From Portimão to the Canaries. Six days of sailing between Portugal and the Canaries after the Mauritius sailboat left the shipyard. It was a first offshore experience for Issaga and Rodrigo, the two newcomers to the "Jeunes en Mer" program. The conditions were ideal, despite a beam swell and 2.50 m high waves [...]
First maneuvers on board for the young people. Mauritius in the water, Rodrigo and Issaga took part in their first maneuvers on board this morning: rigging, hoisting and lowering the mainsail. A first approach to learn the gestures and marine vocabulary before setting sail in the coming days. [...]
Mauritius (Momo) soon in the water! A few photos taken during the two weeks spent working on the boat. First observation: Mauritius is in excellent condition after her first wintering in Greenland, and that's very good news indeed. Many thanks to Noah and Noam, two young people from the "Jeunes en Mer" program, [...]
For the past 20 years, Pacifique has been taking young people in conflict with the law on trips aboard its two sailboats. Discover the "Youth at Sea" program through the video portrait of Tamara Bommarito, educator and coordinator of the socio-educational team at Pacifique.
News from the "Jeunes en Mer" program. The three young people aboard the Noctilio are heading for the open sea. The crew left the French coast to reach the Balearic Islands. A crossing that allowed them to put into practice the maneuvers [...]
The weekend before the big departure, the crew of the Noctilio participated in "Le Kino", a film competition of the City of Douarnenez (thanks to Celine for bringing this project). Created in 2011, the contest consists in making a three-minute film in two days with a digital camera. The young people had Saturday [...]
Here we go again for the "Jeunes en Mer" program! After a preparation in Geneva, three new young people accompanied by an educator and a volunteer educator took the train to Marseille to join the Noctilio. This 30-meter trader baltic will replace the sailboat Fleur de Passion during the construction period. In full [...]
The film that retraces this season of navigation in the far north is here ! Put on your warmest down jacket and dive with the crew in the second season of "The Arctic Expedition". With more than 3'600 miles (about 6'700 kilometers) sailed in 2021, the Mauritius continues its multidisciplinary expedition centered around three [...]
In the middle of the icebergs, the artist Katharina Kreil joined the Mauritius in August, with a printing press in her luggage. And it's a nice sequence of life on board that follows. The crew was able to learn engraving under the guidance of the Geneva-based artist. A big congratulations to Ely Xir, young [...]
After a few weeks spent around Nuuk and a change of crew, the Mauritius has set sail again, heading further north. It is a few days ago that the sailing ship arrived in the bay of Disko, and more precisely in the small town of Qeqertarsuaq. The scientific, artistic and socio-educational programs carried out [...]
