CANDELA
35 rue des voiliers
17000 LA ROCHELLE
E-Mail : brunobarbaralr@yahoo.fr
Tel - Fax : 33 (0)5 46 07 48 75
Cell phone : 33 (0)6 71 04 18 58
Candela has been based in La Rochelle for the last ten years. Created and managed by Bruno Barbara, it is specialized in classic yacht restoration and improvement. Candela offers its know-how and its experience to owners of rare yachts, and the relationship is based on commitment, reliability and honesty.

Thanks to a sound network of subcontractors and suppliers, Candela deals with all technical aspects of a project, ranging from a simple call on up to a major refit
> Reception, handling, storage
> Structural work on hulls, framework, planking
> Deck lay-outs, deck fittings, custom stainless steel parts, bronze, chrome plating
> Optimization of standing and running rigging, blocks
> Interior fittings, paints, varnish
Candela was entrusted with the following yachts of reference:
VIOLA (fore-and-aft rigged cutter, William Fife, 1908), OWL (fore-and-aft rigged ketch, Sheperd, 1907), ZWERVER ( Dutch sloop, Stephens, 1956), EOLE (6mJI, William Fife, 1936), MERRY DANCER (Bermudian cutter, William Fife, 1938), MARGUERITE (Marconi rigged sloop, François Sergent, 1958), PETITE LANDE (aluminium replica of an American schooner, Alden design), FREEDOM’S WAND (steel ketch, 2002), PAOL (Bonnin Dragon, 1965), WI-KI (ketch, H. Wustrau, 1921), LADY TRIX (fore-and-aft rigged sloop, Alfred Mylne, 1909)