Archambault Boats

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Archambault Boats
TypePrivately held company
IndustryBoat building
Founded1967
Defunct2015
Headquarters
Dangé-Saint-Romain
,
France
ProductsSailboats

Archambault Boats was a French boat builder based in Dangé-Saint-Romain. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of monohull fibreglass sailboats and often partnered with the shipyard in Saint-Malo to produce its larger boats.[1][2][3][4][5]

The company was founded in 1967 and went out of business in 2015. The BG Race boatyard, founded in 2013 to build Archambault designs, went out of business in 2017.[1][2][3]

History[]

The first designs produced were the Brick and the Atlante in the late 1960s. The smallest boat produced was the Archambault Bagheera, which entered production in 1968 and had a length overall of 19.68 ft (6.00 m).[1][2][6]

The company used the design services of for many of its racers, including the 2012 Archambault A27.[7][8][9][10]

The 2004 Archambault A40 was the largest boat produced by the company, with a length overall of 39.34 ft (11.99 m)[1][2][11]

The Archambault A31, a scaled-down follow-on to the successful Archambault A35 and Archambault A40RC racers, was introduced in 2009.[12][13] In a 2009 review of the A31 naval architect Robert H. Perry wrote, "the Archambault boats are quickly making a name for themselves as quality-built race winners in Europe."[14]

The company's M34 was selected as the one-design class boat for the Tour de France à la voile in 2011 and served in that role until 2014.[15][16]

During its lifetime the company was a mid-sized boat builder, neither building "one-off" custom boats nor large production runs. In 2012 it was reported that they were building 160 boats per year, with 60% being exported from France.[17]

In a 2014 review of the A13 written for Sails Magazine, Kevin Green noted, "the relatively small number of Archambaults in Australia have had some big wins over the years which says a lot for this small boutique French yard that excels at building competitive cruiser-racers, with the emphasis heavily on the performance side of that equation."[18]

One of the last boats built was the Archambault A13, a 43.0 ft (13.1 m) racer. Intended for mass production by BG Race, only one boat was completed before the company went out of business early in 2015.[19][20]

Boats[]

Summary of boats built by Archambault Boats:

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Archambault Boats (FRA) 1967 - 2014". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 19 December 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d "Archambault". Boat-Specs.com. 2020. Archived from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  3. ^ a b "BG Race". Boat-Specs.com. 2020. Archived from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  4. ^ Archambault Boats. "Contact". archambault-boats.eu. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  5. ^ BG Race. "Contact". archambault-by-bgrace.com. Archived from the original on 29 April 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  6. ^ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Bagheera sailboat". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 30 December 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  7. ^ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "A27 (Archambault) sailboat". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 19 December 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  8. ^ "A27 Fin keel". Boat-Specs.com. 2020. Archived from the original on 19 December 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  9. ^ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Joubert-Nivelt". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 19 December 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  10. ^ "Joubert Nivelt Design". Boat-Specs.com. 2020. Archived from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  11. ^ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Archambault 40 sailboat". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 24 December 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  12. ^ "A31". Boat-Specs.com. 2020. Archived from the original on 20 December 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  13. ^ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Archambault 31". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 20 December 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  14. ^ Perry, Robert H. (4 May 2009). "A31". Sailing magazine. Archived from the original on 20 December 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  15. ^ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Tour de France à la voile". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 22 December 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  16. ^ Tour de France à la voile. "2011 - 2014 : M34". www.tourvoile.fr. Archived from the original on 23 September 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  17. ^ Heppell, Toby (1 June 2012). "A40RC Review". Yachts & Yachting. Archived from the original on 24 December 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  18. ^ Green, Kevin (7 October 2014). "Analysing the A13". Sails Magazine. Archived from the original on 22 March 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  19. ^ "A13". Boat-Specs.com. 2020. Archived from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  20. ^ Emerson, Mark (2020). "The story behind the A13". markemerson.net. Archived from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2020.

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