148:, but the transaction was not completed. At the end of 2017 the partners sold Archambault to the pilot and amateur yachtsman Jean-Charles Thomas, who had planned to restart production, but by 2023 there was no indication this had been achieved and operations seem to have come to an end in 2014.
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Archambault
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588:"A27 (Archambault) sailboat"
836:"Tour de France Ă la voile"
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993:"The story behind the A13"
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710:"Archambault 40 sailboat"
228:Tour de France Ă la voile
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679:"Joubert Nivelt Design"
279:Archambault Surprise 25
991:Emerson, Mark (2020).
146:Archambault by BG Race
144:, planning to call it
40:Privately held company
905:Yachts & Yachting
395:"Bateaux Archambault"
178:, including the 2012
172:Joubert Nivelt Design
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222:was selected as the
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932:"Analysing the A13"
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157:Atlante
130:BG Race
123:History
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