By plane
10 minutes’ drive from La Rochelle – Ile de Ré International Airport. Direct flights from London, Manchester, Bristol, Dublin, Geneva, Lyon and Marseille. Direct flights from London, Nice, Paris and Marseille to Nantes and Bordeaux International airport.

By train
2h40 from Paris.

By motorway
2 hours’ drive from Bordeaux and Nantes (International Airports).

Our team is led by experienced professionals from the super yacht industry. Stéphane Marcelli and his team (shipyard and project management) control and manage the entire refit and repair process to ensure every project attains the same high-quality standards and is completed to schedule. For each project an exclusively dedicated project management team is setup.

In Atlantic Refit Center, we are equally happy to work with your own team members or to manage the entire project with our own network of local, skilled subcontractors.

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Ideally situated, Atlantic Refit Center offers perfect facilities and a full range of services for super and mega yacht refit.

Atlantic Refit Center

A great facility on the French Atlantic coast dedicated to super and mega yachts refit, conversion or repaint.

ATLANTIC REFIT CENTER will be present at Monaco Yacht Show 25-28 September 2019. Please contact Stéphane MARCELLI  +33 (0)6 75 24 75 85

Brochure 2015-2016 (GB)

Atlantic Refit Center has signed the Sustainable Development Charter of the Grand Port Maritime de La Rochelle, thus committing to the path of corporate social responsibility.

http://www.yachtcharterfleet.com/luxury-charter-yacht-46620/enigma-xk.htm

Stéphane Marcelli will be in Amsterdam for the Global Superyacht Forum during METS,  from November 17th till 20th, 2014

http://www.superyachtnews.com/business/21933/la-rochelle-takes-next-step-to-develop-superyacht-refit.html

Explorer yacht ENIGMA XK wins the world superyacht award 2014 for the best conversion refit

The ceremony was held at the Het Scheepvaartmuseum, Amsterdam’s National Maritime Museum,  which celebrates excellence in superyacht build and design. Perfectly organized by Boat International  Media, it is the most anticipated event in the superyacht calendar. Boat International Jury : “The conversion of superyacht Enigma XK from a British government-owned Fisheries Protection Vessel designed for service in the roughest of North Atlantic waters, into a comfortable and capable expedition yacht was extremely well done by the La Rochelle-based Atlantic Refit Center, according to the judges” Exterior Design by naval architect Philippe Briand, the new design paid homage to the original looks of the vessel as per the Owner’s brief. Interior Design by Veerle Battiau took maximum advantage of the new spaces, exploiting them to their full with a magnificently glazed private saloon and dining area adjacent to the owner’s suite, as well as a further saloon and dining room and five spacious guest cabins.

“It was an extremely challenging project to fit everything you need onboard a superyacht into a former military vessel and keep the original profile of the vessel. My first thank goes to the Owner for his vision and the trust he put in our team” says Stéphane Marcelli, co-founder with Chris Atkinson and managing director of Atlantic Refit Center. “We are very proud to see this stunning vessel receive the superyacht industry’s highest accolades”.

ENIGMA XK – Basic Specs LOA: 72 m Refit Shipyard : Atlantic Refit Center www.atlanticrefitcenter.com Refit Exterior Design : Philippe Briand – Vitruvius yachts Ltd www.vitruviusyachts.com Refit Interior Design : Veerle Battiau – Vitruvius yachts Ltd Refit Naval Architect : Robert Mc Farlane – McFarlane Shipdesign www.mcfarlane-shipdesign.mc Year : 2013   Upload press release

 

As part of the international operation “Your Atlantic Yachting Shipyard” launched in October 2013, Atlantic Port La Rochelle has selected the winning team of promoters who will be responsible for the industrialisation of the mega yachts refit activity at the Shipbuilding and Repair Centre of the Port.

After analysing the offers of candidates participating in the call for project “Your Yachting Atlantic Shipyard,” Atlantic Port La Rochelle declares Atlantic Refit Center (ARC) and Eiffel Industrie as the winners, which means the beginning of the pre-contractual phase for finalising the project. The major strengths of the winning team and their offer can be summarised in three points :

• Long-term strategic vision of the mega yachts (over 70 m) refit activity with the goal of opening out an industrial sector. The selected project is structured in stages, the first of them, being planned to last 5 years and particularl y including : the 176 m long dry dock No. 1 (the larger of the two dry docks within Atlantic Port La Rochelle) and an adjacent boatyard; the afloat repair space Camaret; offices… The Shipbuilding and Repair Centre will continue to host traditional ships in the dry dock No. 2 and the adjacent boatyard.
• declared will to generate business for local companies already operating in the Shipbuilding and Repair Centre;
• solid experience and excellent references comprising mega yachts refit operations labelled ARC, such as Skat (72 m) or XK Enigma (71 m), which has won the World Superyacht Awards 2014 for best refit in a global competition organised by Boat International magazine.