The Port Vauban site bears witness to use for shipping and trade dating back to antiquity and a long tradition as a shipyard.
VAUBAN 21 carries heritage and exemplary values and wishes to promote heritage ships through the creation of a dedicated pontoon with an advantageous rate aligned with that of the rate for places of general interest.
The pontoon affected is pontoon B2. It can accommodate vessels of categories A to LM (up to 10.99m in length HT).
Vessels holding the national label known as BIP (Boats of Maritime or River Heritage Interest) that are currently valid or have filed an application for the award of this label currently being examined, and presenting a local interest or regional. The benefit of the tariff is linked to the participation in the events organized on the port and the maintenance of the vessel.
Requests for registration on the Heritage waiting list will be registered on the date of receipt of the complete request (form and attachments required). A confirmation will be sent to the applicant, within 30 days of receipt of the request, containing the information indicated in the request and mentioning the registration date and the order number.
The application form for the award of a mooring contract, the conditions and documents to be provided, the mooring plan and all useful elements can be consulted at the harbor master’s office and downloaded below.
Requests are to be submitted or sent by post or by email to patrimoine@vauban21.com, using the dedicated form, dated and signed and accompanied by all the required attachments as well as any additional information on the vessel that the owner deems useful to communicate.
The procedures for submitting applications, the waiting list and the awarding of annual contracts are defined in the procedure for monitoring the waiting list and awarding “Heritage Vessel” annual contracts.
For any questions, please contact Marion LEFEVRE, patrimoine@vauban21.com or 04 92 91 60 07.
The NATH’SOPH is a Mediterranean fishing boat (sardinier) built in 1966 at Georges FRACCHIA shipyard, ANTIBES 06600.
It was in 1966, on behalf of Louis Génovèse, that this big pointy boat with respectable dimensions of 9.74 long and 3.04 wide was christened with the two first names of the sons of the fisherman Henri Thierry.
Following the owner’s retirement, it was not without regret that it was sold to a fisherman from Nice. A few years later, the Henri-Thierry was moored in Nice, awaiting a new adventure.
Thierry, son of Louis, was driving by the port of Nice when he saw a pitiful boat floating between two waters. The boat was in very bad shape. Thierry bought it and repatriated it to Antibes in the small workshop where it had been built thirty years earlier.
Alain Botéro, Georges Fracchia’s successor and son-in-law, decided to put the beautiful pointu back on the keel. After more than 800 hours of work, the pointu was restored to its former glory. In keeping with tradition, Thierry named her after his two sons, Florent and Lionel, two budding sailors.
After a career as a fishing boat, the Nath’Soph became a pleasure boat after being bought by Mr & Mrs Heurtebise Serge. In 2021 Aventure Pluriel decided to buy it back and restore it at the Campanette shipyard in Cagnes-sur-Mer.
The NATH’SOPH (Henri-Thierry) is now back in Antibes at the port Vauban as a collective boat dedicated to guided tours and sea trips for members.
Visible in Antibes since 2018, ONE WAVE is a classic regatta sailboat that testifies to the excellence of local shipbuilding.
This wooden sloop (mahogany planking, bent ash frames) was designed by François Camatte, a famous Cannes architect who has designed a large number of international yachts (6mJI, 8mJI, 5mJI), and built at the Attilio Chiesa et fils yard in Cannes. She is equipped with a Marconi rig.
Her history is from the start linked to the history of the national maritime heritage, as she was built to represent France at the first post-war Olympic Games, those of 1948 in London.
After a major restoration (2016-2018) by her current owner, ONE WAVE has distinguished herself in all the major events of the classic regatta circuit in the Mediterranean.
In 2019, ONE WAVE won several events including the unmissable Voiles d’Antibes in 2019, where she finished ahead of the 8mJI CARON, four times world champion. In 2021, ONE WAVE won the prestigious Monaco Classic Week, and finished 2nd in the annual AFYT Classics Championship out of 57 boats classified. In 2022, ONE WAVE won the Ladies’ Regatta in Saint-Tropez with Alexia Barrier at the helm and again won Les Voiles d’Antibes.
Visible in Antibes since 2022, CIRRUS II is a traditional Mediterranean barquette with a roof, built in 1961 by the Chantier Chabert in Marseille according to a plan by the architect André Mauric, and restored according to the rules of art.
The hull (planking and ribs), deck and superstructure are made of wood, the portholes of bronze. The boat is ballasted with lead. She is equipped with an auric rig and a bowsprit of 2,80m length.
Visible in Antibes since 2017, Kerala bears witness to the emergence of modern yachting (day-boat).
This beautiful small sloop in laminated wood (oak and mahogany) form is an amateur construction made on the basis of the now famous “Herrenstof 12 ½” plan designed by the American architect Nathanael G. Herreshoff in 1914, which the architect Joël White adapted in 1985 to transform it into a ballasted dinghy. Joël White named this model “Haven 12 1/2” and proposed a set of plans accompanied by a construction guide “How to build the Haven” which takes up the main lines of the Herreshoff workshops, in particular the upside down construction on templates.
Kerala was built by its current owner at the Nautique Sèvres shipyard in the spirit of tradition and with noble materials such as oak, mahogany, spruce and Douglas fir. A large part of the bronze fittings comes from the “Ballentine’s Boat Shop” in Maine (USA) and some fittings were made in Antibes with the participation of Pascal Papalia. Rigged in houari, she is equipped with dacron sails made by Jean Chevalier, master sailmaker in La Frette sur Seine.
Visible in Antibes since 2021, WISTLE bears witness to the history of shipbuilding in Antibes and to local craftsmanship.
This wooden pointu (pine planking, oak ribs) was built by the De Stefano shipyard in Antibes in 1936. It was remarkably renovated in 2020 by the Monaco Marine yard in Antibes.
She belongs to Mr and Mrs Townshend who also own other vessels of heritage interest in Port Vauban.
Visible in Antibes since 2019, Boghosse, named after its oldest known owner M. Boghossian, is a traditional wooden fishing boat from Marseille (pine planking, oak ribs) built in 1933 by the Fouques shipyard in Marseille.
Motorised in 1969, Boghosse was used for fishing until 1992. She was moored in various ports in Languedoc (Port Saint Louis du Rhône, Grau du Roi) and underwent a major restoration in 1996 when she was presented at the Brest Maritime Festival. Acquired in 2012 by an owner from Sète, she is again restored and equipped with cheeks and an articulated mast allowing her to be tilted to pass the bridges of Sète.
Boghosse is rigged with lateen sails (mestre and poulacre)
