Latest news from Bretagne Sailing Valley players

MULTIPLAST have completed the build of their seventh boat for the America’s Cup at the beginning of April. In this case it is the AC75 of the French challenger Orient Express Racing Team which was launched on May 29 in Barcelona. It required 46,000 hours of work over 10 months, with up to 55 people working at the same time on this project in the Vannes site.

PIXEL SUR MER announced the release of its latest innovation last April, Exocet Safety, a system which detects obstacles at sea and facilitates the immediate identification of alerts, by bringing all the data relating to safety and security together in a single box. 

BRITTANY FERRIES has signed a partnership agreement with equipment manufacturer Wärtsilä and shipbuilder Incat to define the design and technical requirements of a 137 meter zero-emission vessel.

MARINE WEATHER INTELLIGENCE is one of the companies selected as part of the Crisalide Eco-Activités #16 competition, in the “carbon-free mobility” category, which will allow it to benefit from support to accelerate its development.

HEOLE, a Vannes-based company which manufactures solar sails, has completed its first fundraising round of 600,000 euros, which will allow it to launch its production at the end of June for the pleasure boat market.

TAHE OUTDOORS FRANCE is turning a page in its history, since Thierry Verneuil, president for 27 years of Bic Sport then of Tahe Outdoors France (bought in early 2019 by Tahe Outdoors Group), has just handed over his role to Renaud Lacoste.

GRAIN DE SAIL has confirmed its intention to set up its second coffee and cocoa processing unit in Dunkirk. That represents an investment of 15 million euros which will make it possible, by 2027, to create a 5,000 m2 factory capable of processing 2,500 tonnes of raw materials.

MAYERO has announced the launch of its first products made from old windsurfing masts: brackets for flexible solar panels, Starlink antenna brackets and tender davits.

GEPETO COMPOSITE, a composite workshop founded in 2000, continues its development, with a full order book until 2025, thanks in particular to the construction of new Class40s in the wake of Ian Lipinski’s new Crédit Mutuel, which recently left the Lorient site. And to support its growth they are recruiting new employees.

SAILTECK launched a compass for regattas at the beginning of the year, particularly intended for dinghies, catamarans and small keelboats.

AZIMUT has been tasked by the Imoca class to develop Fleet manager, a centralized tool allowing teams to upload their administrative documents to race organizers in a single space. At the same time, the Lorient-based company made its race registration management software, Capline, available to the organizers of the latest Spi Ouest-France and Grand Prix de l’Ecole Navale. There is also in a club version, which for example the Center Nautique de Lorient uses for all of its regattas.

NKE GROUP is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year! On this occasion, the Morbihan company is making a renovation of their premises in Hennebont. And that’s not all ! For its part, nke Marine Electronics is stepping up its development with the acquisition of Aim45, a solution for analyzing performance data from offshore racers, and is completing its team with the recruitment of its new COO Tangi Lidec.

SAILCOOP, after having opened in 2022 a first regular sailing line between the Continent and Corsica, on June 15 they inaugurated the Concarneau-Les Glénan line aboard Isabelle, a catamaran designed by VPLP Design and built at the shipyard L’Arsenal.

WINDSHIP invites sailors and sailors to train in sail propulsion thanks to CrewWIND. This wind propulsion training module is available online, in French and English, and what’s more, it’s free!