Arzal Nautique
Arzal Nautique is a boat yard and yacht brokerage based at the Arzal-Camoël marina in southern Brittany, France, specialising in aluminium lifting-keel bluewater cruising yachts. Trading since 1985 and originally the Alubat/Ovni dealer, it now focuses on used Ovni sales plus maintenance, winter storage, aluminium repair and paint refits, and also handles boats such as Alliage, Garcia and Cigale. The yard operates a 980 m² workshop able to take vessels up to 55 feet, a blasting cabin and a heated paint booth, and offers owner handover coaching and technical training. It is run as SARL Cassiopée under the commercial name Arzal Nautique.
Arzal Nautique
Arzal Nautique is a boat yard and brokerage on the Arzal-Camoël marina in southern Brittany, specialising in aluminium centreboard bluewater cruising yachts. The company sold and commissioned Alubat sailboats from 1985 to 2018 — close to a hundred new Ovnis — and after Alubat took sales in-house it refocused on the used Ovni market while expanding its workshop activity. The yard states 40 years of experience and more than 400 Ovnis passed through its hands, and describes itself as running a "Clinique des Ovnis".
Services
- Brokerage of used aluminium bluewater sailboats (Ovni, Cigale, Alliage, Garcia), including a roughly ten-hour technical inspection, joint inventory, valuation, sale agreement and deed drafting, and DDTM administrative formalities
- Commission of 9% incl. tax up to €100,000 and 8% above; consultation above €300,000
- Listings on the company website (stated 1,500+ visitors/month, 1,200 newsletter prospects) and on YachtWorld
- Winterisation and maintenance: centreboard, rudder, steering system, deck hardware, standing and running rigging, anodic protection, electrical checks
- Electrical, electronic and comfort equipment installation; bow thruster fitting (tunnel or retractable)
- Repairs and metalwork on damaged aluminium hulls, including straightening or replacing plating and bow section replacement
- Paint refits: full deck and hull-bottom cycles, epoxy/antifouling work, touch-ups, hull polishing and paint removal
- Half-day handover with new owners, plus coaching and training on navigation, manoeuvring, safety, weather and Ovni-specific technical maintenance
Facilities
- 980 m² workshop (extended by 340 m² in 2019) able to accommodate vessels up to 55 feet
- Heated paint booth for boats up to 45 feet, plus a sealed "cocon" enclosure allowing paint work up to 50 feet
- Blasting cabin on the port of Arzal
- Hard-standing storage, offered free while a boat is listed for sale through the yard
- Inspection pit for testing centreboard and rudder operation
- In-house team plus partner specialists in electronics, mechanics, metalwork, joinery, upholstery and sailmaking
Vessel Types
- Aluminium lifting-keel long-distance cruising sailboats, principally Ovni
- Other aluminium bluewater yachts including Alliage, Garcia and Cigale
Location
- 15 Port de Plaisance, 56190 Arzal, southern Brittany, France
- Arzal-Camoël is a freshwater marina behind a dam and lock, with 1,250 afloat and 350 ashore berths
- Open Tuesday to Saturday, 08:15–12:30 and 13:45–18:30