90-702 WHITE LIE back from Caribbean

WHITE LIE crew

Welcoming WHITE LIE arriving from Caribbean

Cargoship yacht transport (again)

Unloading boats in the Villefranche bay actually seems very much
in the trend these days... A charter company unloading catamarans
for the summer season.

40-119 LADY KATHEA haul out

40-119 LADY KATHEA haul out for antifouling paint.

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

Teak deck sanding

The carpernters finishing the teak deck sanding on
Swan 53 MERI BALLETTI

Cargoship yacht transport

A cargoship came to load a yacht in the bay this afternon

Quite a good idea actually... The Villefranche bay being sheltered is
quite adequate for that !

60-902 Racing forepeak

Switching the forepeak on 60-902 from a cruising to a racing version.
Stephan dismantling carpentry work, plumbing, tanks, toilet, pumps etc...

Vincent laminating new carbon floorboards and bunk

Vacuum applied to laminated floorboards

The new bunk boards

Captain Chris testing the new bunk... seems all right :-)

New lines carbon rack

Perspex plate protects electrical boxes 

The new "racing" forepeak and carbon home made floorboards.