Chantier du Guip

Chantier du Guip is a French shipyard based in Brittany, with three sites at Brest, Lorient and Île-aux-Moines. It was founded in 1976 by Francis Duwez, who laid the first planks of the yard on the shores of the Gulf of Morbihan. In 1981 Yann Mauffret and Alex Abarrategui, soon joined by Paul Bonnel, took over the yard. For around three decades the Mauffret family — Yann, his son Tegwen and Louis Mauffret — have gathered naval carpenters and cabinetmakers around them. The yard specialises in the construction and restoration of traditional wooden boats, heritage vessels, workboats and small classic yachting units. Its Brest workshop occupies a hangar of more than 1,000 m² on Quai Malbert, divided into naval carpentry, deck joinery and interior fitting, and onboard systems; it can accommodate yachts and heritage boats up to 100 tonnes and employs 16 people. A workshop was built at Lorient for the restoration of the tuna boat Biche. On Île-aux-Moines, a team of eight works beside the Anse du Guip. Among the heritage boats built or restored by the yard are sinagots, the Guépards series, two Bigouden misainiers, the langoustier Corbeau des mers, the Scottish cutter Seagull, Belle Angèle and the Grand Norven, a sardine boat from Piriac. For the first Brest maritime festival in 1992 the city entrusted the yard with the construction of the Recouvrance, a 41 m schooner based on an early 19th-century design. In 1992 the yard received the Trophée du Bois 'Charpente marine' and first prize in the 'Bateaux des Côtes de France' construction competition. At Brest 96 the gabare Notre Dame de Rumengol, classified as a Monument Historique, was launched before the public after a year of restoration. Later projects included the Lake Geneva boats La Savoie and La Neptune, the coquiller Bergère de Domrémy, the shell-fishing sloop Saint Guénolé, La Fée de l'Aulne and the Marie-Fernand. Between October 2014 and April 2015 the yard restored La Vaudoise, a Lake Geneva boat listed in the historic heritage of the canton of Vaud. In fishing boats, six multi-purpose fishing vessels were built at Île-aux-Moines for ports from Douarnenez to Saint-Brévin. In 2007 the trawler L'Enfant des Flots for the port of Saint-Guénolé (Penmarc'h) was launched at Brest. Alongside working sailboats, the yard restores classic yachts including Hispania IV, an 8 m J.I. that belonged to King Alfonso of Spain; Pen Coat, a Norwegian boat built by Fife in 1905; Vanity V, a 12 m J.I. Fife of 1936; and Wings, a 12 m J.I. Camper and Nicholson of 1937. In 2018–2019 the yard restored Pen Duick.

Chantier du Guip was founded in 1976 when Francis Duwez laid the first planks of the yard on the shores of the Gulf of Morbihan. In 1981 Yann Mauffret and Alex Abarrategui, soon joined by Paul Bonnel, took over the yard. It rebuilt its first heritage boat, the Nicolas Benoît, a sinagot from the Gulf of Morbihan. For the first edition of the Brest gathering of traditional boats in 1992, the city entrusted the yard with the construction of the Recouvrance, a 41 m schooner based on an early 19th-century design. Also in 1992, judged on ten years of activity, the yard received the Trophée du Bois 'Charpente marine' and the first construction prize in the 'Bateaux des Côtes de France' competition. Over the following decades the yard built or restored a wide range of heritage boats: sinagots, the Guépards series, two Bigouden misainiers, the langoustier Corbeau des mers, the Scottish cutter Seagull, Belle Angèle and the Grand Norven, a sardine boat from Piriac. At Brest 96 the gabare Notre Dame de Rumengol, classified as a Monument Historique, was launched before the public after a year of restoration. Later projects included the Lake Geneva boats La Savoie and La Neptune, the coquiller Bergère de Domrémy, the shell-fishing sloop Saint Guénolé, La Fée de l'Aulne and the Marie-Fernand. Between October 2014 and April 2015 the yard restored La Vaudoise, a Lake Geneva boat listed in the historic heritage of the canton of Vaud. In fishing boats, six multi-purpose fishing vessels were built at Île-aux-Moines for ports from Douarnenez to Saint-Brévin. In 2007 the trawler L'Enfant des Flots for the port of Saint-Guénolé (Penmarc'h) was launched at Brest. Alongside working sailboats, the yard restored classic yachts including Hispania IV, an 8 m J.I. that belonged to King Alfonso of Spain; Pen Coat, a Norwegian boat built by Fife in 1905; Vanity V, a 12 m J.I. Fife of 1936; and Wings, a 12 m J.I. Camper and Nicholson of 1937. In 2018–2019 the yard restored Pen Duick. The yard operates from three sites. At Brest, the workshop occupies a hangar of more than 1,000 m² on Quai Malbert, divided into naval carpentry, deck joinery and interior fitting, and onboard systems; it can accommodate yachts and heritage boats up to 100 tonnes and employs 16 people. A workshop was built at Lorient for the restoration of the tuna boat Biche. On Île-aux-Moines, a team of eight works beside the Anse du Guip. For around thirty years Yann Mauffret, accompanied by his son Tegwen and Louis Mauffret, have gathered naval carpenters and cabinetmakers around them.

• 2018

  In 2018–2019 the yard restores Pen Duick.

• 2014

  Between October 2014 and April 2015 the yard restores La Vaudoise, a Lake Geneva boat listed in the historic heritage of the canton of Vaud.

• 2007

  The trawler L'Enfant des Flots for the port of Saint-Guénolé (Penmarc'h) is launched at Brest.

• 1996

  At Brest 96, the gabare Notre Dame de Rumengol, classified as a Monument Historique, is launched before the public after a year of restoration.

• 1992

  For the first Brest gathering of traditional boats, the city entrusts the yard with the construction of the Recouvrance, a 41 m schooner based on an early 19th-century design.

• 1992

  Judged on ten years of activity, the yard receives the Trophée du Bois 'Charpente marine' and the first construction prize in the 'Bateaux des Côtes de France' competition.

• 1981

  Yann Mauffret and Alex Abarrategui, soon joined by Paul Bonnel, take over the yard; it rebuilds its first heritage boat, the Nicolas Benoît, a sinagot from the Gulf of Morbihan.

• 1976

  Francis Duwez lays the first planks of the Chantier du Guip on the shores of the Gulf of Morbihan.

Specialist Breton shipyard for traditional wooden boatbuilding and the restoration of heritage vessels and classic yachts.

• Recouvrance

• Nicolas Benoît

• Notre Dame de Rumengol

• La Vaudoise

• Pen Duick

• Hispania IV

• Pen Coat

• Vanity V

• Wings

• L'Enfant des Flots

1. 1Chantier du Guipfr.wikipedia.org
2. 2Chantier du Guipwikidata.org
3. 3Site web du chantierchantierduguip.com