Is it time to look at the environmental impact?
On February 15, 2023, professional skipper Stanislas Thuret announced via his social media that he was retiring from ocean racing for environmental reasons. He’s a sportsman who uses the power of the wind to propel himself yet considers his practice to be too polluting. However, the arguments he puts forward to justify his choice are sufficiently well-founded and shared by various groups for classes and racing organizations to start questioning the way they operate. We’re taking a closer look at the challenges that the world of ocean racing will have to overcome if it is to become sustainable - and the means to achieve it.
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Publié le
11/07/2023
Par
Hyana Tesniere
Numéro :
SP20
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2023
Building a racing yacht: judging the environmental impact? Stan Thuret rightly points out in his press release that any activity that contributes to breaching the quota of 2 metric tons of carbon equivalent (tCO2e) per year per person - the value recommended by the IPCC for maintaining a liveable planet - should be called into question. The sailor also raises questions regarding the weight in tCO2e of different racing boats. This is an opportunity to study the available data. The IMOCA 11th Hour team has carried out a complete life-cycle analysis of its latest racing beast: we learn that a 60-…
