Jean-Marie Finot, a great name in yachting, passes away

Tragic death of Paolo Vitelli, founder of Azimut-Benetti and yachting icon

Death of Jean-Marc Lambot, an emblematic figure of French boating

Death of Merry de la Poëze, a discreet man whose first name sails the world's seas

Pabouk shipyard on a new course: Olivier Debonte takes the helm

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InterviewAnais Lheureux, General Curator of the Grand Pavois

Grand Pavois: "No revolution, but obviously a change of generation"

Marc Lombard

Marc Lombard: The passing of a naval architect as discreet as he was talented

Death of an architect who made Jeanneau history

Philippe Sabran, death of a pillar of the Accastillage Diffusion network

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Nautical life :Dufour, B&G, Yanmar, Oyster, Efoy, Evoy, Oceanvolt, Aqua superPower, Navionics

Jean-Pierre Champion, former president of the FFVoile

Death of Jean-Pierre Champion, face of French sailing for 20 years

InterviewLuc Jurien, new General Manager of Alubat

Alubat: "We must continue to improve the way the boats are produced"

Credentials for masters of small recreational vessels extended

Administrative simplification for pleasure boat captains

Patrick Rieupeyrout, former general manager of Harken France, died on March 11, 2021

Disappearance of a pillar of the fittings and yachting industry in La Rochelle

David L. Fraser, founder of the broker Fraser Yachts

Disappearance of a ship brokerage figure

Pierre-Marie Bernard presenting his Billie Twin's

The Billie Marine shipyard loses its founder

Howard Arneson in front of an offshore racing boat at his 96th birthday

Disappearance of the surface helix pioneer

Nic Johansen, director of Elvstrom Sails, has passed away

Disappearance of the director of the sailmaker Elvstrom in France

Yves Roucher, founder of Alubat and former president of the Fédération des Industries Nautiques (French Nautical Industries Federation)

Yves Roucher : Disappearance of a figure from the boating world

Stan Le Nepveu (left) and Ron Allatt (right) discuss around a stainless steel pulley

The ship chandler Ronstan loses its founder

Erwan Boisecq, at the helm of the Beboat shipyard, died on 8 June 2019

The Beboat shipyard in mourning

Peter Barrett and Lowell North at the 1967 World Star Games in Denmark

Disappearance of the founder of the North Sails sailmaker

Darrell Lowrance, inventor of the recreational fishing sonar

Lowrance: Disappearance of the creator of sonar for pleasure craft

Lady Barbaretta, 105-foot catamaran designed by Dominique Presles

Dominique Presles: Disappearance of a figure in naval architecture

Sunseeker Sovereign 17

Death of one of the fathers of the Sunseeker shipyard

William Gaston in the early years of Glastron powerboats

Glastron: Death of the founder of the American brand of the Bénéteau Group

Willy Persico, founder of Southern Wind

Disappearance of Willy Persico, founder of Southern Wind

Death of Charles Strang, inventor of the stern drive

The inventor of sterndrive propulsion disappears

Bertrand Danglade, founder of Rhéa Marine, at the helm of one of his boats in 2001

Death of Bertrand Danglade, founder of Rhéa Marine

Carlo Riva

Carlo Riva, death of a motorboating myth

Victoria Yachting Bedding

Victoria Yachting, a change of direction but no course

Patrick Dubois, former president of the Compagnie des Ports du Morbihan

Death of Patrick Dubois, pillar of the Morbihan ports

Ed Dubois

Disappearance of Ed Dubois: disappearance of a prominent naval architect