Archambault Boats

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 BG Race shipyard in Saint-Malo to produce its larger boats.[1][2][3][4][5]

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

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 Joubert Nivelt Design 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
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  2. "Archambault". Boat-Specs.com. 2020. Archived from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  3. "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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