Hughes Marine is the highly recommended mech.engineering service that has made St. Barth become a technical stop of choice for some yachts, who are choosing to stop there specifically for his expertise! Besides his engineering expertise, Hughes also has great knowledge of all the electrical related problems. As he says, many problems come from electrical deficiency, and he deals with those issues on a regular basis (see ‘Mech.Engineering’ section for further info).

Tel: +(590) 590 275070 Fax: +(590) 590 520504 Cell: +(590) 690 649596

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Tel: +(590) 590 293560 Cell: +(590) 690 751550 [email protected]

Tel: +(590) 590 871455

This chandlery located across the Quai d’Honneur above the Repaire des Boucaniers restaurant is very popular among Superyacht crew. Here, they can find a good range of Superyacht oriented maintenance and chandlery equipment, cleaning materials, paint / varnish, fuel / oil filters, running rigging, hardware tools, batteries, electrical spares, pumps and spares, books and charts… They also have some stylish nautical inspired gifts including old brass clocks, barometers… and an excellent choice of snorkeling / dive equipment, fishing gear, watersports kit and more.

120 Commercial St, Boothbay Harbor, ME 04538 100’ of pier dockage for drafts up to 13’6” • Max LOA 125’ • Plus 200’ of dockage on floating docks • Draft from 3’-7’ • Max LOA 60’ • Shore power available • Mail and package services • 25 moorings for yachts up to 150’ and 300 t. VHF 16 Onsite: Full service shipyard, Haulout services, Parking, Office spaces available, Yacht Management, BBQ area. Shipyard founded more than 135 years ago (formerly Sample’s Shipyard). Ideally located within walking distance from the charming village, its restaurants and attractions.

DYT  is the leading yacht transport company, a highly renowned and well respected name in the industry and has proven its expertise in more than 12,000 operations since launching the service in 1989. DYT has its own fleet of four semi-submersible, dedicated yacht carriers, providing top quality service and reliable scheduling throughout the year. They can handle sail or motor yachts of any size looking for transoceanic transportation and the ability to provide logistic solutions tailored to the mobility needs of the global yachting community.

This welding / fabrication business is run by Franck Ballossier; who had previously spent 20 years as a professional yacht Captain and Project Manager of new builds in France - so has a real understanding of the needs of the professionally crewed yacht market. He has now been running his custom welding / fabrication shop - here in the Carenantilles Boatyard - for the past 6 years; where, with his team of ten staff, they offer the full range of services including fabricating bimini frames, helm wheels; welding and pressurized pipes..

A highly respected canvas / covers company, run mainly from a specialist canvas loft in Les Trois Islets, but also from the main Incidences sail loft in the Artimer complex in Marin.

Tel (Artimer): +(596) 596 747747
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Tel (Trois Ilets): +(596) 596 660724

Well known local figure Eric Baray is one of the best racing sailors in the Caribbean. He also has a wealth of experience in his field and comes year after years strongly recommended to us by a number of Captains. He has worked on a number of famous and high profile sail yachts and his outgoing and friendly personality always does wonders.

A growing number of Superyachts are now choosing to stop in Martinique specifically to take advantage of this first class facility and the expertise of its team. Incidences has the largest sail loft in the whole Caribbean, located within the superb Artimer complex, next to Le Marin marina. In their 600 m loft, they can fabricate or repair sails with no limits in size. The loft itself is positioned alongside a large dinghy dock, and a custom crane has been installed at the end of the loft to enable them to lift sails directly from the yacht's tender...