€10
- 76 contributions
You receive a great (telepatic) THANK YOU to give me a hand to realize this project
Mini boat, great adventure
Adventure is made of dreams, salt water and pain! But you also need a bit of money, help me get through the first few months of this project
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Hugo-PICARDLorient
199
Contributions
11/10/2020
End date
€19.344
Out of €15.000
129 %
Mini boat, great adventure
<p>Hi, my name is Hugo.</p>
<p>4 years ago, I left France with a 26ft sail boat I had refitted myself. I sailed out of the Mediterranean and explored the Canary Islands.</p>
<p><img alt="" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/681014/IMG_20170304_152642_01-1598961233.jpg" width="100%" /></p>
<p>My dad joined me for the Atlantic crossing. It took us 31 day, or an average speed of 2.8 knots, that's the speed of a person walking...</p>
<p>So I decided that I wanted to sail faster. I started joining every regatta I could, and ended up being recruted to sail around the world as First Mate on a 70ft boat on an amateur race.</p>
<p><img alt="" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/681013/vlcsnap-2020-05-10-15h12m58s866-1598961190.png" width="100%" /></p>
<p>And now here I am, starting my own single handed racing project to race the Mini Transat, the biggest offshore race on the smallest boats: the Mini 6,50.</p>
<p><img alt="" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/681015/DJI_0642_ld-1598961574.jpg" width="100%" /></p>
Allocation of funds
<p>This crowdfunding is made to help me get through the first few months of this campaign.</p>
<p>I need to pay for the boat, the harbor, the sail, the inscription to the races, the safety equipment...etc.</p>
<p>Because of the covid health crisis, some of my sponsors backed up and I need to be able to start racing to raise the attention of new sponsors. You can help me achieve this.</p>
<p>Step 1 >> 15.000€ - I can keep the boat until May 2021 to keep training, racing and find a sponsor</p>
<p>That's so the project doesn't disappear before being born, but if we can reach more, it always helps!</p>
<p>Step 2 >> 25.000€ - I can keep the boat until September 2021</p>
<p>Step 3 >> 30.000€ - I can register to all the qulification races next season</p>
<p>Step 4 >> 40.000€ - I can register to the Mini Transat</p>
<p>Step 5 >> 60.000€ - I can get a new set of sails to race the transat</p>
<p>Step 6 >> 80.000€ - I can optimize the boat at a technical level and leverage training and coaching ressources in order to maximize the perfomance of the project</p>
Rewards
Receive a signed picture
€40
- 35 contributions
I'll print a picture from my database and sign it before sending it to you (I know, old school right?)
Estimated delivery: January 2022
Embark for the Transat
€100
- 51 contributions
Your name will be printed and pasted in the cockpit, so you can brag with your pub buddies that you sailed the transat outside all the time!
It's a weird one
€200
- 4 contributions
You've always dreamed that someone screams your name in the middle of the Atlantic? Well now it can happen, you'll even have a video about it, with GPS position etc...
Private visit of the boat
€500
Set a time and you can come and visit the boat, sneak around, do some intel work for the competition...etc
The message you want recorded from the middle of the Atlantic
€600
Wanna get a message to someone in a unique way, wish a birthday from the middle of the Atlantic, propose to your fiancée via a bearded guy alone on his boat on the ocean? Well this reward is for you, we agree on the message beforehand, I'll record while crossing the Atlantic and send it to you upon arrival
Estimated delivery: December 2020
Join for a sail
€950
- 3 contributions
Wanna join me and Kiraucassis for a day training on the water?
See the start of the Mini Transat on the water with a RIB
€1.500
- 1 contribution
Follow the race start as close as it can be, on the water on a motorboat that will follow the start and the first few miles of the race
€3.000
Get in touch with me to discuss what your reward can be (logo on the hull, video...)