Winter mood

Quiet Villefranche.
The yard will be closed for winter holydays from 20th Dec. to Jan. 3rd

STORM ready to sail away!

Work in mast

Laurent working in 57-202 mast

46-409 XENIA

46-409 coming in...quite a tight fit isn't it?

46-410 Haul out

46-410 hauled out for antifouling paint and engine sail drive maintenance

BALLYTRIM in Monaco Marine St. Laurent du Var

Snow on the close by Alps

46-406 commissionning in Hendaye

46-406 launch, mast stepping and tuning after road transport from
Cogolin/St. Tropez  to Hendaye "Pays Basque"

Spain is the other side of the river and harbour

Snow on the close by Pyrenees

53-517 ILLUSION

JP repairing dings at bow and polishing topsides

Vincent laminating templates to make ssteel chafe protections

461-406 Transport

46-406 AyAyAy mast stripping in Cogolin

Almost ready for truck transport to the Atlantic coast.

78-001 VALKYRIE

Getting out a 78ft boat (lifting keel) of that tight space
is quite a challenge

Capt. Peter manoeuvering

80-001 finishing repair

Vincent reinstalling the hardware after lamination
and painting of the repair

80-101 BERENICE mast tuning

Mastervolt technician Jean-Marc explaining to Stephane & Fabrizio
the new Mastervolt network monitoring software

Performance Greement tuning the mast after forestay reinstallation

Laurent & Olof having fun on BERENICE deck

66-706 GODOT leaves Villefranche

GODOT leaves Villefranche for a circumnavigation. Farewell!

90-709 antifouling paint

90-709 at AMC Antibes

Swan 90 bow

90-709 in the slings

How to remove a stuck rudder bearing because of an encounter
with an unknown floating object

4 boats at the end of the catway

Swan bows

90-702 + 80-101 + 80-001 + 66-706

Hall Spars & Rigging technician replacing a carbon foil part. 

80-101 BERENICE

Finnish hydraulics engineers tuning up 80-101 winches

90-709 NEFERTITI mast tuning

Performance Greement tuning the rig. Pumping up mast.

Olof installing a fire extinguisher cover

57-202 ANOUK mast unstepping

Villefranche crane can handle a Swan 57 mast

Mast coming out - Hold on Laurent!

JC - Laurent - Denis and crane man Pascal

Accastillage Bernard technician tuning the anchor arm

80-001 + 90-702 + 90-709 at the end of the catway

66-706 GODOT + 78-001 Custom Tripp VALKYRIE

80-101 BERENICE

Stephane and Olof from Nautor Finland

Olof from Nautor Finland at work on 80-101 deck

Alex cleaning brown sealant

80-001 + 80-101 BERENICE

80-001 & 80-101 - 10 years difference

80-101 mast top seen from above. Unusual isn'it?

60-903 VERTICAL SMILE + 62-104 GIENAH

Swan 60's of different generations

60-903 VERTICAL SMILE seen from above