History

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.

But it is in the sailing field that Andre Mauric will acquire its reputation. The design of its sailing boats reflects as much character and an innovative spirit that that those of speed motor launches.

After making his debut in the Stars, André Mauric will gradually draw many yachts according to different rules. Their names are part of the history of sailing or French Mediterran : Impensable, Milouin, Aigue-blu.

The biggest names in sailing, Alain Glicksman, Michel Malinovsky, Florence Arthaud rely on Andre Mauric for their racing monohulls : Raph, Kriter V and VIII... The climax is reached with the design in 1975 for Eric Tabarly of Pen Duick VI, an early "max" for the race around the world. Eric Tabarly wins the 1977 solo Transat with Pen Duick VI, beating the 74m of the Club Mediterranée of Alain Colas.

André Mauric was also the first French architect to rub the America's Cup with the 12 m JI France I and II challenges by Baron Bich. France I will pass very close to victory ... A book "Memoires Marines" chronicles this epic.
The races success leads André Mauric, then the Bureau Mauric to draw many cruising sailboats of all sizes. The first "First", the First 30, will launch a small yard Vendeen, Beneteau, who would become the No. 1 worldwide. The design of large cruise units will then occupy the office until the years 95 (see sailboats).

Since the retirement of Andre Mauric in 1985, the Bureau Mauric is led by Jean-Charles Nahon, who was joined in 1999 by Pascal Lemesle.

André Maurice Chevalier du Mérite Maritime was a member of the Academy of Marseilles. He died in 2003.