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To keep up with the times, offshore racing must reduce its carbon impact and limit boat speeds to protect cetaceans. From a human point of view, more diversity is expected, point out elected environmentalists and figures from the world of sailing.
In France, sailing was built around the values of sobriety and accessibility to the practice. This emergence took place in clear opposition to yachting organized for and by boat owners. In the 1950s, in order to appropriate the sea and encourage emancipation movements, many free spirits set out to do so. With popular education organizations like the Glénans, architects attached to simplicity like Jean-Jacques Herbulot, and popular sailors such as Bernard Moitessier, a new vision of the sea was born, finally accessible to all.
However, in the name of modernity, offshore racing has turned towards ever faster and more technological boats.
At the same time, the ocean is suffering the consequences of human activity and climate change: biodiversity is collapsing, pollution is massive, and weather phenomena are unpredictable…
Being modern means understanding these issues, and acting to design races in tune with our times to continue to inspire dreams for all those who love the sea, sailors and the Vendée Globe. It's thinking about respe races
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