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KARVER 2024-2025 VENDEE GLOBE REPORT This 2024-2025 Vendée Globe has been incredible.What a race! What a human and technical challenge! We have the privilege of being at the heart of the teams throughout the year, and we must acknowledge the immense amount of work and commitment required to embark on this adventure and to even make it to the starting line. Congratulations and thank you to all the teams. We had promised to take
Your favorite Karver products Our customers’ favorite equipment Karver essentials Discover our flagship products, available in stores. Designed for performance, ingenuity, and easy installation, they perfectly embody the Karver spirit: unique innovations on the market, created to offer you smoother and more enjoyable sailing. These products are used by both professional racers and cruising sailors of all levels. Whether you’re looking for equipment to enhance your performance or simply make the most of your time at sea,
NEW KARVER PRODUCTS (METS 2024) Most marine equipment manufacturers take advantage of the international METSTRADE show in Amsterdam to unveil their new products. We are no exception: The KJS12 is Karver’s first clutch designed for intermediate loads (600 kg to 2,000 kg working load). It was created to be installed on all cruising sailboats and is a serious competitor to all other clutches on the market. It complements our high-load clutch range (KJC).
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After the 2023 Transat Jacques Vabre, Guillaume and his team decided to leave the boat in Martinique to participate in the RORC Caribbean 600 in mid-February. After 10 days of preparation at Le Marin in Martinique, they sailed to Antigua for the race start. With a great crew from Normandy, including Alexis Loison, Valentin Sipan, and Pierrick Letouzé, they completed two days of intensive training on-site. DEPARTURE OF THE COURSE The race, with 11
Having spent 18 years at Karver, he knows the entire history. All the stories, big and small, stressful or exhilarating, because a lot has happened in two decades of relentless development. On the eve of taking over as General Manager of the Société des Régates du Havre, his lifelong city, the man who was hired as a junior design office technician and became Deputy General Manager looks back on his shared history with one
KARVER 20TH ANNIVERSARY To celebrate 20 years of Karver, Tip & Shaft traces the history of this 100% French deck equipment company, from its creation, in 2003, to today, with its ups and downs, its successes and its failures, its teams, its racers, its products, its acquisitions, its key moments… This last episode tells how the company passed the Covid crisis and how it projects itself into the decade to come. COVID TIME At
KARVER 20TH ANNIVERSARY To celebrate 20 years ofKarver, Tip & Shaft traces the history of this 100% French deck equipment company, from its creation, in 2003, to today, with its ups and downs, its successes and its failures, its teams, its racers, its products, its acquisitions, its key moments… This third episode tells how the brand managed to stay at the top in offshore racing, allby expanding into the pleasure boating market HIGH-END FOR
THE KARVER 20TH ANNIVERSARY To celebrate 20 years of Karver, Tip & Shaft traces the history of this 100% French deck equipment company, from its creation, in 2003, to today, with its ups and downs, its successes and its failures, its teams, its racers, its products, its acquisitions, its key moments… This second episode tells how the brand managed to diversify in 2005, between new products and external growth. _____________________ We are in 2005.
The Karver 20th anniversary To celebrate the 20 years of Karver, Tip & Shaft traces the history of this 100% French deck equipment company, from its creation, in 2003, to today, with its ups and downs, its successes and its failures, its teams, its racers, its products, its acquisitions, its key moments… This first episode recounts the creation of the company and its first years, notably marked by a double success in the 2004-2005
Not a boat show goes by without a visit of one or more cruisers with a furler problem (all brands combined). These few tips should therefore answer many questions. A natural suspect often cleared The statement of the problem is “I have a problem with my furler”, but in reality, the furler is not always the source of the problem… and rarely! This reminds me of the very relevant quote from the sales manager
One of the peculiarities of Karver is the very high rate of passionate navigators who work there. Both in the design team and the sales team. As such, all brands of sailboats are of interest to us but we have a special history with Moody. THE FRANGLAIS This is the story of the Moody 46 Carabiner “Franglais” and of a family story. This Moody was manufactured in 1975 for a French owner then bought
If you sail aboard a sailing catamaran on a regular basis, you have most certainly met all or part of the problems related to the deck equipment that we are going to list now. Everyone knows it, the absence of heel of the catamarans does not make it possible to be naturally alerted that it is time to reduce the sails. Consequences: the efforts in the rigging are significant and suitable deck equipment request
6 good reasons to come and see us in Paris, Dusseldorf or La Grande Motte in the coming months*. 1- The reefing furler by Karver. We join the very exclusive club of reefing furler manufacturers. This equipment is now on every sailboat and we offer a disruptive Karverized version : A full options reefing furler, eco-designed, robust, easy to install and to use for a competitive price. We are not sure to be
Jean Philippe Connan has been working at Karver’s Design Office for over 16 years. He is also the Honfleur site manager and our Deputy Managing Director. JP FROM KARVER… Finally and above all, he is one of the privileged contacts of the racing teams and it is often him who is on the finish lines of the major races : Transat Jacques Vabres, Route du Rhum, Vendée Globe, Volvo Ocean Race… From Guadeloupe
All sailors know it, a sailboat is the result of a complex equation where man, to move forward, deals with the sea and the wind. Integrating a new element into this fragile balance is a matter of precision mechanics. Sharing our experience… Therefore, at Karver, we provide as much information as possible about our products. But we and our local partners are above all at your disposal to share our experiences and help
On the occasion of the International Multihull Show in La Grande Motte, Alois Kerduel demonstrated this to us and revealed all the secrets of a staysail on a Karver furler. The Karver demonstrators If you haven’t yet stopped by the Lorient showroom and missed the team at one of the many shows they attend, you may not have seen the famous Karver demonstrators yet. Mainsail, headsails, winches, blocks, furlers, jammers, they allow in
After a too long absence due to the pandemic, the International Multihull Show is reopening its doors from April 20 to 24 in La Grande Motte (south of France). Karver deck equipment and MAST solutions have naturally established themselves in this technical, challenging and overperforming sector. For five days, the Karver stand will be a major meeting place for shipyards and passionate sailors from all over the world. A boatshow dedicated to multihulls
What a big event that the two biggest French and English clubs are joining forces to launch a truly international, fun, modern and affordable one-design. The stated objective is to give a new impetus to the coastal and offshore regatta with a double proposal. High technology & performance The 30ft monohull with its voluminous bow will therefore be available in two versions: Club and One Design Racing. Karver is obviously in the race, well placed after a
If traditions, and sometimes history, often put Normans and Bretons in opposition, at Karver, in terms of strategy such as deck plan or fittings, efficiency takes precedence above all. So if the cradle of the brand remains of course in Honfleur, since 2019 Karver is also present in Lorient. In the heart of the Sailing Valley, surrounded by the greatest offshore racing teams that inspired its creation, Karver immediately melted into its new
Many sailors (boaters or sailors) complain about the undersizing of their winches. They can’t or no longer manage to tight up lines in the last meters of a genoa sheet or a mainsail halyard. POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS In most cases, it would enough for sailboat manufacturers to supply larger winches and take care of the deck and mast fittings to reduce friction. These 2 simple actions would avoid asking you the question of the day: how am I
If he is not yet known to the public, it could not be too long. When you “Google” his name on the internet, his profile already appears between a certain Tom Laperche and the very famous Yann Eliès. We met Guillaume Pirouelle, engineer at the Karver engineer office for two years, but also new skipper of the Figaro “Normandy Region”, on the eve of starting his first full solo season. On the water
The most recent segment of boating now dominates the market. New sensations, new spaces, new experience, wave is irresistible. Initiated by charter companies, quickly spreading to owners, it even reached the world of superyachts. SMART BOAT HARDWARE FOR A DYNAMIC SECTOR UNSURPRISINGLY, WITHIN A DYNAMIC SECTOR, FREE FROM ANY IDEOLOGICAL SHACKLES, IN SEARCH OF QUALITY INNOVATIONS MAKING THE PLEASURE OF NAVIGATION ACCESSIBLE TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE, KARVER HAS MET A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS.
We all thought 2021 would be a post Covid year, but this nasty virus carried on with its lot of difficulties to manage. Unfortunately, it seems that 2022 won’t be better. However, 2021 was full of positive events with among others, the arrival of the Vendée globe, the significant development of the sailboat manufacturers order book, a memorable Figaro solo, a muscular Minitransat, the dynamism of the Ocean fifty Class, the signatures of new
the Paris Nautic reopens its doors from Saturday 4 to Sunday 12 December 2021. Karver exhibits there in the new equipment hall n ° 2.2, Stand B20 (the one that is just above our usual hall). WE WILL BE IN THE ISLET “PERFORMANCE SPIRIT” WHICH GATHERS TOGETHER 6 COMPANIES WHERE SAILORS WITH AMBITIOUS SAILING PROGRAMS WILL FIND ADVICE AND SOLUTIONS IN A SIMPLE, BENEVOLENT AND PROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENT. Why Performance Spirit ? Performance Spirit is
Transat Jacques Vabre skippers have now all arrived in Martinique. Beyond the still very high Karver equipment rate of the fleet, the race was marked by a soft weather, little damage, little retirements but also by the participation of our talented engineer Guillaume Pirouelle aboard the Class 40 Clown Hop (19th out of 45). Our NOT less talented colleague Jean Philippe Connan was present on arrival in a very tense political, social and
Conférence de presse de la Transat en Double 2021 © Alexis Courcoux Départ de la Transat en Double Concarneau-Saint Barthelemy © Alexis Courcoux Départ de la Transat en Double Concarneau-Saint Barthelemy © Alexis Courcoux Guillaume Pirouelle, a Design Office Karver employee, embarks for the Transat en Double (former AG2R) at Alexis Loison side on a Figaro 3 An INSA engineer and member of the Karver Design Office, Guillaume was recently selected to take over