The Balmain Boat Company Invites You to Build Memories with Do-It-Yourself Boat Building for Father's Day, June 16

SYDNEY, May 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Remember a time before smart phones, when the street lights called you home for dinner, and weekends were spent playing outside and doing projects with dad? Relive those memories and create new ones this Father's Day with do-it-yourself boat building kits from The Balmain Boat Company (www.thebalmainboatcompany.com), founded by Australian industrial designer Andrew Simpson. This interactive Father's Day present encourages the best gift, time spent together. Under the philosophy that anyone, anywhere, can build a boat, each user-friendly kit comes flat-packed, shipped to one's door and ready to assemble with an easy to follow instruction manual.

(Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130502/NY06563 )

"Our mission is to make parents and grandparents look like legends," said Simpson. "Handmade by YOU, our boat kit provides a great bonding experience between generations, and makes the dream of owning a boat a reality."

Simpson's boat design blends the look of the 1930s-style rowboat with today's contemporary, clean lines. Boats take approximately 16 hours to build, including drying time for adhesives and paint. The only required tools are a hammer, caulking gun and drill. Kits are just below eight feet in length and weigh less than 150 pounds.

The Balmain Boat Kit Details:
Classic Rowboat Kit – US Retail Price: $1738, Readymade: $2609, Painted: $3068.

Sailboat Kit – US Retail Price: $2752, Readymade: $4082, Painted: $4799.

About The Balmain Boat Company:
Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, The Balmain Boat Company was founded by Nicole Still and Andrew Simpson. Raised in a do-it-yourself American family in Ohio, Still loved the idea of a company where people made things by hand that could be passed down through generations. Simpson, who learned to sail when he was five on Sydney Harbor with his father, has turned his affinity with the water into a fulfilled passion of making boating accessible to the masses. Dedicated to making the world a better place, the company sponsors The Girl Effect, a non-profit foundation whose mission is to give girls in third world countries a chance at a better life.

For more information:
Follow The Balmain Boat Company on Facebook: facebook.com/balmainboatcompany and on Twitter: twitter.com/BalmainBoatCo, and watch on YouTube: youtube.com/user/BalmainBoatCo.                                                      

For additional high-resolution images:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/balmainboatcompany/sets/72157632155152047/

SOURCE The Balmain Boat Company

WANT YOUR COMPANY'S NEWS FEATURED ON PRNEWSWIRE.COM?

440k+
Newsrooms &
Influencers

9k+
Digital Media
Outlets

270k+
Journalists
Opted In

GET STARTED