A world tour to create collaborative events
After the Vendée Globe 2016, the new project of skipper Eric Bellion and his association Comme Un seul Homme will start with the Route du Rhum 2018. After the solo transatlantic race, the ideal support to launch his communication, the sailor will leave Guadeloupe for a round-the-world voyage over several years aboard the schooner Ahoy with Marie Lattanzio. Their objective is to mobilize at each stopover local actors from different worlds (artists, cooks...) around the 5 key principles of the association: Dare to be different, Trust, Innovate by constraint, Aim for sustainable performance, Exult in a team. A group will be embarked on the sailboat which can accommodate up to 12 people. During the trip, he will develop an event to be presented at the next stopover in a new country.
Eric Bellion in the saloon of his schooner
Objective 1 million people open to difference
"The goal of the association is to make 1 million people aware of the difference. With the Vendée Globe, we have reached 70,000 people. A film will soon be released in the cinema with the images I shot during the race. With this new adventure, we get past the second one," explains Eric Bellion... The whole adventure should be told in a film and documentary series throughout the journey. The preparation involves a team of 5 people (the skipper and his teammate, but also 1 technical manager, 1 trainee and 1 communication manager).
With his classic style schooner and varnished wooden deckhouse, Eric Bellion also wants to reach more people. "Beauty is for everyone. If the flowers are beautiful, it's to attract bees! "
Heading north
The full duration of the operation is not fixed. "We have a defined program for the first 3 years," says Eric Bellion. "After Guadeloupe and the Caribbean, we'll go back to New York, then to Canada and Greenland. Then we want to take the Northwest Passage. Then the Pacific..." The sturdy 21-metre steel schooner only holds 1.70 m when its daggerboard is in the high position. Enough to explore many places for many years...
