Facnor and Sparcraft dealers  teams will be on deck at :

- Danish Boat Show in Frederica / 24th-26th of feb. and 2 nd-5th of March with RIGGERNE

- Yokohama international boat show (Yokohama, Japan) / 02-05 Mar 2017 - Active Marine (Dufour 350GL, on water)

- Hiswa Amsterdam  (Netherland) / 8-12 march: Lankhorst Taselaar BV (stand 07.508)

- Warsaw Boat Show (Poland) / 16-19 march : Sail Service (ul. Marsa 56c)

Facnor and Sparcraft teams will be on deck at Boat Dusseldorf :  21 - 29.1 2017.

Stand Wichard Group :  Hall 11 /B55. On stand Hahnfeld-Masten, you will also meet Carsten Burfeind, our german agent, (on Hall12 stand A09).

A lot of work and verve at sea but also onshore were essential for Thomas Coville (48-year-old French skipper) to successfully break the solo round the world record. This achievement – to go down under the 50-day mark for a 28400 nautical miles solo circumnavigation – is the result of the rigorous preparation of the skipper as well as his Sodebo Team, technicians, engineers, meteorologists, and... his sub-tractors among which Facnor. In deed Facnor has been cooperating since 2014 with the technical team of this 111’ Ultim trimaran and supplied the J0,J1,J2 & J3 furlers as well as tailor-made hardware such as the toggle of the gooseneck. All the Facnor parts are cnc-machined in blocks of titanium in order to resist extreme high-loads all through a round the Word of Titan. The inexhaustible Thomas Coville does not stop there and is already planning to upgrade the maxi triamaran Sodebo, in the aim to participate to the Ultim class World the Round race in 2019. Facnor is already working on it...

To be watched : our pictures taken during our visit on board of Sodebo at the occasion of technical preparation last June
https://goo.gl/photos/Cj2AwEFyQcLkWe4r7

Facnor keeps innovating, this year in designing and manufacturing hydraulic furlers. The FXH 12000 has already been sailing on board of various CNB76 and Bordeaux 60. Like the "STOP & GO" ratchet option on FX+, an hydraulic motorised furling system makes the sail handling safe and comfortable with a smooth rotation! In addition, Facnor halyard locks design has newly been enhanced to become lighter and smaller, starting with the nano 2T lock (12cm / 275g).

Discover our new products on stand No 01.826

With 4 consecutive victories in the Vendée Globe ocean race, Facnor equipment – structural and Gennaker/ORC furlers – has become the reference for solo sailors. Facnor gears have been fitted on bard of many competing Open 60s : Maitre Coq , SMA, Comme un Seul homme, St Michel Virbac, Newrest, Le souffle du nord, Bastide Otio, Finistère Mer et vent, Spirit of Hungary & Bureau vallée.  Departure of this 8th edition from les Sables d’Olonne harbor (French northern atlantic cost) : Sunday 6th November at exactly 13h02. Good luck to the 29 ocean racers for this tough circum navigation and especially to Facnor skippers, for a 5^th consecutive victory?

METS 2016 - Facnor and Sparcraft teams (Wichard Group) are "on the deck" at the Marine Equipment Trade Show (RAI- Amsterdam). Welcome to all our Distributors. Discover our new products on stand No 01.82

Facnor supplies new flat and light furlers, the SFT 3T model, for 28’ sport catamarans involved in the 2015 sailing Tour de France. This 7.25 m monotype was designed by the French VPLP architect team and produced by the ADH Inotech shipyard based in Brittany. The sailing Tour de France started last 3^rd July from Dunkerque and will be finishing in Mediterranean sea in Nice. Those dayboats can be handled by 3 or 4 crew members (max 260kg). The newest SFT 3T flat furler is getting successful and is also fitted on the Dragonfly 25 catamarans.

"Furler is excellent," Peter Johnstone, manager of the  Gunboat prestigious catamarans yard, greets the newest Facnor carbon furlers, the FX +. The lightweight G4  (40 ') sport hydrofoil catamaran is equipped with FX + 4500 Custom. The Flying sail can be tightened from the bottom through a friction eye underneath the drum and by the halyard through a SB 4500 carbo snatch block . The  high level expertise of the illustrious Jboats family member is particularly appreciated, especially because the trust  of Gunboat with Facnor has been lastening  for more than fifteen years (Gunboat 48/55/60/62/90). Tested at over 30 knots. No more comment, just watch.

Gunboat : http://www.gunboat.com