📝 usncan Note: Italian Superyacht Designer Sails To Make Sustainability Cool
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Dan Lenard sailed over 300 miles on a small open dinghy to raise awareness for ocean conservation
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Dan Lenard is world-renound superyacht designer who’s helped create, along with partner Carlo Nuvolari and the team at their Nuvolari Lenard superyacht design studio, some of the world’s most iconic superyachts: Kismet, APHO, Nord, Black Pearl, and Bravo Eugina. But as I’ve gotten to know him over the years, I’ve come to realize he’s more than just a yacht designer. He’s an evangelist for the good life that yachts of all sizes make possible. He’s also a realist who understands the superyacht life that he and I both love is completely dependent on having clean and healthy oceans. And oh yeah, he’s tall, handsome, charming, smart and fun.
However, he might not be the first person you’d imagine sailing unassisted in small (14-foot-long) ILCA 7 (formerly known as a Laser) dinghy, totaling 321.5 nautical miles in 147 hours and 41 minutes, last month. He actually broke the previous record of 283.5 miles set in 2014 and will have his name in the Guinness Book of World Records too.
Italian yacht designer Dan Lenard recently sailed a 14-foot dinghy over 300-miles non-stop to raise awareness for ocean conservation
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In fact, his latest sailing mission is all part of his plan to make sustainability and environmental activism cool by celebrating the joy, elegance and adventure of sailing while also raising awareness and promoting clean oceans that are free of plastic and pollution.
“Sailing is elegant as well as the ultimate solution when it comes to sustainability” he says after his six-day endurance sail. “And being able to really unplug from the stress of the world like that was priceless. Sure, it was uncomfortable at times, but being so close to the water, and so close to nature is amazing. And we can all make a difference when it comes to the ocean.”
He sailed without using single use plastics to not only prove that it can be done. But, to also remind us all just how easy it can be to make a positive difference because small steps add up. In the past he’s crossed the Atlantic on a small (33-foot sailboat) with a similar mission. He’s also acquired an old Volvo 70 around-the-world racing sailboat to do the same on a bigger scale in the future too. In fact, he’s started a movement. His “Vela Code” is simple—to eliminate all single-use plastics on board.
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