Roland Jourdain, well known on offshore racing pontoons, will launch the construction of an 18.24 meter catamaran in flax fiber.
Objective: "to defend an eco-responsible approach" by abandoning very polluting fiberglass.
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This project is the continuity of the work and the commitment of an entire team in order to limit our impact on the environment.
Doing better with less is a permanent challenge where tenacity and humility are mixed with us
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summarizes the former figarist, tour du mondiste and double winner of the Route du Rhum in a press release.
The boat will bear the colors of the Explore fund, which Roland Jourdain created with Sophie Vercelletto and will be called We Explore.
The We Explore boat launched by Roland Jourdain Robin Christol / Outremer
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Flax fiber has a lot of advantages. It is produced in a short circuit, has properties similar to those of fiberglass and consumes much less energy to produce, ”
explains Roland Jourdain. The Bureau Vallée foundation, the Terre de Lin cooperative based in Normandy and Outremer become partners of this new revolutionary catamaran.