Web series / Preparing a 30-year-old sailboat for a round-the-world trip


Blandine and Max embark on Bohème, a 30-year-old Dufour 4800 for a world tour planned over 2 years. But before you cast off, before you feel the salt spray on your skin, you have to go through the boat's preparation box. Video story.

A trip around the world is being prepared. Especially when you start from almost zero and have to discover mechanics, electricity, plumbing, electronics and composites at the same time!

But Blandine and Max are not cold and nothing seems to frighten them. We find them in full preparation of their sailboat Dufour 4800 with the toolbox wide open.

For if these moments of preparation are essential, they also bring the feeling of knowing your boat better, the satisfaction of thinking that everything will be simpler at sea.

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