Facnor is "the" precursor in manufacturing continuous line Code zero & Gennaker furlers, we have supplied these since 1998 and in that we are often copied but never equalled. Most 60' monohulls and multihulls are now equipped with Facnor continuous line Code zero & Gennaker furlers: reliable and safely handled alone. These furlers are designed to support the high working and breaking load of over 500m2 Gennakers.
"VENDEE GLOBE" and "ORMA":
A large part of the fleet of the 60 monohulls and multihulls is now equipped with these systems: the furlers are reliable, and safer for all the gennaker work when you are in solo navigation.
"THE RACE" :
FACNOR has been chosen by the 3 big Cats built for The Race ": Club Med, Innovation explorer, Team Adventure and Banque Populaire 5. These gennaker furlers have been customised for very large sails around 650 ² (1300 ft²) and very hight working and breaking loads. Warta Polpharmaand Team Legato have also choosen FACNOR for theirs gennaker furlers.
WALLY and MEGA-YACHTS :
FACNOR delivered to several WALLY and to NARIIDA a 107' WALLY a similar product to a large CODE 0 (350m²).
VOLVO OCEAN RACE:
Facnor has worked on various requiring boat projects such as the two ABN AMRO Open 70 :
Facnor made some very custom and complicated hardware for the boat...as always in a very short time
Ben Wright,
Projectmanager of ABN AMRO I & II