SailingForOceans:
an extra-ordinary ocean racing team.

Five skippers and every ocean lover united in a one-of-a-kind racing team to restore the Ocean's sanctuaries. Join the crew, with or without a boat.

Join the crew → Meet the skippers →
#The mission

A race against time for marine sanctuaries.

The challenge? Bring everyone who uses the sea together in one single team, for a public-interest mission that has become a race against time: stopping the destruction of humanity's marine sanctuaries. These marine sanctuaries are islands and coastal areas that produce part of our oxygen, store carbon, protect our coasts and feed fish.

Because we refuse to let the places that keep us alive disappear. Because we refuse to give in to fatalism. So we join forces and cast off together on an extraordinary operation.

#The skippers

5 skippers, usually rivals, have already joined the team.

Tom Laperche, Erwan Le Roux, Jules Bonnier, Roland Jourdain and Adrien Simon usually race against each other. This time, they fly the same colours. On 1 November, three of them set off from Saint-Malo in the Route du Rhum: 3,542 miles to Guadeloupe, just under a week for the fastest (a little longer for the others).

The race for the sanctuaries, on the other hand, will last several years. Yes, it's going to be a long one. A 60-metre vessel is being built to clean them up, with its first missions in 2029. And this race can only be won together. Join this extraordinary crew to restore marine sanctuaries and leave a liveable world to our children.

An extraordinary team, a slightly crazy challenge. Are you coming aboard?

ULTIM Tom Laperche's ULTIM trimaran SVR-Lazartigue
Portrait of Tom Laperche

Tom Laperche

SVR-Lazartigue
  • Class ULTIM
  • Programme Route du Rhum 2026
  • Home port Concarneau
Class40 Jules Bonnier's Class40 sailboat
Portrait of Jules Bonnier

Jules Bonnier

Plastic Odyssey Class40
  • Class Class40
  • Programme Route du Rhum 2026
  • Home port Saint-Malo
Ocean Fifty Erwan Le Roux's Ocean Fifty multihull
Portrait of Erwan Le Roux

Erwan Le Roux

Plastic Odyssey Fifty
  • Class Ocean Fifty
  • Programme Not starting the race
  • Home port La Rochelle
Vintage Multi Roland Jourdain's Vintage Multi multihull
Portrait of Roland Jourdain

Roland Jourdain

Replaced by François Guiffant

We Explore
  • Class Vintage Multi
  • Programme Route du Rhum 2026
  • Home port Concarneau
Figaro Adrien Simon's Figaro Beneteau
Portrait of Adrien Simon

Adrien Simon

FAUN
  • Class Figaro Beneteau
  • Programme Solitaire du Figaro
  • Home port Lorient
The Plastic Odyssey vessel at sea
#What a crew member does

No boat needed. All it takes is a love of the sea (seasickness allowed).

Every crew member takes action wherever they are, with step-by-step guides, films, exhibitions and kits lent to them free of charge. A few examples:

  • On your boat: map the sites you sail past, and try out the on-board method. The Plastic Odyssey crew went from 27 to 6.8 kg of plastic waste per person per year.
  • At your sailing club or marina: regattas without single-use plastic, an exhibition at the harbour office...
  • Near you: a screening of our films followed by a discussion (bulk popcorn recommended).
  • In schools: turn students into explorers with our educational programme.
#How it works

Join the crew.

Two minutes, free, and no risk of seasickness.

Come aboard now →

Tell us who you are: sailor, diver, sailing club, marina, or simply an ocean lover. You'll receive what's relevant to you, not yet another newsletter.

You receive your kit bag: access to the guides, films, exhibitions and kits, and to the crew's WhatsApp group. Choose your first action, and we'll help you set it up.

A donation towards building the vessel, 66% deductible from income tax for French taxpayers. For companies: co-fund a mission.

What about your boat?

Offshore racing, Sunday regatta or family cruise: a boat flying the Sailing For Oceans colours carries the message wherever it sails. Write to us and we'll explain everything.

Pledge my boat →

#They're with us

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the adventure.

The skippers are looking for 1,000 crew mates, and there's still room.

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A Plastic Odyssey campaign

#SailingForOceans

A one-of-a-kind racing team to restore the Ocean's sanctuaries.

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