Spraying Gelcoat

Mr. J.P. spraying gelcoat on Swan 53 BALLYTRIM bow

44-117 CABEANCA haul out on slipway

Hailing out Swan 44 CABEANCA for antifouling paint
using the Villefranche harbour slipway... very convenient..

Swan 40 LADAY KATHEA hull sandblasting

Swan 40 bottom being sanblasted, filled and faired
and International Gelshield 200 to be applied before antifouling paint.

Cargo ship loading of Swan 53 LUCIA

LUCIA ready for her half way round the world voyage
onboard cargoship HAPPY DRAGON

Applying "Protectapeel" protection on teak deck
and deck GRP surfaces.
Please check Protectapeel products HERE

53-506 Hull bottom sandblasting

Sandblasting Swan 53-506 hull bottom with very fine sand grain in order to
remove old antifouling paint coats without damaging the Gelshield coats.
An epoxy paint coat will then be applied and two coats of antifouling paint sprayed
in order to get a proper smooth finish.

90-702 Hull polish

Mr. J.P. polishing the topsides of  Swan 90 WHITE LIE
quite an area to treat actually !

40-119 LADY KATHEA haul out

40-119 LADY KATHEA haul out for antifouling paint.

MaxPower R200 bowthruster

Ever seen a bowthruster at work ?
Please see this underwatwer video of a MaxPower R200

Antifouling paint airless spraying

Swan 53 ILLUSION at Monaco Marine St. Laurent du Var.
Prepared for airless antifouling paint spraying.

461-410 Back from the yard

Ready to be hauled back in after applying International Trilux 33 antifouling paint

Laurent manoeuvreing BALLYTRIM to the tight docking space

Seacocks have been serviced and cleaned.
Corrosion inhibitor has been applied to protect them.
(bilges to be cleaned next)

Swan 461 hauling out

Swan 461-410 and 411 on the hard at Monaco Marine St. Laurent
for antifouling paint.
Rudders have been dropped as well in order to check stock and bearings

Hull lamination

Grinding damages around keel and in bilges to prepare lamination work.

44-169 ISKANDER

Swan 44-169 ISKANDER (formerly KILKENNY) came all the way from Chicago on a cargo ship and was unloaded in Antwerp. Quite a long trailer indeed. She was then launched in Monaco Marine St. Laurent du Var for her first taste of sea water. We did commission the boat and rig her up.

JP3 Rudder Bearings Service

When a lower bearing is showing signs of leak or salt all around it
is often already too late. Soon it will leak really badly and the boat
 will have to be hauled out in emergency.

Rudder should be dropped and bearings serviced, seals replaced every 5-6 years.

Boat owners usually don't do it until it leaks.

It is then very hard to drop the rudder as the bearing is seized with corrosion.

There is then no other choice but to destroy it as it cannot
 be removed away from the rudder post and to replace it to a new one.

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

461-406 Transport

46-406 AyAyAy mast stripping in Cogolin

Almost ready for truck transport to the Atlantic coast.

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