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Refit Garcia Yachts: Prepare Your Sailboat for New Horizons
A dedicated team
drawing on the yard's expertise
Your sailing plans are evolving. So is your Garcia. Whether you’re preparing for a new chapter, upgrading outdated systems, boosting the boat’s energy self-sufficiency, adapting it for more demanding offshore sailing, or redesigning certain living spaces, every Garcia refit follows a simple principle: to ensure the boat continues to fully support your sailing plans. Grand Large Yachting Services division supports Grand Large Yachting in the development, maintenance, and modernization of your Garcia, with direct support from the shipyard Garcia Yachts. Whether it’s a partial or complete refit, technical optimization, structural renovation, integration of new equipment, improvements to thermal or acoustic comfort, electronic modernization, or preparation for blue water cruising high-latitude voyages: our teams take a holistic approach to the boat and its actual uses. Because a Garcia isn’t designed for a single voyage, but to last, evolve, and set sail again.
Updating equipment on your Garcia
After the first few cruises on your Garcia, you may wish to add to her equipment: replace navigation equipment, install Solar panels, a generator or another heating system, the Grand Large Yachting Services team will listen to you, advise you and support you in your upgrades.
And of course, even before you leave and for the duration of your voyage, we're here to help you with your spare parts needs.
Structural renovations to older Garcias
A Garcia is built to last. Its aluminium structure, technical accessibility, and maintenance-friendly design make it possible to confidently undertake ambitious renovation projects, even after decades of sailing.
Has your boat seen a lot of use? Would you like to give it a new lease on life or adapt it for a different purpose? Grand Large Yachting Services division Grand Large Yachting both comprehensive and targeted refits:
- repair of the hull,
- aluminium hull renovation,
- bridge repair,
- insulation,
- replacement of technical systems,
- energy retrofit,
- upgrading of safety equipment,
- optimization of onboard maintenance,
- interior redesign,
- adapting the boat for a new use.
Each project is tailored to the specific boat, its history, and your actual sailing needs.
Winterize your sailboat at Garcia
Are you back from a sailing trip, getting ready to set sail, or just passing through France before heading back to Scandinavia, the North Atlantic, or another season of blue water cruising
Let us take care of winterizing your Garcia.
Hauling out, hull cleaning, technical inspection, engine maintenance, check of appendages, removal of sails, system checks, and preparation of the boat for the next season: our teams provide technical support for your boat, drawing on their in-depth knowledge of Garcia’s unique features.
This period can also give you a chance to plan for certain technical updates or preventive maintenance before your next trip.
ALUMINIUM: BUILT TO LAST
A Garcia is not limited to a single sailing cycle. By its very nature,aluminium the boat to evolve, be modernized, repaired, or adapted to new projects without compromising its structure or original integrity.
After several years of blue water cruising tens of thousands of miles, a Garcia retains its ability to set sail again for long voyages, in demanding conditions and with a high level of reliability.
Grand Large Yachting Services division Grand Large Yachting this longevity over time, from routine technical maintenance to the most ambitious refits.
