Category: The shipyard
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JPK 39 FC Performance cruiser expected to be launched soon.
After 8 years of preparation our brand new JPK 39 FC Performance Cruiser is now expected to be launched soon at la Base in Loriënt.
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Close to the finish
Time to go to JPK. We are very curious how far the construction and installation is right now, because we are close to the finish. And ………………..Excursion to Loriënt-La Base: The International Offshore Racing Centre.
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JPK Composites
Factory visit at the JPK Composites shipyard From our home at Oosterzee, it is a 1.081 km drive to the JPK Composites shipyard in Larmor Plage (Lorient). We took a Thursday and Friday off, for the first visit during the manufacturing of our JPK. Friday afternoon is the best time for a visit, because most…
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Electric propulsion
Why we want to go for electric propulsion? In 2022 we sailed from Scheveningen to Brest. There was little wind and we motored quite some miles. Fuel was expensive, and when we paid in Brest the costs for diesel € 500,-, electric propulsion was on our mind again. If we had more time we would…
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A good electrical yacht design is really important.
A good electrical yacht design is really important. You might ask why? Well for many reasons, and safety is the most important one. Good electrical yacht design, what is it about? Even though we are not physically building our boat, there is a lot of work we have done to come this far. This is…
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JPK 39FC, She’s out of the mold
JPK Composites keeps their yachts at least one month in the mold to cure. After that, an exiting moment in the building poces, is to split the mold. Our new born beauty, a JPK 39FC, is there. Now she shows her cheeks. The wide open stern shows a lot of space, quite different from other…
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JPK 39 FC, beginning of construction
Our new JPK 39 FC, is now under construction. It is happening in Larmor Plage at JPK Composites. Jean Pierre Kelbert posts us some pictures every now and then. We haven’t been able to visit the construction yet, but this will come soon. Building a JPK 39 FC, how does it go? It has been…