Tout sur : forever green

As part of a conference organized by Eric Coquerel, chairman of the French government’s Finance Commission, numerous players in the country’s recreational boating industry who are involved in the ecological transition spoke about how much France can achieve in terms of transporting goods using wind power as part of the global effort.

Particularly well-suited to long range cruising, our multihulls are of course subject to the regular constraint of filling up with fresh water... an operation that usually requires a trip to a marina. In some regions, such as the Mediterranean, water has become scarce and expensive... the solution, both ecological (on a small scale and provided you can produce green energy) and practical, is to have a watermaker. But you need to make the right choice!

With 10,000 hours’ service aboard the Energy Observer catamaran, the Autoprop Eco*Star propeller has the right to describe itself as one of the ideal “green” propellers.