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Garcia yachts - French builder of aluminium sailboats

Realise your blue water cruising PROJECTS with our aluminium sailboats

A contemporary approach
to the
adventure across the seas

A contemporary approach
to adventure across the seas

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Garcia Yachts image montage showing aluminum cruising yachts at sea and at anchor, setting the expedition mood
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yachts designed
for blue water cruising
in all latitudes

safety
Designed to withstand the most extreme conditions, Garcia Yachts are built in aluminium, a material that combines strength and longevity.
freedom
Being centreboarders, Garcia sailboats allow you to reach shallow anchorages inaccessible to keelboats, for greater freedom and discovery during your blue water cruising.
autonomy
Very large tanks, large storage volumes, energy production, accessibility to all the boat's components, with a Garcia you're autonomous even in the most remote places.
Comfort
Highly finished, designed for life at sea as well as at anchor, the fittings on a Garcia sailboat ensure you sail far and wide in the greatest comfort.
Durability
Garcia sailboat hulls are made from 80% recycled aluminium, which in turn can be recycled again.
Scotland, Shetland, Faroe Islands, and Lofoten Islands solo on a Garcia Exploration 52

A lot of our boats roam the seven seas, experiencing the whole variety of sailing adventures and, to utilize a famous exposition line, “boldly go where no man has gone before.” You´d think that these skippers are skilled sailors with thousands of nautical miles offshore experience, and many indeed are. Yet there are those unbelievably great stories of the outsiders: Hair raising, exciting and inspiring. One of which is the story of the Garcia Exploration 52 christened IMPALER, belonging to the New Zealand-based skipper Graham Hunter: And boy, what a story this is!

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Unlike coastal cruising, blue water cruising raises the bar for your boat, and brings with it a host of special features. Truly different boats that will enable you to reach the last virgin spaces with complete confidence.

Because a Garcia is always conceived and designed according to precise characteristics, ensuring performance, robustness, reliability, endurance and comfort. Comfort whose limits we push even further...

a range of exceptional yachts

three monohulls, one catamaran

the garcia sailboat range

the blue water cruising yachts range

Aluminium monohulls and catamaran
Three monohulls from 45 to 60 feet, a 52-foot catamaran, all the yachts in the Garcia Yachts range are aluminium, insulated, with panoramic view from inside, for extreme sailing in complete safety and comfort.
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aluminium hulls and structures

robust, safe and durable sailboats

At Garcia Yachts aluminium is much more than a material: it's an expertise. Our hulls are designed to withstand the most extreme conditions, guaranteeing strength, safety and durability. Every detail reflects our unique know-how, designed to accompany your most ambitious adventures, anywhere in the world.

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Discover our know-how
Garcia aluminum hull close-up, plating and joints visible, conveying strength and repair-friendly construction

our services

At your side for comprehensive, personalised support.
More than just a sailboat builder, Garcia Yachts offers a complete range of services to support its customers throughout the life of their yacht. Thanks to its dedicated subsidiary, Grand Large Services, and its training center (EFT), the shipyard offers personalized services, including training, maintenance, refit and resale. This comprehensive approach guarantees a worry-free sailing experience tailored to the specific needs of each owner.

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Scotland, Shetland, Faroe Islands, and Lofoten Islands solo on a Garcia Exploration 52

A lot of our boats roam the seven seas, experiencing the whole variety of sailing adventures and, to utilize a famous exposition line, “boldly go where no man has gone before.” You´d think that these skippers are skilled sailors with thousands of nautical miles offshore experience, and many indeed are. Yet there are those unbelievably great stories of the outsiders: Hair raising, exciting and inspiring. One of which is the story of the Garcia Exploration 52 christened IMPALER, belonging to the New Zealand-based skipper Graham Hunter: And boy, what a story this is!

Why choose an aluminum hull sailboat for blue water cruising?

Aluminum has established itself as the ideal material for building bluewater sailing yachts for several decades. Extremely strong and therefore reassuring repairable and also recyclable, let us revisit all the advantages of an aluminum hull yacht the very qualities that led Garcia Yachts to choose this material.

TESTIMONY FROM THE OWNER OF THE EXPLOCAT 52 #8: A TOUR OF THE ATLANTIC TO GREENLAND

He has already completed an Atlantic circuit returning via Greenland and has sailed his catamaran in all wind conditions. A conversation with Sadik the owner of Explocat 52 number 8 who shares his full experience with this yacht.

Pete Goss on a GARCIA sailboat
The chronicles of pete goss
explorer's chronicles, at the helm of his exploration 45
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The advantages of analuminium hull

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