At the midpoint in its historic Odyssey for the Future, Energy Observer has already taken in tours of France (2017), the Mediterranean (2018) and the high latitudes of Northern Europe, Scandinavia and Russia in its mission to sail the globe and show that shipping can be decarbonised and prove a cleaner world is possible.
This six-year mission will see the reconditioned former racing catamaran, powered by renewable energy and led by Captain Victorien Erussard, and Expedition Leader Jérôme Delafosse, visit 50 countries and make 101 stopovers in total.
Last week, the vessel set sail for the latest leg of its epic odyssey, where it will head to Tokyo, Japan as part of the team’s selection to carry the Olympic flame and then on to California, US with stopovers in San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego.
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