441-023 Rig service

Getting seized tip cups out of spreaders ends.

Painted spreaders ends

Clean and polished rods, tip cups, tangs and turnbuckles

Reassembling rig before stepping

53-506 Stepping the mast

Swan 53 BALLYTRIM
mast stepping

Swan 70 MANU forestay

Shortening a Navtec -48 rod forestay on site..

90-705 Sea Trials

Sea Trials and rig check onboard Swan 90 ZIGZAG

40-119 LADY KATHEA rig service

Mast unstepping

Goose and vang necks showing signs of corrosion.
Time for a good clean and insulation

Cleaning and polishing of goose neck and adding
a cut out of a sheet of Tufnol to insulate ssteel and mast aluminium

Dye testing rod heads. Above one obviously showing a crack

Forestay rod lower head showing signs of excessive stress.
Forestay usually being the most stressed part of the rig.

Reinstalling goose neck with Tufnol sheet insulation and
helicoils on some of the screws threads

Mast unstepping

Laurent installing the slings around carbon mast of
Swan 60-028 CIGNO ROSSO
Time for a rig check before the season starts

Coming out

Quite a tall mast actually ;-)

Not much space left around

40-146 BLUE CHIP Rig service

Laurent hooking the mast

One should not wait until everything is seized before servicing.
Should be done every 5-6 years.

Polishing rods and fittings

Spreaders ends damaged with corrosion.
It took a blowtorch to remove tip cups :-(

Navtec Rod rigging re-heading

Cutting rod heads

Pressing the new heads

The Navtec facility in Mandelieu, close to Cannes,
in the heart of the french riviera yachting industry.

90-702 Mast Top

40mtrs above sea level

Are you going up?

Navtec TFC™ Rigging

Navtec Thermo Fused Carbon Rigging spreaders ends fittings
on Swan 90-702 discontinuous rig

Mast on the ground in La Ciotat

Lifting mast with the huge La Ciotat cranes

Mast coming in with Rogi Yacht Rigging team at work

Neat V and D1's deck turnbuckles

Please visit Navtec web site to read more about TFC™ Rigging

Stepping the mast of 46-422

Stepping the mast of Swan 46-422 LA LUCIOLE  in La  Rochelle
on the Atlantic coast of France after the rig was serviced and the mast repainted
at chantier TECHNIYACHTS PINTA

Swan 90 mast unstepping

Mast coming out

Using the big cranes in La Ciotat
the 39mtrs mast would almost look short

Hauling out Swan 90-708
for antifouling paint

46-422 Rig service

Hauling out Swan 461 in La Rochelle (Atlantic coast) after mast unstepping. 461-422 is a daggerboard boat.
Yes, we do travel "abroad" when asked for it :-) 

Mast after rig and equipments removal

Time for a good paint treatment

Rod rigging and heads inspection