by EQUIPAGE EN MER DÉFIPLASTIK | Dec 6, 2015 | 2015 Expedition
We have to wait until daybreak to get a little wind, but not enough. It is 6 am when we pass the sails in scissors but the still irregular wind is pushing the battened mainsail. Everyone is awake for this day of navigation. the skipper decides to change it for a...
by EQUIPAGE EN MER DÉFIPLASTIK | Dec 5, 2015 | 2015 Expedition
It is 9 am and the crew wakes up well rested after this night spent at the dock. We make the last preparations and the races to live that we lack and we set sail from the Caudan Waterfront for the customs wharf in order to do the essential formalities for departure...
by EQUIPAGE EN MER DÉFIPLASTIK | Dec 4, 2015 | 2015 Expedition
The boat made good progress last night. The skipper chose to sail with a large safety margin, passing several miles from the northern islands of Mauritius. Despite this, he will wake up every hour to check his course because night sailing along the coast always...
by EQUIPAGE EN MER DÉFIPLASTIK | Dec 3, 2015 | 2015 Expedition
All night long the boat goes between 5 and 6 knots in a constant wind. No one is touching the helm, we are on cruise control. This system is extremely efficient and consumes nothing in electrical energy unlike the extremely greedy autopilot. We pass the Sudan Bank at...
by EQUIPAGE EN MER DÉFIPLASTIK | Dec 2, 2015 | 2015 Expedition
The night will be short for the skipper. It is 11 p.m. and during Laurent’s shift the wind drops and we are calm despite the presence of squalls in the distance and all around the boat. Although we have used the engine very little since our departure from...
by EQUIPAGE EN MER DÉFIPLASTIK | Dec 1, 2015 | 2015 Expedition
We wake up this morning for our last day of exploration. Breakfast taken, we set sail for “Long Island”, a small island devoid of trees and vegetation. Here, the sea leash is largely made up of macro plastic waste but also glass bottles of neon lights and...
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