Sailboats
Ideal logistics platforms for your scientific expeditions
Our two sailboats, Fleur de Passion and Mauritius are perfectly suited for multi-purpose uses depending on the scientific expeditions they may lead.
Silent and non-polluting, our sailboats are designed for transoceanic crossings but are also capable of sailing close to the coast thanks to their shallow draft.
Equipped with specific technological equipment, they can ensure the continuous collection and transmission of field data.
Finally, our two sailboats are also privileged vectors for raising awareness among decision-makers and the general public.
Fleur de Passion
Fleur de Passionis is a traditional 33-metre wooden ketch with a steel structure.
Built in 1941 at Bremen shipyard to operate as a German Kriegsfischkutter (KFK) naval mine marker, she was built to bear sails in the event of fuel shortages. She was ceded to France in 1945, on which she was disarmed and converted into a sailboat by a private individual in 1976.
From the 1980s onwards, she hosted her first scientific projects, involving French academic institutions such as IFREMER. Since 2009, under the auspices of the Fondation Pacifique, she has made numerous long-distance expeditions and one-off missions in the Mediterranean, the Atlantic, the Red Sea, the Baltic and the Caribbean, as well as a four-year voyage around the world from 2015 to 2019, following the route taken by Magellan.
Fleur de Passion
Flag
Swiss
Average speed
7 knots (13 kph)
Materials
Structure: steel/Hull: oak
DIMENSIONS
Overall length
33m
Hull length
24m
Beam
6.10m
Draught
2.80m
Total weight
100 tonnes
120m2
RIG
Rig type
Ketch
Sail type
Auric
380m2
Main mast
24m
Mizzen mast
18m
8m
STANDARD CREW
Skipper
1
Second mate
1
1
Crew
1-2
Passengers
8-10
SLEEPING QUARTERS
Triple cabins
5
Dormitory cabin for 4-5 people
1
Mauritius
The Mauritiusis is a 30-metre steel schooner, built in 1963 at Breman shipyards in Zwartsluis, the Netherlands. After entering service in the Pacific in 2015, she later carried out a few initial missions in the Mediterranean and the near Atlantic. She is equipped to be able to sail in high latitudes.
Mauritius
Flag
Swiss
Average speed
7 knots (13 kph)
Materials
Structure and hull: steel
DIMENSIONS
Overall length
30m
Hull length
24m
Beam
5.50m
RIG
Rigging type
Schooner
Sail type
Auric
STANDARD CREW
Skipper
1
Second mate
1
1
Crew
1-2
Passengers
8-10
SLEEPING QUARTERS
Double cabins
4
Dormitory cabin
for 4 people
Crew cabins
2