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Navylest, fonderie de plomb à Saint-Etienne
  • The foundry
    • Lead
    • Our molding process
    • Lead recycling
  • Boating
    • Bowling pins – weights and bulbs
    • Standard keel
    • Super yachts keel
    • IMOCA class 40 bulb
    • Manufacturing of sails in stainless steel and cast iron
    • Ballast and keel repair
  • Industry
    • Lead weight
    • Lead ingot
    • Lead shot
    • Lead filling
  • Radiation protection
    • Plates & lead chevrons
    • Lead-based radiation protection solution
  • Contact us
  • Français
Navylest, fonderie de plomb à Saint-Etienne
Home Boating Ballast and keel repair

LEAD BALLAST AND KEEL REPAIR

EXPERTISE & RENOVATION

Expertise and repair of lead keels for sailboats

NAVYLEST specializes in the repair of lead ballast and keels for pleasure sailboats, racing sailboats, and professional vessels.

Our teams work on ballasts up to 25 tonnes in order to restore their performance, their geometry and their structural safety.

Lead keel repair in the Navylest workshops
OUR INTERVENTIONS

COMPLETE REFURBISHMENT

Leading edges

Reconstruction of the torn-out areas and restoration of the original profiles.

Straightening

Correction of warped, twisted or bent ballast.

Reconstruction

Reconstruction of broken or severely damaged parts.

Stainless steel anchors

Replacement of broken, bent, or missing stainless steel rods.

MAJOR INTERVENTIONS

BALLAST REPAIR
UP TO 25 TONS

Thanks to our handling equipment and our long-standing expertise in lead, we are able to repair keels and ballasts that are severely damaged following a grounding, collision, or other incident.

Repair of Feeling lead keels by Navylest
FEELING SPECIALIST

FEELING BOWL REPAIR

NAVYLEST regularly works on the anchoring systems of the lead keels of Feeling sailboats.

Thanks to exchanges with the community of Feeling sailboat owners, we support boaters in the restoration of their keels.

Our goal is to provide a restored keel, reliable and ready to return to sea in the best possible conditions.

Navylest International

French lead foundry specialised in the manufacture of keels, bulbs, industrial ballast, radiation shielding and lead recycling.

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Expertise

  • Standard keel
  • IMOCA class 40 bulb
  • Ballast and keel repair
  • Manufacturing of sails in stainless steel and cast iron
  • Our molding process

Contact

NAVYLEST International 606 Rue George Sand - FRANCE 42350 La Talaudière 04 77 25 75 75 jonathan.navylest@gmail.com

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