A boat journey around the world that is not only a sporting challenge, but also a “mission”. Three thirty something French men, Thomas, Nicolas and Romain, started a voyage a couple of years ago on the ocean to reach 22 countries covering 35 thousand nautical miles in three years, which they hoped would help contribute to the cause of the common good water rights, and they founded the Sail for Water project.

They left from Toulon on 11 October 2015, on board Williwaw, a 11.75 metre sailboat, with a precise objective: to distribute one thousand filters to make drinking water.

It is a very simple device, which alone can filter out more than 3 and a half million litres of water, which is the amount 100 people consume in 5 years.

The kit Sail for Water distributed throughout the various ports of call contains, in fact, all the elements necessary for the installation of the filter: a bucket, the filter, a pipe, joints, a boxcutter to make a hole of the right size and a plastic syringe plastic to clean and maintain the filter. The rest of the work is carried out by gravity. The membranes that form the filter, allow water to flow quickly, holding everything that is larger than 0.1 micro-metre (a unit of measurement 100 times smaller than a human hair), which includes the bacteria that cause cholera, typhus, dysentery, streptococcus, salmonella, etc.

Romain, Thomas and Nicolas worked for two years finalising their plans and raising the necessary funds for this three-year journey.

Theirs is a great adventure, but even the smallest trip should be well planned. This is why it is always recommended to choose the first route, and book your mooring now.