Spraying Gelcoat

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

Hull polishing

Mr. JP at work.. early morning hull polishing

Cockpit table varnishing

Mr. JP spraying varnish on a cockpit table in
the painting cabin.

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.

Antifouling paint airless spraying

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

90-708 paint touch ups

Spraying paint touch ups on swan 90-708 bow.
Spraying metallic paint is an art and requires... an artist to do it :-)

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

JP painting radar scanner

JP preparing a B&G Broadband radar scanner
to be painted in black

Une photo de Vincent pour sa Maman
qui dit qu'on ne le voit jamais sur le blog

ISKANDER is "Nice"

After polishing topsides and transom and replacing name to new one. ISKANDER is now "Nice"... Isn't she?

GRIMLO V blue lines

Mr. JP brushing the second coat of  blue paint on the lines...
Please do not disturb the artist at work  :-)

Interior varnishing

Mr. JP is THE ARTIST !!

Spring time in Villefranche

Stephane troubleshooting a KVH television antenna on
Swan 90 ZIGZAG mast spreaders

Jean-Paul has decided to move out of the workshop and
enjoy sanding mast spreaders in the sun

100-103 HOPPETOSSE

Loading a new dryer onboard

Companionway varnishing in progress

80-002 SELENE Condaria unit

New Condaria air conditionning  unit

Picasso at work

Alex reinstalling a door frame

Clean Marine truck pumping out gas oil and cleaning it through Alfa Laval plant before re-injecting it.

60-028 polishing

J.P. is our polishing artist

Red gelcoat restoration

46-410 polishing

JP restoring and polishing gelcoat

53-517 ILLUSION

JP repairing dings at bow and polishing topsides

Vincent laminating templates to make ssteel chafe protections

90-708 Boom painting