Ten years of reflection and development and 25 million euros of investment will have been necessary for the Chantiers de l'Atlantique to make a dream a reality: to offer shipowners a unique system of sail propulsion adapted to medium-sized vessels... The first boat to use this technology, the
Orient Express Silenseas
, will be delivered in 2026 to the Accor group, which will then own the largest sailboat in the world (220 meters long, for only fifty cabins) and the cruise ship more eco-responsible.
Revealed exclusively in
Le Figaro
(our editions of January 11), the advent of the Silenseas is far from trivial in the era of "cruise bashing" which regularly pinpoints a maritime industry, driven mainly by European shipyards*, yet at the forefront of environmental innovation.
Thanks to her 4,500 m2 of solid sail area, the aptly named
Silenseas
will use both the wind (30 to 40% of cruising time)…
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