Our approach of ships as a global system allows us to include more and more an intelligence which can as shipowners needed support different tasks:

• control ship's position with great precision,
• control its sea-keeping qualities in roll,
• control its list, its trim,
• respond intelligently to a possible damage.

Andre Mauric is a legend of French sailing. In 1945, he started his own design office with two objectives: on one hand to draw sailboats and speed motor launch on the other hand.

For the latter, he draws on English and German torpedo boats used during the war just ended. He studies drawings and publications from Peter Du Cane or those from Lurssen shipyard and then developed an original design of hulls, which will give rise to multiple outputs with main partner, the yards of Esterel in Cannes. The 42m motor yacht Acajou or the patrol 40m Omar Bongo are good examples of this exceptional line of speed motor lauches. The Andre Mauric’ knowledge extends not only to the hull, but also to the propellers, where he became a specialist relying on companies as Renou-Dardel in France or Radice in Italy.

This innovative spirit continues yet. Today, the Bureau Mauric may be situated, an equal of Raymond Hunt or Renato Levi, as creator of a trend in speed motor launch.

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• The fastest : ACX 50 and Surfer 3600 : 54 and 44 kts
• The greatest : MSV : 75 meters long

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• 1973 : Pen-Duick VI : the most innovative World Racer of its time
• 1975 : First 30 : the first "plastic" yacht manufactured a lot in France
• 1978 : Kriter V : first french ULDB
• 1985 : Alcyone : mono catamaran carrying the famous Turbovoile
• 1990 : Tribex : Study of a semi-submersible trimaran
• 1990 : Study and development of fast trimarans with ACH, IFREMER and P. Lucas
• 1999 : Janus : first semi-SWATH catamaran built in France.
• 2002 : FSIV : first fast supply vessel built in France, higher speed and the highest level of security in the world.

• "Optimization of the wave resistance of semi-submersible hull" J.J. Maisonneuve - J.C. Nahon - 2emes journées de l'hydrodynamique - 1989 ENSM Nantes
• "ARGO- Design of a semi-submersible three hull ship" J.P Bertrand - J.P. Guézou - J.C. Nahon - J.J. Maisonneuve - M. Bourgeois-Gaffié - AIAA - Arlington June1989;
• "IRIS- A new generation of coastal and escort anti-aircraft defence ships" by A. Chevalier and JC Nahon - Warship - June 1990-RINA-London
• "Semisubmersible trimaran ship" by M. Bourgeois-Gaffié - J.C. Nahon - ATMA 1992
• "Evolution of the Mediterranean tuna boat" by J.C. Nahon - C. Oddon - ATMA 2004
• "Navibus for General Compagnie of Navigation" by P. Lemesle - J.C. Nahon - V. Seguin - ATMA 2009