RM Yachts has been founded in 1989 by Jean-Claude Oudry. The yachts are built with an innovative material and a very peculiar construction method: epoxy impregnated marine ply with an internal metal structure. They are of fast ocean sailing class. RM Yachts are making four models at the moment: RM890, RM1070, RM1270, and RM1360. All of them are looking very nice and seem extremely comfortable. RM Yachts - RM 890 A superb cruising sailboat. [source: all pics are taken from … [Read more...]
Le Grand Pavois – The Boat Show in La Rochelle
Le Grand Pavois is one of the three largest floating boat shows in the world. The oldest floating boat show in Europe, Le Grand Pavois was founded in 1973, and it welcomes on average two thousand professionals and around one hundred thousand visitors. Each year a different country or region is chosen as the special theme. This year, it started on September 16, and will end on 21. I have been out and I barely found the time to mention it before its final day. A few numbers will give you an … [Read more...]
Dufour Yachts
After a long pause, we continue here with Dufour Yachts, a company founded in 1964 by Michel Dufour, an engineer with a love of sailing. The shipyard is in La Rochelle, France. They do now two classes of sailing yachts, Performance and Grand Large. Both are for cruising in comfort. There are three types of Performance, the 36, the 40E and the 45E. I'm not advertising any of them, so everything outside technical details or pictures are personal opinions. Length overall 10,99 m / … [Read more...]