Notable sailor, Dame Ellen MacArthur at 28 in 2005 was made the youngest Dame Commander of the British Empire (DBE) as the fastest solo sailor to circumnavigate the globe. 2010 she retired from professional and started the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, a charity that works with business and education to accelerate the transition to a circular economy.
Dame Ellen MacArthur in November 2004, seeking to challenge the record for a nonstop solo voyage around the world, MacArthur set out from Falmouth, Cornwall, in her 23-metre (75-foot) carbon-fibre trimaran B & Q. MacArthur reached France to complete the 44,012-km (27,348-mile) journey through the world’s most dangerous seas in 71 days 14 hr 18 min 33 sec, breaking Joyon’s record by 1 day 8 hr 35 min 49 sec – which Joyon would later reclaim the record in 2008.
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World Sailing’s Sustainability Agenda 2030 will help achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and maximise the positive effect that sailors can have on the environment.
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PLASTIC WASTE IN / ON OUR OCEANS-
FlipFlopi – The First Recycled Plastic Boat
Last March, it embarked on an expedition on Lake Victoria in East Africa with one objective: to raise awareness of the fight against marine pollution and promote circular approaches.
Lamu Island north coast of Kenya: 10 metres in length and weighing about 7 tonnes, the Flipflopi Dhow is quite a spectacle, and a considerable achievement by Ali Skanda and his team of boatbuilders.
Waste plastics, mainly from Lamu’s beaches, were used to construct the entire boat. The keel, ribs and structural elements are all made from recycled plastic including bottles and bags, whilst the hull and decking is covered completely by re-purposed flipflops. Despite the unusual materials, the vessel was constructed by local craftsmen using traditional methods: proving if it can be done here on a beach in Lamu, it can be done anywhere!
The Worlds 1st Recycled-Plastic Sailing Boat the FlipFlopi HERE+
Ellen MacArthur’s 2015 TedTalk HERE+
More about Ellen MacArthur Trust & Foundation: HERE+
