Rivages, just before going out of the boatyard Décision, last week.
The navigator from the Swiss canton of Vaud is working with EPFL to equip his new boat, Rivages, designed for the Vendée Globe 2012. Rolled out of the Décision shipyard in Ecublens last week, this monohull measuring nearly 20 meters will be christened at La Ciotat (France) this weekend. Only a small hill called Motty, in Ecublens, divides EPFL from Bertrand Cardis' Décision boatyard. This geographical proximity is amplified by many technical, scientific and even emotional affinities. Rivages, the Vaud navigator Bernard Stamm's sleek new sea-creature, will add a new chapter to the nautical history of the EPFL laboratories. Thanks to support from the Sandoz family's Foundation, which owns the boat and has special ties with our school, EPFL has brought its expertise to bear in several areas and benefited from productive interaction with the navigator's technical team. The work involved to optimize the boat's component materials, for example, were carried out at the Laboratory of Composite and Polymer Technology (LTC), with the objective of meeting the construction requirements as closely as possible.
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