Environmental challenges, technical and technological advancements, speed and performance… For sailing professionals and sailors around the globe, what will offshore racing look like tomorrow? On November 28, the National Maritime Museum of Paris is hosting a special evening with debates, artistic performances, workshops, a pop-up bar, and exclusive access to the temporary exhibition Around the World Alone, which ends on January 26.
An evening to imagine the race of tomorrow
Whatever the medium, the offshore race of tomorrow will be at the heart of the attention during this special evening at the National Maritime Museum. In the auditorium, from 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM, we’ll enjoy a meeting with Roland Jourdain, skipper and co-manager of Kaïros, Etienne Le Pen, life cycle analysis engineer at Kaïros...
ml;ros and finally Antoine Mermod, president of the IMOCA class. It will be led by the commissioners of the exhibition Solo Around the World, Lénaïg L’Aot-Lombard and Didier Ravon. Together, the speakers will try to envision how to give a new direction to offshore racing in the face of environmental challenges.
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© Vendée Globe
In the museum hall, an artistic performance will also be presented from 7 PM to 9:30 PM by the French street art duo Titomulk, who will share their live vision of the future of offshore racing.
But that's not all! Throughout the evening, from 7:30 PM to 10:30 PM, a multitude of activities will be offered in all spaces of the museum to immerse visitors in the world of offshore racing: slogan writing workshop on posters, testing the video game Virtual Regatta Inshore to assess your skills as a skipper, exhibition tour… Not to mention the pop-up bar with Monument Café and the photo booth to capture a memory of your visit. In short, an immersive evening accessible to everyone!
An exhibition at the heart of solo sailing
This exceptional evening event echoes the exhibition Solo Around the World, which immerses visitors in the fascinating world of solo around-the-world racing, in connection with the tenth edition of the Vendée Globe that kicked off this Sunday, November 10.
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Through a series of maritime objects, immersive stories, and video testimonials, the exhibition showcases the feats and challenges faced by skippers as they navigate the world's oceans. Alongside the greatest skippers, visitors will discover the essential stages of a solo, non-stop, and unassisted circumnavigation, reliving all the emotions involved.
Evening Event: The Offshore Race of Tomorrow
National Marine Museum of Paris
17, place du Trocadéro et du 11 Novembre – Paris 16e
Thursday, November 28, 2024, from 7 PM to 11 PM
Free for those under 26
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