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  1. 1983 Wauquiez 33 Gladiateur Sail New and Used Boats for Sale

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  2. Wauquiez Pretorien 35

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  3. The Wauquiez Gladiateur Sailboat

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  4. Wauquiez, sailboats for demanding owners who love beauty

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  5. 2000 Wauquiez 43 Pilot Saloon Sail New and Used Boats for Sale

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  6. 1985 Wauquiez Hood 38 Mkii Sailboat

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  1. Wauquiez Centurion 40 'Enigma'

  2. La conception du Wauquiez 55

  3. Portonovi

  4. Waquiez Centurion 32

  5. Beneteau 46.1: What You Should Know

  6. Wauquiez Amphitrite 30mph Winds

COMMENTS

  1. Wauquiez, Henri (Chantier)

    French builder founded by Henri Wauquiez in 1964 and located at provincial town of Neuville en Ferrain, near the Belgium border. Early on, Wauquiez maintained a strong association with British designers, most significantly with Holman and Pye in the 1960s and 70s, and later with Ed Dubois. Also with Andrew Winch for interior design. At the time, production included the flush-decked, centre ...

  2. Wauquiez

    Opium 39. 2009 • 11.5 m. French builder founded by Henri Wauquiez in 1964 and located at provincial town of Neuville en Ferrain, near the Belgium border. Purchased in 1988 by Olivier Prouvost. Purchased by Beneteau. (2007)

  3. Wauquiez, sailboats for demanding owners who love beauty

    The Wauquiez shipyard was founded by Henri Wauquiez, who came from a large family of tanners in northern France. One of eight children, Henri attended college in England and then did his military service as a pilot in the light aviation. Passionate about yachting, Henri and his wife Véronique spend all their summers cruising the Mediterranean ...

  4. WAUQUIEZ

    Manufacturer of luxury bluewater sailboats, a lifetime dedicated to the creation of exceptional boats, such was the destiny of Henri Wauquiez, who established our shipyard's name in 1965… Wauquiez's sailboats are renowned for their unparalleled seaworthiness.

  5. Wauquiez Pretorien 35

    Chantier Henri Wauquiez, of Lille, France, was formed and commenced producing boats in the 1960's, when Henry Wauquiez became so enamored with the sailing characteristics of his personal sailboat, the Holman and Pye-designed Elizabethan 29, that he received a license to produce the boat in France.

  6. Henri Wauquiez: a passionate founder

    The architect Kim Holman was so impressed by Henri Wauquiez's meticulous work that he decided to keep on working with him. In 1968, he designed the Centurion 32, a 9.75m long fixed keel sloop-rigged yacht. This emblematic sailboat was produced in 380 units. Henri Wauquiez made the shipyards a family business when he decided to hire his father ...

  7. Wauquiex Prétorien 35 Sailboat Review

    The Prétorien was never inexpensive and has held its value. Typical asking prices for these classy boats range from $75,000 to $90,000. John and Lisa Caruso are preparing their Prétorien 35, Andiamo, for a 10-year cruise. The aptly named Prétorien 35 is a protective escort from the old guard at Wauquiez.

  8. Wauquiez Pretorien 35

    Henri Wauquiez, who died in 1999, admired English boats and in particular the designs of Kim Holman. Wauquiez purchased his first boat in 1964, the English-built, Holman-designed Elizabethan 29. Wauquiez liked its handsome sheer and steady bearing in a seaway. Soon he began finishing out Elizabethans for the French market and a passion for ...

  9. Wauquiez Centurion 57 boat test

    It puts the yard, established by Henri Wauquiez in 1965 near Lille on the Belgian border, back on the map after a change of ownership and direction in 2010 - Beneteau owned the yard for the ...

  10. Boat Review: Wauquiez Pilot Saloon 42

    A fitting tribute to the French war hero who founded the brand. Jon Whittle. French boatbuilder Henri Wauquiez cut quite the dashing figure. As a pilot in the French army in the mid-1950s, he earned a medal of valor for his reconnaissance flights over the mountains of Algeria, a ­country then torn by conflict.

  11. Wauquiez

    Wauquiez is a boat builder, based in France, founded by Henri Wauquiez in 1965. This shipyard builds sailboats based in particular on Berret Racoupeau Yachts Design (France) designs. Wauquiez has marketed, among other sailboats, Centurion and Pilot Saloon models. Contact: www.wauquiez.com +33 3 20 03 14 61; Z.I Du Vertuquet 59960 Neuville-en ...

  12. Wauquiez Yachts

    Wauquiez Yachts has spent a lifetime devoted to building extraordinary boats. Henri Wauquiez, who gave his name to their workshop in 1965 made it his destiny. Wauquiez believes that their boats not only express physical substance and elegance, but they have a soul as well. A single word is enough to capture the essence built into Wauquiez yacht ...

  13. PRETORIEN 35

    Wauquiez, Henri (Chantier) Download Boat Record: Notes. Shoal draft: 5.0'. Sailboat Forum. ... A Ballast/Displacement ratio of 40 or more translates into a stiffer, more powerful boat that will be better able to stand up to the wind. Bal./Disp = ballast (lbs)/ displacement (lbs)*100

  14. 35' Wauquiez Pretorien 35-1984-St Petersburg-100731597

    Henri Wauquiez demanded high-quality construction in the boats that bear his name. The Prétorien's hull is solid fiberglass, laid up with 18-ounce fabric, not 24-ounce, because resin saturation of the lighter cloth is achieved more reliably. Wauquiez' Pretorien 35 was constructed to high standards thereby producing a very strong, capable ...

  15. THE WAUQUIEZ SHIPYARD SINCE 1965

    From military service to boat building: the creation of the Wauquiez shipyard. The founder of the Wauquiez shipyard is Henri Wauquiez. In addition to his degree in organic chemistry and engineering, Henri obtained his pilot's license during his military service in the ALATE (Aviation Légère de l'Armée de Terre).. He also discovered his passion for sailing at an early age.

  16. Wauquiez legendary sailing yachts

    A boat for life ! In 1965, Henri Wauquiez, Yachting addict, built up the first Wauquiez, writing there the first page of the Wauquiez history, which is today more than ever, based on an exceptionnal craftman ship, the attention to the detail and the respect of the state of the heart. It results into comfortable, secure and fast boats which, are ...

  17. Waquiez Chance 37

    The Henri Wauquiez "Chance 37" was designed by Britton Chance; and ( I believe) was built between 1973 and 1977 - not as early as 1971. ... Boat: Wauquiez Chance 37-Benevolence. Posts: 9 I just found your post-We, too, purchased a 1971 Wauquiez Chance 37 two years ago.

  18. Production Boats That Have Circumnavigated

    I would like to start a list of links to known production boats, Hunter, Catalina, Beneteau, Jeanneau, O'day etc. that have gone around without serious modifications. 1- Production boats that have circumnavigated this list CAN include other than the above mentioned vessels but they MUST be similarly designed and constructed to the mentioned boats.

  19. Radio Moscow: circa 1968

    Radio Moscow: circa 1968. February 11, 2014. Many thanks to David Firth, who is kindly sharing shortwave radio recordings he made on his reel-to-reel recording equipment in the late 1960's. Firth is uncovering and digitizing these recordings as time allows. We are grateful for this recording of Radio Moscow, which Firth recorded in 1968.

  20. wauquiez yachts for sale

    Boats for Sale; New and used Wauquiez boats for sale. Netherlands; Sint Maarten (Dutch Part) United Kingdom; United States; Virgin Islands, U.S. Wauquiez 38; Wauquiez 39; Wauquiez

  21. Wauquiez, Henri (Chantier)

    French builder founded by Henri Wauquiez in 1964 and located at provincial town of Neuville en Ferrain, near the Belgium border. Early on, Wauquiez maintained a strong association with British designers, most significantly with Holman and Pye in the 1960s and 70s, and later with Ed Dubois. Also with Andrew Winch for interior design. At the time, production included the flush-decked, centre ...

  22. Ernest Beaux, Perfumer -- From 'Bouquet of Napoleon' to 'Chanel No.5

    Ernest Beaux was born on December 8, 1881, in the village of Suschevo "in Vedernikova's house" in Moscow, near the factory and offices of A. Rallet & Co. where his French father, Edouard Beaux, was employed as chief perfumer and member of Rallet's board of directors.. After finishing his secondary education in 1898, Ernest Beaux joined Rallet as a lab assistant in the soap works.