The Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe isn’t only played out at sea. Before the start, our teams were in Saint-Malo on three fronts: on the pontoons with the skippers, in the village with our maritime transport partners, and at the Brittany Ferries stand. We also took advantage of these days in Saint-Malo to renew our partnership with OC Sport.
On the pontoons, alongside the skippers
From October 19th, Julien and Pierrick from the Adrena support team set up camp on the pontoons. Their mission? Help competitors configure Adrena Pro, software used by almost the entire fleet. Checking configurations, making final adjustments, answering questions before the big start: anything sorted out at the dock won’t need sorting out at sea.
A partner day behind the scenes of the race
Despite the brutal conditions brought by Storm Austen on Friday, October 23rd, we welcomed our maritime partners to the race village. While Adrena was born in offshore racing, our software now also equips companies across the maritime sector, such as Brittany Ferries and Orient Express.
The goal of the day: give them a behind-the-scenes look at an offshore race and how it is organized, with a packed program:
- in the morning, a presentation of the race by the organizer, OC Sport;
- at noon, lunch and discussions with the Race Management team;
- in the afternoon, a meeting with Samantha Davies of the Initiatives Cœur team.
What stood out most from this day was the diversity of the profiles present: Brittany Ferries, Bureau Veritas Solutions, Ponant, Orient Express Sailing Yachts and SEA.AI.
This meeting was an opportunity to share best practices. With Sam, we talked about how she uses Adrena when sailing solo, about data collection and analysis, and finally about camera-based obstacle detection with SEA.AI, all topics that are also of direct interest to shipowners.
A partner day enjoyed by all… and a very windy one too!
At the Brittany Ferries stand, with Bureau Veritas
On Monday, October 26th, Julien joined the Brittany Ferries and Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore teams on the company’s stand. Together, they presented a concrete collaboration supporting the energy transition of maritime transport.
The AdrenaShip routing software works alongside the solutions of Bureau Veritas Solutions, bringing together operational data, technical expertise and crew experience to optimize vessel routes and performance, while also decarbonizing voyages and reducing fuel consumption.
To learn more, read our article: Brittany Ferries, Adrena and Bureau Veritas demonstrate up to 6% energy savings
Thank you to everyone who came by to see us.
