Another winter over, another busy season at Monaco Marine

Monaco Marine La Ciotat enjoyed another busy and successful winter maintenance period, during which time more than 50 yachts visited the yard for works ranging from basic maintenance to complete interior refits and full exterior paint work. Of the standout paint projects delivered by our team, there are two of which the yard is particularly proud: RAASTA and PREDATOR.

For Heesen’s 47m RAASTA the challenge was to achieve exceptional quality standards in a tight timeframe and Monaco Marine are pleased with the results. Having committed more than 30 painters over a 14-week period, the increased man hours and overtime paid off. According to independent paint surveyor Marten Heetebrij of MYPAI, the technical and aesthetical finish of RAASTA is “one of the best” he has seen during his years of surveying. The gloss finish on the hull and superstructure was several units above Icomia standards.

Feadship’s 72m PREDATOR was under wraps in the yard’s custom-built paint shed for four months while she underwent a complete rejuvenation of her exterior paintwork.  The team worked tirelessly to achieve her perfect finish including a show coat. This was no mean feat given how challenging it is to work with a colour such as Majestic Blue. Even more challenging was the fact that the hull has three other colours (white, red and silver-grey) in addition to her signature blue.

Other works MY Mosaique Proteksan 50m MY Parvati CRN 40m MY Arkley Lürssen 60m MY Vicky Baglietto 60m MY Rahal Feadship 47m MY Sky Heesen 50m MY DB9 Palmer Johnson 53m MY Galaxy Benetti 56m MY Kalinga Feadship 54m MY Aquila Benetti 50m MY Event Amels 61m MY Queen Aida Benetti 50m MY Rio Rita Feadship 56m MY Baton Rouge Icon 62m MY Ulysses Trinity 62m MY Apollo Amels 55m MY Olmida Codecasa 50m MY Lionheart Benetti 63m MY Lady Nag Nag Amels 52m MY Mary Jean II Isa 62m MY Titania Lürssen 72m MY Spirit Amels 55m MY Capri Lürssen 59m MY Step One Amels 55m MY Kamalaya Amels 55m MY Lady M Palmer Johnson 64m MY Param Jamuna IV Rossi Navi 49m SY Bagheera Wally 24m MY A&A Feadship 44m SY EOS Lürssen 93m MY Hokulani Palmer Johnson 46m  Investing in our staff and our infrastructure Ongoing training and development of Monaco Marine’s staff is important and several project managers recently completed a number of courses including Lloyds’ customised training on hull inspection, damage and repair and specialist paint application training by AwlGrip to learn how to optimize the quality of top coats. In early 2014 Monaco Marine were pleased to announce it is now one of the only shipyards in the Mediterranean to offer fibre optic for high speed internet connection to all hard standing spaces at our La Ciotat site. This significant investment was made in direct response to feedback  received from customers.