Un voilier pas tout à fait comme les autres...
Basé au bassin des Chalutiers de La Rochelle, Estrella Lab est un voilier de 60 pieds que nous avons repensé pour pouvoir accueillir tout public.
On y embarque en priorité celles et ceux qui sont d'ordinaire éloignés de la mer et de la vie sociale : personnes en situation de handicap, jeunes en rupture, personnes âgées vivant en EHPAD ou isolées, aidants et leurs proches aidés, et bien d'autres publics qu'on ne croise pas souvent au large.
À bord de notre Notre Petit Laboratoire Flottant d'Humanités les équipages se mélangent : personnes valides et non-valides, jeunes et moins jeunes, novices et marins aguerris. Le temps d'une navigation, les difficultés du quotidien s'effacent. La mer rapproche, les regards changent, les barrières tombent. On partage les manœuvres, les repas, parfois les quarts de nuit — et c'est souvent là que tout se joue : le lien qui se recrée, la confiance qui revient, l'envie de croire en soi et dans les autres.
Depuis six ans, en parallèle des navigations autour de La Rochelle, Estrella a pas mal promené sa quille : une campagne de six mois aux Antilles, cinq mois aux Canaries, l'Écosse, les Anglo-Normandes, une route vers l'Irlande. Le bateau connaît le grand large. Et il garde, au creux de ses voiles, un rêve : y emmener un jour un équipage handi-valide, jusqu'aux Pôles...
Sailing
Sailing is discovering another universe, is learning to play with the elements to move, apprehending time and distances differently, disconnecting from your usual way of life and learning to live with others. It is a promise of vibrations, palpitations, acceptations. But above all, exploration. Whether human, geographic, intellectual, scientific or even artistic, it takes part in the time of reflection , very often cruelly put aside today. Being faced with an ocean as far as the eye can see while living in close proximity with a crew leaves no one indifferent. Experience, share and explore . This is what we would like to share with you on board Estrella
THE TEAM OF THE STAR
Olivia
The rolling armourer
Travel and me, it's a long love story that experienced an unexpected break when I had an accident between two destinations. It will have taken a little time for us to re-tame him and me, but our story has picked up again and has never had as much force and meaning as today ...
If my accident forced me to live a completely different adventure for a few years, namely the discovery of the world of disability, as hard as it was rich to grasp, I was able, thanks to my entourage, to a formidable medical team, and by dint of will, start dreaming again and believe that everything is possible.
From this chaotic at first sight journey, was born the desire to show that his own will carried by beautiful meetings, can make us exceed all limits.
It's been 10 years now that it's on my four wheels that I ride around the world.
Allow people with disabilities to fully enjoy the experience of navigation, participate in offshore races with disabled crews to show that difference can be a performance lever, offer original themed cruises and raise awareness about the environment, while creating meetings and social ties, this is the vocation of this project.
Hissons L'Étoile organization
The Hissons l'Étoile organization has joined the ranks of Estrella Lab to carry out this project as ambitious as it is united. Its vocation is to promote access to the practice of deep sea sailing and all sporting and cultural activities for the benefit of the greatest number and more specifically to people with disabilities. Carry messages of hope, solidarity and inclusion through sailing on the Estrella boat. Its hard core is made up of a shock team that is as diverse as it is complementary, with in common a real desire to defend inclusion in all these forms.
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