It all started in the 70's when a man has had enough of not finding the boat that was consistent with expectations of vagabon seas. Boats plastic, steel, concrete, aluminum. These materials do not belong on the ocean all the more any of them exist in nature.
With his studies in fine arts, he drew himself what would be his boat. When he had completed his plans, he spoke about him and the main fleet review at the time he devoted a series of articles and two special issues. The potential of ideas it represented, this boat sowed havoc among the professionals of the time. Elegant, innovative, robust and easy to maneuver. An extensive choice of materials matures.
But do not imagine that the beauty of Shpountz 44.40 is the result of chance or of artistic inspiration. It is instead the result of a set of options very lucid, very concrete, where everything from general form to the smallest detail has its purpose and its reason for being ... The only "decorative" edge is, without doubt, all the panels and transom bow, sculpted arms and the name of the boat with respect for tradition and simple extension of the beauty. There is nothing on board of this nature.
Fabriano was built in 1992 by the shipyard of the New World in Antibes..
It was not built for a client, but the owner of the shipyard, a great friend and neighbor of the architect. In fact it was built to benefit from all their attention and all the improvements that Trotina in the minds of these two top professionals of the sea.
Finally this boat is moored bar designed to work with a huge stable way to be operable by a couple or a single man. This allows you to go quietly send or lowering its sails in good order, to cook or sleep without the need for a crew coxswain, a weather vane, an autopilot, all gear expensive and not very solid long term.
Fabriano This schooner is the most complete set of 44/40 ever built. Launching in 1992, it was done at the shipyard CNM Antibes by the owner of the site for personal use. A great friend of Daniel Bombigher they lived in the same city it was built with a complicity of all the moments between these two men.
She enjoys all the improvements, all ideas, all the genius of these two men. A bridge cleared of any pulley, a steering wheel integrated into the spacious cockpit, a redesigned rigging easier and more effective, a shield of 50 cm to allow children to travel safely. Daniel Bombigher lived there more than not so it was pride..
Winner of last Shpountz Cup held off Antibes by Daniel Bombigher it belongs to its owner to surrender his title to his liking. Mascot of the island of Saint Barthelemy, it appears on the cover of all its tourist brochure. Completely renovated in 2011 by its current owner. Deck structure, Deck wear, bulwarks, bulwark's rails, transom, gunwale, roofs, covers, coamings, chests, cut-water, spars, masts, rigging, pulleys and other components have been fully checked and changed or rebuilt.
It does not go a day without that we are approached to ask permission to make some pictures. Right now we sail from St Barts and Antigua. For fun, we sometimes carry small cargoes for repairing or making friends cross from one island to another or to take samples for the purposes of a marine laboratory well known, if not film or advertising that bombard us.
St Bartholomew's mascot since 1995, she returned to France in 2004 for taking up his new captain and several hundred pounds of equipment for its operating charter luxury Caribbean.
From Cannes, it will take two months to arrive in Martinique, base its future activities.
During the transatlantic she met Astrolabe on Marina in Gibraltar.
Arrived in the Canary Islands, Captain of the Port presented his guest book to sign our captain again, his predecessor who himself signed his visit in 1995.
Arrived on the Caribbean, the question that arose was whether we should take advantage of the weakness of the dollar to start a club beauty of the ship before starting its commercial exploitation.
In 2005, the decision was made to start work on a major refit to review the keel to the mast which would actually be done.
Spread over three years, work will begin in 2009.