THE VALUES OF SPORT, COMMITMENT AND
AND COURAGE ARE ESSENTIAL AT A TIME WHEN
THE WORLD IS FRAGILE
CROSSING OF THE ATLANTIC BY ROWING ROWING SOLO AND WITHOUT ASSISTANCE, OUTWARD AND RETURN
The project
A sport project
Deep-sea rowing
Linking the two continents by force of arms alone, non-stop solo, without stopovers and without assistance, is an extraordinary challenge that pushes the human qualities of mental strength.
In 1980, Gérard D'Aboville was the first person to row across the the Atlantic in a rowing boat. Then, in January 2000, Peggy Boucher was the first woman to achieve this feat.
The route links the Canary Islands to Guadeloupe
(departure in winter 2022-2023), then New York (departure in summer 2024) in the summer of 2024) to the port of Ouistreham in Normandy.
It will be carried out on an unsinkable one-design boat of 8 m long one-design boat called Athanor.
It's a journey of almost 11,000 km, with 10 to 15 hours of rowing every day for about 180 days.
15 hours of rowing every day, for about 180 days.
This challenge highlights the human qualities needed to achieve this double to achieve this double feat, and contributes to the reflection resilience as well as the protection of the oceans and the sustainable development of our planet.
The project
A scientific project
Quantifier la densité
de micro-plastiques océaniques
My job is metrology. During my crossing, I will sail along the plastic gyre North Atlantic.
Photographing, quantifying and raising awareness that "plastic is fantastic, but not in the oceans is my mission.
To this end, I will establish partnerships with the CNRS and Ifremer in order to collect samples of micro-plastics throughout my journey. of micro-plastics.
Sharing to inform, showing to raise to raise awareness, to explain to fight, constitute the second part of my project.
The project
A societal project
Sharing the human values of inventiveness, courage and commitment.
Through interviews with great sportsmen and women, business leaders or remarkable personalities, I want to capture and share want to capture and share constructive experiences (on YouTube and in Podcast).
My aim is to use inspiring examples to awaken inspiring examples, to awaken the capacity of each individual to undertake to take up challenges, to be useful to oneself and to others.
Hervé Lefort, 55 years old, married, two children.
Engineer from Arts et Métiers in Metrology.
I have been working for 30 years in a CNRS research institute research institute in the Ile-de-France region.
For the past 5 years, after obtaining a diploma as a certified sophrology practitioner, I have been practitioner in sophrology, I have been practising sophrology on a voluntary basis in an association.
I have always practised sports activities: aikido, rowing (including the crossing of the English Channel in 1988, from Portsmouth to Ouistreham), mountain biking (on my own in Chile, Iceland and Morocco), Kung-Fu (I have been practising a specific style for 20 years and have very little experience of it). Kung-Fu (I have been practising for 20 years a specific and very little known style I have been practising a specific and little known style for 20 years: Taï-Zu Hu-Di-Quan), and of course running.
Transcend your horizon
The boat
Unsinkable and self-righting monotype, in plywood and epoxy, designed by the architect Jean-Michel Viant
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Project costs
Estimated total cost to participate and share this amazing adventure, you can help fund this crossing.
200 K€
Total project cost
In detail
75 K€
Purchase and fitting out of the boat
25 K€
Logistics (transport)
25 K€
Training, mental and physical preparation of the skipper
50 K€
Communication : matériel (image & son, transmission satellite) + diffusion dans les médias
25 K€
Safety equipment and living equipment (food, clothing, etc.)
Contact me
For any question or partnership proposal, please contact me via the form on the right.
