Inside the Breaux's Bay Craft aluminum fabrication shop

§ 01 — WHO WE ARE

A Legacy of Innovation
& Aluminum Craft

A Loreauville shipyard where three generations of institutional knowledge in aluminum hydrodynamics is handed down hull by hull.

§ 01 — OUR STORY

Built on the Bayou, Proven at Sea

Breaux's Bay Craft began in 1946 with a single keel and a conviction: a working vessel should be built by people who understand the water it runs.

Three generations later, that conviction still cuts every plate. We remain a family shipyard in Loreauville, Louisiana — close enough to the Gulf to test what we build, and stubborn enough to keep doing it by hand where it matters.

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A Breaux's Bay Craft vessel under construction — Loreauville, Louisiana

§ 02 — ACCREDITATION

Standards We Build To

We don't chase logos. We build to the classifications that keep professional crews safe and operators compliant.

USCGSubchapter T / K

Passenger and crew vessels built and inspected to U.S. Coast Guard subchapters.

ABSHull Classification

Structures engineered to American Bureau of Shipping classification standards.

AWSCertified Welders

Aluminum weld-out performed by American Welding Society certified craftsmen.

SOLASSafety Ready

Life-safety systems specified to international Safety of Life at Sea conventions.

§ 03 — WHAT WE STAND FOR

The Values Behind the Welds

Three commitments that have outlasted every change in the industry.

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Weld Integrity

Uncompromising precision meeting strict USCG and ABS standards. Every bead is inspected, every joint accountable.

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Hydrodynamic Knowledge

Decades of institutional understanding of aluminum behavior at sea, expressed in efficient, seakindly hull forms.

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Honest Craft

A fabrication process with no shortcuts and no hidden compromises. You see exactly what we see at every milestone.

§ 04 — STEWARDSHIP

The People Behind the Build

A family yard run by the people accountable for every hull that leaves it.

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Est. 1946

Émile Breaux

Founder · Master Builder

Laid the first keel in Loreauville and set the standard the yard still builds to today.

2nd Gen.

Antoine Breaux

President

Steered the shift to aluminum fabrication and grew the yard into commercial fleets.

3rd Gen.

Marie Breaux

Director of Operations

Runs the shop floor and milestone reporting that keep every build transparent.

20 Yrs.

Luc Thibodeaux

Lead Naval Architect

Translates each operator’s mission into hull lines proven in unforgiving water.

§ 05 — OUR MISSION

Tools for People Who Work the Water

Our mission is simple: deliver aluminum vessels professional operators can stake their livelihood on — safe, efficient, and survey-ready, with nothing hidden in the build.

Every hull is a contract with the crew who will run it. We measure ourselves by how those vessels perform in the years after delivery, not the day of handover.

010+Years Heritage

Continuous aluminum craft since 1946.

020K+Hulls Delivered

Proven platforms working worldwide.

030%Survey Ready

Every vessel delivered fully compliant.

040Generations

One family, one set of standards.

§ 08 — FROM THE SHOP FLOOR