Nicolas is not boastful. Ask this 24 year old when he started sailing, and he will simply answer "Since alwaysâeuros¦" without adding to it. However, if you dig a little deeper into his nautical history, you will discover that Nicolas bought his first houseboat when he was 15. Two years later, he set off on a tour of Brittany with it! A great experience when you know that the sailboat in question is a Krill from 1999, a - very - small unit of only 3.96 m.
He buys this sailboat built in epoxy CP in a sad state. There is only one hull and one mast. The young man is going to redo everything on board, including the renovation of the fittings and all the ropes.
Nicolas has always had a passion for ropes and is interested in seamanship, especially modern seamanship. Splicing a textile core or overlaying a halyard does not scare him.
A Bavaria 37 as a workshop
With a commercial BTS in nautical option realized in alternation between his school in Granville and a shipchandler in Le Havre, he decides at the age of 24 to launch himself as a rigger. He set up his company Rope N'co on the sailboat on which he lives, a Bavaria 37 moored in the port of Dunkirk. It is between the two winches of the cockpit that he can stretch his splices. A good solution to stay close to his users, except for the storage of the equipment which is limited to a cabin on board.
A local clientele
He finds his customers mainly by word of mouth. His area of action remains for the moment around the marina of Dunkerque. Thus, he can answer the requests of the sailboats of passage or even those based at the year. Mainly sailboats that regatta on weekends, even if Nicolas would like to intervene on ocean racing units, which are unfortunately lacking in this regionâeuros¦
Always available
With an advance fee schedule, he can respond quickly to a request and can complete a simple installation usually within a day. He does not work with a specific tailpiece and can nowadays sew all types of ropes.
