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Route du Rhum: An innovative 100% recyclable boat will challenge its more “polluting” competitors

2022-01-07T11:21:26.535Z


The Guadeloupean Keni Piperol launched a fully recyclable Class 40 for the legendary transatlantic race. A great first.


Great news and an innovation to salute. Because if sailing is a dream with their sailors hair in the wind, their shots of sunsets and their adventures at sea, their boats can be polluting for the planet that they sail with non-recyclable construction materials. There is no doubt that the skippers and their team from all sides will closely follow the new Class 40 (15 meters long) launched this Thursday evening at Verdon-sur-Mer. Entitled Captain Alternance, Kéni Piperol's monohull was built by Lalou Multi team from Lalou Roucayrol and is announced by its designers as “

the first of its generation to be 100% recyclable and to use materials from recycling

”.

Two boats before this one, a Mini 6.50 in 2016 and more recently the Ocean Fifty Arkema 4, experimented with a more virtuous manufacturing process with the recyclable thermoplastic resin of the Elium brand developed by Arkema. “

This resin makes it possible to manufacture thermoplastic composites which are an alternative to thermosetting composites which are neither reusable nor recyclable. Thanks to Elium, composites are thermoformable and heat-sealable, allowing parts to be shaped or welded using a simple process that eliminates the need for glues. This material can then be recycled and reused under the effect of heat

, ”explains the press release on Friday announcing the launch of the Class 40 from Kéni Piperol.

Captain Alternance is a demonstrator of a major technological breakthrough

Lalou Roucayrol

Lalou Roucayrol is delighted with this ecological innovation: “

Kéni will take the helm of a unique boat in the world.

Captain Alternance is a demonstrator of a major technological breakthrough.

It took us more than 5 years of research to arrive at this result.

A bet and a challenge that Lalou Multi takes up on a daily basis so that our sport becomes more responsible and virtuous.

"

Supported in his project by the WALT association, working to develop work-study programs and apprenticeships among young people, the Guadeloupean Keni Piperol now has a clear objective in sight: to take the start on November 6 of the legendary Rum route at the helm of its ecological monohull (a Lombard type Scow plan) to reach its native island, if possible by being well classified. “

They are beautiful boats, which go fast! As proof, the last winner of the Route du rhum was a Lombard plan, details the skipper. However, we put it a bit in our sauce. We have modified the bridge and the companionway from the original plan. We also lengthened the roof and worked on aerodynamics.

"The bet is fascinating: to show that a sailor can be both"

green

"and efficient ... Roland Jourdain, in another category and on a boat built in flax fibers, will also stick to it ...

Source: lefigaro

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