The sun was shining down on Vieux Port on Wednesday as our Technical Sales Director Alex Stevens attended the Cannes Yachting Festival. He met with Lindsay Hill, CJR’s representative in the South of France, as well as numerous clients of CJR. What is the Cannes Yachting Festival? Cannes Yachting Festival…
CJR Propulsion in Management Buyout
One of the UK’s most respected marine manufacturers has undergone a management buyout. CJR Propulsion, which designs and manufactures precision engineered propellers and sterngear for leading superyacht, commercial, and leisure brands around the world, has been bought by four former members of the management team for an undisclosed sum. Former…
Pushing the boundaries of sterngear and propeller design
We’re excited to be taking delivery of a shaft-driven Marex 360 this month, which we’ll be using as a research and development boat to help us push the boundaries of sterngear and propeller design. We are taking a standard boat and will be optimising it for fuel efficiency, speed, and…
Improving sustainability
We’re designing and installing a new system to make our foundry more sustainable. This includes recycling the sand we use during the casting process. We’ve cut our wastage by 97%, from 300 tonnes a year to just 9 tonnes saving 291 tonnes going to landfill. As well as the impressive…
CJR USA First Year Highlights
It’s been a busy first year for CJR USA. With Joel Kmetz on the ground in the US, we’ve been able to provide a high level of customer service despite the restrictions of the global pandemic. Some of the highlights include: Over 200 fully CNC-machined Class S propellers delivered to…
CNC-machined propellers increase ferry speed by 10%
Installing our CNC-machined, Class S propellers earlier this year increased the speed of this Tourism Adventure vessel by 10%. She now reaches speeds up to 27.5 knots – though that’s still not quite enough to keep up with the 2021 Americas Cup boats. The ferry is owned by New Zealand’s…
New 1.5 tonnes ladle to meet customer demand for larger propellers
CJR can now supply CNC-machined Class S superyacht and patrol boat propellers up to 800kg thanks to our new 1.5 tonnes ladle. We’ve invested in this bigger ladle and a new furnace to meet customer demand for larger CJR propellers. All our propellers are designed using CFD adapted wake fields.…
HSY Yachts D85 faster than predicted
HSY Yachts D85 is running 1 knot faster than predicted as a result of our technical approach to optimising stern gear. The project to supply a complete set of CJR sterngear, including fully CNC-machined Class S Propellers, is the third successful collaboration between HSY Yachts, Navantec, and CJR Propulsion. The…
CJR grows Southampton presence
CJR Propulsion and Fabrication has grown its Southampton presence by taking an additional unit at Quayside Road. The space is the new home of the fabrication arm of operations, which has moved from Poole, Dorset. It enables greater links between the two sides of the business to meet client demand…
CJR’S RESPONSE TO COVID-19 OUTBREAK
We’d like to send our thoughts and best wishes to our team, partners, and customers around the world at this difficult time. It’s obviously not business as usual at CJR as we’re fully complying with government guidelines, but we are still here and doing what we can: – We’ve contacted…