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august 26, 2021 - Cannes Yachting Festival

Yachting Festival 2021 enjoying sailing with an environmental conscience: reinventing nautical activities to preserve the planet


Yachting is not immune to awareness of the environmental crisis. Reconciling nautical activities with respecting the environment is tomorrow’s challenge. Marinas, the nautical sector, professional actors and users have been becoming aware of the true consequences of their activities on the environment for several years.

Despite restrictive international rules aiming to protect natural environments (hybrid propulsion, reduction of noise pollution, more regulations for mooring zones to preserve seabeds...), and the obligation for marinas with more than 100 places to reserve 1% of their spaces for electric boats from 2022, the transition is slow.

On 28 July, Annick Girardin, French Minister of the Sea, therefore launched a mission dedicated to the sailing sector.
The aim? To identify solutions to develop the sector while finding the balance between sailing freely and an environmental conscience that is indispensable today. The challenge is to undertake a #green transition in nautical activities that is similar to that which the car industry is experiencing.

These new sustainable development themes are an incredible opportunity to reinvent nautical activities to imagine the world of tomorrow.

To firmly accompany this #green transition, the Yachting Festival had already started making an environmental shift in 2019 with the “Energy Observer” edu- cational exhibition presenting work on hydrogen and renewable energy under- taken by the boat of that name.

Further information in the press release to download