estonian domestic market development. Different folkboat concepts and development projects will be introduced and trends of boating community in Estonia will be brought out. The conference takes place during the Kuressaare Maritime Festival and the traditional get-together weekend is looking forward to meeting all boatbuilders and their friends. During the festival, several Estonian origin boats and yachts are presented and on sale.
Warm-up discussion at Kipper forum: http://foorum.kipper.ee/viewtopic.php?t=5925&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0.
Materials from the seminar:
- Domestic demand survey (Saaremaa Development Centre)
- From users point of view (Janno Simm)
- From producers point of view (Peeter Sääsk)
- Whale 6,5 (Tanel Kukk)
- Idea of Estonian folkboat I ( intro by Jaanis Prii)
- Idea of Estonian folkboat II (teamwork moderated by Jüri Sakkeus)