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Bloemsma Aluminiumbouw

Bloemsma Aluminiumbouw is situated in Makkum in the Dutch province of Friesland. The yard builds high-quality aluminium hulls on demand and in accordance with premium international standards such as Lloyds and ABS. In addition to hulls, Bloemsma creates (parts of) superstructures for motoryachts in the highly prestigious superyacht segment. Our years of experience in the field of aluminium combined with modern machinery and the craftsmanship and expertise of a dedicated team ensure consistent quality at the highest level.

Over the past quarter of a century Bloemsma has built an excellent reputation worldwide – one which we aim to further strengthen in the years to come. The many regatta wins by J-Class and Truly Classic sailing yachts with Bloemsma hulls underline our ambition.

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Quality & craftsmanship

Working with aluminium demands exceptional expertise and skills and the best possible facilities, all of which the Bloemsma yard provides.

Aluminium hull construction

The aluminium alloys Bloemsma uses are resistant to seawater and offer many benefits as a high-quality construction material.

Innovation & technology

Bloemsma is renowned as a leader in our field due to a constant quest for quality and the use of the latest technologies and materials.

Bloemsma Aluminiumbouw specializes in :

Aluminium hulls

Aluminium superstructures

  Aluminium constructions for offshore sector

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Mulder Shipyard

Luxury yacht builders since 1938.

Dear Visitor,

Welcome to Mulder Shipyard!

Mulder Shipyard is a family-owned shipyard in the Netherlands, employing more than 80 full-time workers over three locations in the Leiden area, and a fourth location in Enkhuizen.

At Mulder, our philosophy is to combine traditional craftsmanship with the latest technology, while always focusing on delivering superb quality, outstanding comfort and exceptional seaworthiness.

Mulder yachts are built from aluminium, are semi-displacement and can achieve top speeds up to 24 knots. Known throughout the industry for our signature designs, we advise, develop and build boats for experienced yacht owners up to 500 Gross Tons.

Feeling inspired? Take a look at our online fleet: an overview of Mulder yachts built over our long heritage (since 1938!).

For more information and to explore the options for your future Mulder yacht, get in touch with us today.

Nick Mulder Managing Director +31715601009

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Exclusive aluminium sailing yachts

Hutting 52  hutting 46 explorer hutting 40 hutting 45 hutting 50.

The sailing yacht that reflects your personality. Optimized for your sailing style and destinations, wherever you go in the world. An exclusive sailing yacht that fully meets your desires. Specially designed for the sailor who goes beyond the beaten paths and has a unique vision of the ideal yacht.

Choose the model that suits you and initiate the development process with our team and the architect. There is freedom of choice for the keeltype, deck layout and rigging. There are additional options to create the layout of the interior with a range of colours and materials available.

Explore the endless possibilities for creating your exclusive Hutting yacht. Our team of specialists is ready to advise you on these choices, based on over 45 years of knowledge and the experience of our team of Hutting sailors.

Hutting Yachts has over 45 years of experience in building custom-built aluminum sailing yachts. 55 yachts have been built from the ‘Hutting line,’ designed by Dick Koopmans senior. Read more about the Hutting 40 , 45 , 50 , the Hutting 52 by Hoek Design and the Hutting 46 Explorer.

Or discover the possibilities to create a 100% custom-built yacht here. 

Our advice: schedule a viewing and step aboard various Hutting sailing yachts; each one a unique, exclusive sailing yacht. And discover the added value of a custom-built sailing yacht yourself.

“Hutting Yachts are like the Rolls Royce of the Ocean”

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From the arctic or mediterranean seas to the pacific and the atlantic oceans as well as closer to our home on the IJsselmeer. Our yachts are found all over the world. It says something about the amount of care we put into our builds.

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Why Aluminium .

The vq art of aluminium.

One of the reasons Vanquish clients love their bespoke driver’s boats is because so many specific wishes have been met by our expert engineers and craftsmen. The use of aluminium is key to this success as it provides enormous flexibility in the design and construction. Working by hand, the aluminium specialists at the Vanquish yard in the Netherlands work tirelessly for owners who embrace non-traditional thinking, with no request too crazy if technically feasible.

Only in alu…

In essence, the choice for aluminium comes down to these simple facts:

If you’re looking for a fast boat between 45 and 80 foot it needs to be light in weight. Our aluminium hulls weigh up to 40% less than their composite equivalent and as much as 55% less than steel yachts

If you’re looking for a fast boat that you can fully customise to your wishes, only aluminium has the flexibility to make such changes. Composite doesn’t offer this option (unless you make an expensive one-off mould) and steel cannot be shaped in the same way.

In addition to offering the ability to adapt countless aspects of your Vanquish to individual preferences, aluminium (marine alloy 5083) has many other benefits in terms of strength, durability, ease of repair/maintenance and more. Let’s explore these assets together…

Safety first

Vanquish yachts are mostly used on blue water so the safety of owners and their guests is central to everything we do at Vanquish. Aluminium has a far better strength/weight ratio than the vast majority of shipbuilding materials and is very difficult to deform. Moreover, the effects of any impact on an aluminium hull are only felt locally, with the rest of the body retaining its shape (and safety for passengers).

The exceptional properties of strength and resistance mean that aluminium hulls are far more resilient to damage than their GRP equivalent. Moreover, aluminium absorbs its own energy in collisions over a larger surface area than steel and is twice as good at absorbing shocks.

This marvellous metal also doesn’t burn in the atmosphere and nor will it fuel a fire. Using aluminium also allows us to incorporate any specific safety considerations you might have for taking the kids out to sea. Let’s get thinking together…

Powerful performance

No-one buys a Vanquish to cruise around at low speeds – there’s a reason they’re called driver’s boats. The incredible performance of our yachts is a key factor in our success and the fact that aluminium is lighter than composite plays a critical role herein.

The weight savings offer you an acceleration that make the most of our power-packed VQ hull designs. You’ll save on the fuel bill too and have a reduced draft, allowing you to go places other boats cannot reach. All in all, creating your boat in aluminium ensures you maximum manoeuvrability, blistering speeds and supreme comfort.

Made to last

Vanquish owners are happy to invest in their pleasure and expect a premium product in return that will stand the test of time. Aluminium offers an incomparable longevity compared to other boatbuilding materials. Maintenance requirements are very low and aluminium structures deteriorate very little over the years.

Aluminium boats are also far cheaper to repair. Dents can often be beaten out with a hammer and, if needed, parts can easily be cut out and replaced. Aluminium is remarkably resistant to corrosion, osmosis and structural fatigue. The only possible source of galvanic corrosion on aluminium hulls is contact with stainless steel parts but the expert builders at Vanquish will ensure this cannot happen with your VQ boat

Redefining comfort

The word ‘comfort’ has a different meaning to us all depending on what we find important. At Vanquish we define comfort by our ability to create a boat that meets the owner’s specific needs. And the use of aluminium plays a huge role in this as we modify the layout and accommodations in countless bespoke ways such as:

• Extra ceiling height for taller guests
• Building in beds of appropriate lengths
• Creating seats and sofas of various sizes in the lounge and on deck
• Adjusting or removing obstacles to easy on-board movements such as steep stairs or low chairs
• Opting for specific populsion system that require a custom interior
• Arranging your sleeping quarters and bathrooms in a way you enjoy… or dispensing with both and creating the ultimate day boat

The list is endless and purely revolves around how you see, feel and experience comfort.

Looking good

Aluminium is more elastic so allows for easier shaping and more unusual designs. From straight lines to curves, the style is all yours.

Resale value

Because aluminium boats are exceptionally durable, barely deteriorate over time and are easily repaired, they can attain a lifespan of 50 years. This means their resale value holds up far better than any equivalent yacht in steel or polyester.

Greener future

Vanquish owners love life and are keen to do their part to protect our planet. Aluminium is a more environmentally friendly material and fully recyclable at the end of its product lifecycle. Building in aluminium results in much less waste and what is left over can be reused in other applications. There is no more future-compatible and eco-conscious way to justify owning a boat than to have it made in aluminium.

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Motor Yachts

Established in 1990 as a yard that built traditional yachts, Holland Jachtbouw has emerged as one of the world’s most renowned shipyards for newly built superyachts and refits of yachts over 90 feet. Over the course of three decades, Holland Jachtbouw has built several award winning yachts including Athos, the largest two-mast schooner in history, as well as two unique J Class yachts Rainbow and Topaz.

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Craftsmanship

Our newly built yachts and refits are carried out with the utmost precision, passion for detail and love for craftsmanship. Carefully-selected, high-quality materials are used by a team of highly skilled craftsmen in all aspects of yachtbuilding.

Master craftsmanship. Naturally selected elements, engineering precision and the latest technologies play their part to achieve the perfect result.

Founded in the early 1990s, Holland Jachtbouw will pursue to build its exceptional reputation from her brand-new facility with a large production capacity in Enkhuizen. Working with top naval architects worldwide, the build and project management teams continue to produce a world class product, using leading suppliers and subcontractors from the heart of the Dutch yachting industry.

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When Chris Gongriep wanted to finish his 13-metre wooden barge under his own management in 1990, little did he know that the shipyard he founded for this purpose, De Hemmes , would be the start of a bright future as a world-renowned superyacht builder.

While customers continued to request well-known Lemsteraken , Chris’ ambition grew into building the ideal charter yacht. After years of extensive study, Sapphire was built in 1996, a classic 31-metre sailing yacht. This was the start for Holland Jachtbouw and the transition to aluminium sailing and motor yachts was made.

Holland Jachtbouw grew into a successful yard with an extensive delivery program for superyachts up to 130 feet. The portfolio of more than thirty prestigious classic and modern superyachts in various categories demonstrate the craftsmanship and unlimited possibilities of the yard.

Athos , Topaz and Rainbow are just a few examples of dreams becoming reality; each demonstrating the extreme precision, passion for detail and love of craftsmanship with which they are built. Only dedicated specialists with decades of experience can achieve the quality of finish in new construction as well as refits and restorations. It is this quality, expertise and love for the profession that attracted the international clientele to Holland Jachtbouw.

Chris passed away in 2016 and at the request of his heirs, VMG Yachtbuilders continues the Holland Jachtbouw legacy with great respect for its founder. Its legacy is a fitting addition to VMG’s portfolio, which is in the same segment up to about 90 feet. Holland Jachtbouw is therefore moving to Enkhuizen, the epicenter of traditional yacht building and where the love and passion for craftsmanship is passed on from generation to generation.

Like a Phoenix rising from its ashes, Holland Jachtbouw will build the next generation of future classics at its new state-of-the-art location.

Our comprehensive service and support to captain, crew and managing project teams, demonstrates our values: dedication to our projects as well as our customers. With local teams and technical support from different locations, we’re able to provide quick assistance worldwide, ensuring customers the highest level of comfort.

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Half a millennium of maritime history made the Dutch masters in yachtbuilding. The wealth of experience has enabled Holland to become global market leader in the production of superyachts and smaller (semi) custom built luxury yachts. Our premium quality yachts are designed and built to your own personal ideas and sail where others stop. Have a safe journey, relax and enjoy life on your unique Dutch luxury yacht. Why settle for anything less?

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Ein halbes Jahrtausend Erfahrung als Seefahrer hat dazu geführt, dass die Niederländer Meister im Bauen von Yachten sind. Die Niederlande ist weltweiter Marktführer im Bau von Superyachten und (Semi-)Custom-Built-Yachten.

Aluminium Strongall Specialist – Sailing and motor yachts

Located in Tarare since 1963, META is the manufacturer of Bernard Moitessier's historical JOSHUA. Thanks to the Strongall ® assembly process, patented by the shipyard in 1977, and its unique know-how the shipyard designs and builds sailboats, trawlers, speedboats and other floating buildings using the deck hull prestressed aluminum technique: our constructions are efficient, innovative, comfortable and very resistant.

The History of the Site

It is in Chauffailles, in Saône et Loire, that Jean Fricaud, an enlightened self-taught metallurgist, takes advantage of his workshops to build his first 11m steel motor-sailer: the SAINTE MARTHE. At the age of 13, Joseph, the eldest son, dreams of cars, drawing and mechanics... and of leaving school as soon as possible in order to start an apprenticeship-which he will do, with his father's blessing.

The workshops, in full effervescence, set up a construction line for hydraulic shovels, Joseph finished his apprenticeship as a mechanic in Lyon and left to enrich his technical knowledge in various regional boiler making workshops hoping, as soon as possible, to practice metallurgy on his own account.

Still in Chauffailles, Jean Fricaud is approached by Bernard Moitessier, for whom he agrees, as a good patron, to build the steel hull of JOSHUA. At the same time, Joseph set up under the name META and became a subcontractor for his father's excavator company.

Jean Fricaud, in Chauffailles, has exhausted all the possibilities for expanding his hydraulic excavator construction company and sets up an additional workshop in Tarare, on the RN7, near Lyon. META, still in Chauffailles, began to diversify and expanded its range of construction equipment.

Jean Fricaud seized the opportunity of a lifetime and sold his prosperous business to an industrial group: he had just built the motorboat NADINE and could finally devote himself to deep-sea fishing. But the buyer does not want to expand to Tarare, where the workshop has just been completed. Sensing "the emergence of a market", Jean proposed to his son to build steel boats there. Joseph obeyed and fate precipitated events: thanks to the publicity generated by Bernard Moitessier's exploits, META became a full-fledged shipyard in Tarare.

After having built more than 70 JOSHUAS, more than 30 DAMIENS II, and many other steel hulls, Joseph launches a big paving stone in the pond and abandons steel in favor of STRONGALL® aluminum, which he has just patented. His pre-stressed aluminum construction technique makes it possible to create extremely resistant deck hulls. The young subsidiary PROMETA, directed by François Fevre, also abandons steel for STRONGALL®.

Patrice Passinge is 17 years old when he joins META as a metal worker, under the supervision of André Ravatier, the company's workshop manager. Joseph carefully follows Patrice's efforts, and despite his young age, he soon proves to be an outstanding journeyman.

Patrice Passinge became workshop manager when, after his excellent career at META, André Ravatier took his legitimate retirement. At the end of the 90's, aware that Joseph was getting older, various buyers came forward with the objective of expanding the company. But Joseph wanted to preserve the family spirit of the company and decided to pass on META to Patrice, who had a solid background and an excellent culture of the business.

Joseph definitively transfers the META Chantier Naval Spécialiste du STRONGALL® brand and all its activities to Patrice Passinge.

Construction and launch of FLEUR AUSTRALE, the magnificent custom sailing boat designed for and by Philippe Poupon. This large expedition ketch travels in all the waters of the world in complete safety, from the Arctic to the Antarctic via the Pacific Ocean.

Design and construction of the Ecotroll 39 in partnership with Jean-Pierre Brouns and the Olbia shipyard. The smallest troller approved for ocean navigation, it sailed from Lyon to Greenland through canals and oceans before returning to Lyon via the Canal du Midi in spring 2011.

50 years of META Shipyard on the island of Frioul opposite Marseille. Great meeting with many clients and personalities owning META yachts.

META is diversifying by proposing hulls for various floating projects, such as the development of a floating restaurant (entre deux ô) visible on Roanne.

Based on our floating projects, Dominique Renouf called on META to build Solar Carriage. Real floating habitats with electric propulsion, the Solar Carriage are powered by photovoltaic panels and can navigate on canals and rivers in an ecological way, an important value of our company. In parallel, META is working on its first production boat, the META 36.

Thursday March 12, a few hours before the first presidential address concerning the containment due to COVID-19, Philippe Brabetz signs the takeover of META Chantier Naval Specialist of the STRONGALL®. Patrice Passinge will launch a carpentry workshop dedicated to the interior fittings of the META 36, at the Tarare location.

The takeover is final and the shipyard, renamed META Yachts—Architect Shipyard—Strongall® Specialist, resists to the COVID wave and follows its course. Philippe conceides his TurboKeels® patent to the company and initiates a range of innovative designs for modern, attractive and highly performing sailboats, new motorboats. META Yachts confirms the desire to invest in environmentally clean projects such as electro-solar housing barge carried by Dominique Renouf, and gorgeous Noé boat, carried by Nicolas Lallemand.

Inauguration de META Yachts Services, à Port Saint Louis du Rhône, sur la côte méditerranéenne, cofondée par Philippe Brabetz et Fréderic Switala, pour l'entretien, le gardiennage et la vente de bateaux META Yachts d'occasion.

Technical Legacy

Bernard moitessier, writer of great talent, exceptional sailor and philosopher recognized well beyond our borders, bernard moitessier (1925 – 1994) has become a legend..

He has given rise to strong vocations by communicating his precious philosophy to all those who, in love with freedom, have “taken the plunge” and are blossoming far from our agitated lands. Everything or almost everything… has been said and written about Bernard, a very unusual character. “I am weighing these words because I fear that his formidable genius of simplicity has escaped some people and has disappeared into the oblivion of history, which would be unjust and regrettable. More than any other sailor, Bernard was haunted not only by the obligation of robustness of the boat, but also by maintenance, hence maximum simplicity. In this perfect sailor’s logic, the deck of JOSHUA – by its very studied simplicity – has always constituted, in my eyes, an essential work reference. Today, every builder (amateur or professional) should be inspired by the best of this masterpiece of practical common sense, on aluminum as on steel.

Drastically simple, but with minimum solutions that have been carefully thought through… On the JOSHUA bridge, nothing should catch, nothing should hurt, nothing should jam: no rails or screwed parts, but welding of sturdy rings instead (to make it easier to surf with the brush, to keep everything clean, and to do away with protective adhesives! Moreover, the most economical solutions were the order of the day, because Bernard was really not rich when Jean, my father, built for him in 1961, the hull number 1 of JOSHUA in CHAUFFAILLES. Among the original features of this deck plan – of a monarchal rigor – the famous “Chinese hood” for example, is worth the detour: 100% watertight thanks to its judicious volumes of depression in spite of the absence of flexible joint, inviolable, reducing thermal bridges, it divides by 3 the times of painting on its perimeter while maintaining the aspect of the new: who does better?

I was very young in the trade when my small team of journeymen started the construction of the JOSHUAS in TARARE, and Bernard’s sponsorship was a great help to me!

More than forty years separate us today from the launching of Bernard’s hull in LYON, and the spirit of the master is still deeply rooted in our reflexes – everything that could be tried differently often turned out to be less convincing, so thank you Bernard for your intelligent contribution to the design of the metal decks of our sailing ships.

Joseph FRICAUD

, Founder of META Chantier Naval

Our Strongall ® construction technique

There is no such thing as the a universal or perfect material, and here is why we have chosen aluminum to replace steel:.

• Aluminum boats are solid: constructions are homogeneous, without joints between welded elements and without weaknesses caused by composite associations of various materials
• Aluminum boats have a great longevity, are a good investment when budgets are under control and if they’ve been well designed and especially well built, they maintain a good rating when resold
• Aluminum grades 5083 and 5086 require little maintenance

Why Strongall ® ?

This aluminum construction method was developed and patented by META Chantier Naval in 1977. The concept is that of a self-supporting aluminum deck hull, based on the use of thick sheets: the transverse structure is then reduced to a minimum (integrated tanks, engine cradle, mast belt, crash-box or watertight bulkhead) depending on the size of the boat. This type of construction is synonymous to robustness and longevity, warrants of the significant investment a boat represents over the years.

The Advantages of Strongall ® :

• Stronger than equal weight steel construction
• About 30% lighter than the same steel shell with comparable strength
• The use of thick sheets allows a greater intensity in welding thus eliminating the risk of “sticking”, and guarantees a better fusion of the metal
• Little or no deformation of the plating sheets
• The thickness of the sheets increases the resistance to corrosion and significantly reduces the risk of metal fatigue (repeated cycles of torsion-bending of the planks where the hull is a hollow beam moving on complex waves and swell phenomena)
• The hull is treated with inorganic Zinc Silicate
• The painting of the dead works and the bridge is only necessary for cosmetic reasons, they can remain raw without consequence for the material.
• A significant advantage for the shipowner, the absence of internal restrictive structures makes the design of the fittings more flexible.

Architectural constraint:

The hulls require developable hull surfaces and lively chine(s)—easily integrated in elegant and efficient designs!

Over 300 sailboats, motorboats and trollers have been built in Tarare since 1977, their extreme robustness secures navigation in particularly difficult areas: Arctic, Northwest Passage, Antarctica… COME MEET US IN TARARE, AND GET A FEELING OF WHAT WE REALLY DO!

TurboKeels®

A solution for ballasting lead from one side to the other….

To displace the center of gravity without relying on complex tilting keels, Philippe Brabetz, new owner of the Meta shipyard, has come up with an ingenious solution: TurboKeels®, or how to ballast lead from one keel to another!

Already used on tilting keel sailboats such as IMOCAs, the system literally involves shifting the center of gravity of the boat—but a tilting keel requires a large draft and a complex, expensive and above all fragile mechanism not suitable for cruising yachts.

With TurboKeels®, Philippe Brabetz applies the above basic premise to twin keel boats. The 2 keels are then used as reservoirs to accommodate the ballast which travels from one keel to the other as needed, and following a closed circuit mechanism activated by a simple pump.

The advantages of Turbokeels are:

• Enhances power
• Diminishes heel angle
• Allows for shallow draft
• Simple, reliable and economical

Stronglite®

—The Stronglite ® technique is undergoing scrutiny by our R&D team—

you can stay tuned and follow our social media networks

Philippe Brabetz

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Nathalie Simon

Administration & Sales

Marin Ducoux

Design Office Manager

Serge Calka

Export & Communication

Johan Tardif

Naval architect, Engineer

Dockyard Technical advisor

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Naval Engineer

Philippe Brabetz has an architecture degree from the Paris-La-Villette School of Architecture. While studying to become a building specialist, he attends Dominique Presle’s naval architecture courses and becomes passionate about the subject.

He graduates shortly after the first Gulf War, when jobs were hard to come round, and nevertheless manages to join the Guignols’ team at Canal+, working at the design and production of TV sets and special effects as of 1995. Ten years later, still passionate about shipbuilding, he joins the Nantes Naval Architecture DPEA which he tops by an internship for the construction of America’s Cup Areva Challenge monohull. During his collaboration with shipyards and naval architecture firms in France, Spain and Morocco, he invents TurboKeels: a twin-keel system whose lest is ballasted from side to side. The invention patented, taking over META Shipyard seemed like the next best thing to do.

His mission is to consolidate the achievements of the legendary shipyard, but also to add the creative touch that will allow META to navigate today’s challenging waters and thus continue its fantastic adventure.

Born in the same valley as META and with a name familiar to windserfers worldwide, her career was mapped out: since 2008, Nathalie has been assisting the shypyard’s management from an administrative, commercial and accounting point of view.

An Executive Assistant by training, she favors positions which allow for the widest diversity of tasks, within human scale structures. It is an interactive and stimulating format that she appreciates and that participates to the great complementarity between her very “maritime” professional activity and very terrestrial personal interests: running, cycling, hiking are all activities which fill her up with the energy and enthusiasm we much appreciate.

Nathalie is a valued collaborator, who faithfully has and does contribute to the welfare of the company .

A naval architecture engineer with a degree from ENSTA Bretagne, Marin’s work at META combines his passion for sailing and his experience of ocean cruising with the technical skills acquired through his training.

As an admirer of Gérard Janichon (Damien) and Bernard Moitessier (Joshua), he says he’s proud to be able to contribute to the development of META and its new series of ocean-going yachts, with modern lines and a spirit of adventure still intact.

Lover of nature, water sports, and concerned about the environment, Victor tackles his new adventure : his meaningful collaboration as a fully-fledged member of the META team.

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Specialised Masters in Naval and Offshore Architecture/Engineering Offshore engineering, ENSTA Brest

Fluid Dynamics and Energy in Physics, Université Paris-Saclay

Fundamental Physics, Paris-Saclay University

Lionel has learned and confectioned his skill at aluminum ship building at META, where he’s been a faithful member of the team since 2004. He has become the metalworkers’ go-to person for all questions related to Strongall ® boat building techniques.

Not only is he an experienced boilermaker, he’s got a secret skill up his sleeve: he grows grapes which participate in the making of one of the local Rhone wines.

We’re looking forward to the META vintage 😉

Etudiant-ingénieur en architecture navale à l’ENSTA Bretagne, Marin allie en travaillant chez META sa passion pour la voile et ses expériences de croisières hauturières avec les acquis techniques de sa formation.

Admirateur de Gérard Janichon (Damien) et de Bernard Moitessier (Joshua), il se dit fier de pouvoir contribuer au développement de META et de sa nouvelle série de voiliers hauturiers aux lignes modernes et à l’esprit d’aventure toujours intact.

Le chantier est donc très heureux de pouvoir compter parmi ses équipes ce Marin très compétent—mais aussi parfaitement polyvalent, avec un très bel esprit d’équipe et un sourire communicatif.

Anticorrosion

Your anti-corrosion solution for 50 years.

This zinc-based product is the best protection against hull corrosion so far. We are its historical retailer and use it for all of our boats.

Whether used as antifouling or covered by a regular antifouling, METAGRIP ® welds perfectly to the steel or aluminum hull thanks to the absorption phenomenon.

It does not deteriorate and therefore fully respects the underwater environment.

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