Philippe Péché
Involved in the ocean racing multihulls development since 1983. Designing and building sails for legendary boats such as “Fleury Michon”, “Ker Cadelac”, “Poulain”, “Liberte”, “Broceliande”, “Foncia”, “Bayer” and more recently the maxi catamarans "Team Adventure’ for the first non stop race around the world "The Race", “Orange” and “Orange 2” in which we are currently hold the “Jules Verne Trophy” in 50 days and16hours.
International SAILFORCE Pty Ltd represents
these prestigious brands in Australia:
Antal
This Italian boat manufacturer offers a complete deck package. Using International SAILFORCE Pty Ltd expertise, the package can be customized for clients. Antal manufactures a mast track and batten car systems which can be offered to sail makers and custom mast manufacturers. Other products in the range include travelers, winches, rope ring drives, halyard blocks, High Load snatch blocks. The company launches in 2007 an innovative rope driven winch and a new automatic locking track for genoa or halyard control. www.antal.it
Blue Water Lights
This German company manufactures LED (Light Emitting Diodes) navigation lights that use the latest LED technologies. These navigation lights are IP67 and IP68 (totally protected against dust and protected against long periods of immersion under pressure). They also sport mineral lenses and a durable body in anodized aluminum.
www.bluewaterlights.de
Karver
This French company manufactures racing deck equipment including innovative blocks (pulleys) and state-of-the-art furling systems for racing boats. The new range of super light blocks are popular on America’s Cup boats as well as the very competitive TP 52 fleet. They also manufacture state of art halyard locks that range from 1,500kg SWL to 20,000kg. The patented product is part of the standard rigging of most competitors in the next Vendee Globe solo around the world race. The company has outfitted yachts in leading races including winner ABN-AMRO in the last Volvo Ocean Race and America’s Cup contenders including Alinghi. International SAILFORCE offers technical assistance to clients. www.karver-systems.com
Sparcraft
A world leader in mast manufacturing, this French company is standard equipment on a range of prestigious brands including Beneteau, Jeanneau, Dufour, Hanse, Grand Soleil and Catalina. International SAILFORCE provides a service activity with this brand, providing replacement parts and technical links. Sparcraft creates a range of products including masts, booms, hardware, poles and bowsprits, headstay systems and hardware. The company has launched a specific aluminium section designed and engineered for forward beams on cruising catamaran. The new beams are designed to be easily fitted onto production catamarans or owner builder’s one off vessels. A full range of accessories from davit to bow sprits are designed to be easily added which cuts down the cost of adapting to mast sections. www.sparcraft.com
Z Spars
A large mass production mast manufacturer, this French company is a leader in the supply of rigs for production boats up to 40ft.
www.z-spars.com