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Publiée le 05 Avril 2012

 Banque Populaire V racing Team at the Museum

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During the ceremony at Paris Maritime Museum, the well-known French skipper Loïck Peyron and the 13 crew members of the maxi trimaran Maxi Banque Populaire V have officially written their name on the Jules Verne Trophy. Facnor Team is proud to supply the biggest ocean trimaran in the world (134 feet) with a 100 ton Solent furler and 24 ton halyard locks. This equipment came back to Facnor factory after 29 000 miles at 26,5 knot average speed and it has not showed any mechanical fatigue... A proof of performance and reliability!

Publiée le 01 Février 2012

 FlatDeck elected best sailing equipment in germany

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Prima! The German magazine Segeln has presented to our agent, Carsten Burfeind, the 2012 Segeln Award, at "Düsseldorf Boot" (our picture against). This trophy rewards the FlatDeck furling system, winner in the « Sailing Equipment » category, and selected among nine products by the readers of the magazine. A good omen on the German market for our webbing jewel, already nominated by the journalists of Sail Magazine in USA.

 

 Segeln Magazine

 Segeln award (jpg - 270Ko)

Publiée le 27 Janvier 2012

 Facnor Custom : from MOD 70 to the maxi-yachts

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We invite you to discover a few features highlighting our latest custom products and also interviews of skippers. Here are the outlines :

MOD 70' : "Fitting Facnor front Halyard locks"

EXTERNAL LOCKS ON MAXI-YACHTS : "Ease in handling Maricha III Code Zero"

PROJECT PANAMAX : "Maxi furler for the maxi Baltic 197'"

STRUCTURAL FURLERS and TWIN SPOOLS from 14T more than 100T : "Ideas that makes waves..."

 

Download the news :

http://www.facnor.com/uk/products/custom_products/fichiers/facnorcustomnewsb_uk_11.pdf