Solar Odyssey at Le Grand Pavois 2010

by François Seguin on 15 Sep 2010 The experimental platform which is developed to be the first boat propelled only by solar energy to beat the Atlantic record and the first to achieve a world tour without any CO2 emission will be exposed at Le Grand Pavois 2010.

After Lorient Multihull Show in April 2010, where it has been unveiled, Le Grand Pavois in La Rochelle now welcomes the electro-solar trimaran Solar Odyssey. Created in 1973, Le Grand Pavois has become a major event in the nautical international schedule. It displays 100 000 m² for exhibition, some 700 exhibited boats and 100,000 visitors every year.

A major meeting
The international dimension of Le Grand Pavois is genuinely in Solar Odyssey's philosophy, which aims at exchanging on new ways of thinking our relationship to energy during its stops around the globe. Solar Odyssey thus shares a common openness on the world with the organisation team of Le Grand Pavois and that is why their invitation has been accepted with enthusiasm. Both Le Grand Pavois and Solar Odyssey adopt an environmental approach so as to promote cleaner energies for sailing.

Solar Odyssey will therefore take this opportunity to show the project advancement and gather people around it. Indeed, after assembling the hull with the central beam and the floats during spring 2010, summer 2010 has witnessed the motorisation system setting, so as to proceed to hydrodynamic tests. Solar Odyssey shall be afloat at the end of Le Grand Pavois.

Solar Odyssey will be exposed between the special guest countries 2010, Tahiti and her islands, as well as Guadeloupe (stand J8 bis)

Key facts
Grand Pavois
La Rochelle/ Port des Minimes
From 15th to 20th september 2010
Solar Odyssey stand : J08

For more information, please go to: www.solar-odyssey.com and www.grand-pavois.com