The Sailing for Environment project will bring the La Bimba sailing to the most important regatta courses in the Mediterranean. Based in the Maddalena Archipelago National Park in Sardinia, the sailing boat “La Bimba” (First 40.7 designed by Bruce Farr, sail number ITA 13301), started its Sailing for Environment program in 2019. Sails and races with the aim of highlighting the environmental theme of disposable plastic and to introduce as much people as possible to virtuous practices of going to sea. The boat is plastic free. What does it mean in this case? An attempt has been made to eliminate any source of pollution: the utensils are made of wood, metal, corn bioplastic, no food comes on board with plastic packaging, soaps and detergents are 100% biodegradable natural based. The lighting is completely LED and partially solar powered, and part of the clothing including swimwear, are made with a fiber called Ecofil obtained from the  regenerated hawsers from ships. During the summer of 2019 La Bimba cruised the waters of Sardinia to contribute to raising awareness of the issues of safeguarding marine and coastal habitats. During the stop in each anchorage crew and guests   removed the plastic brought from the sea from the cliffs and beaches. This activity will be an essential constant.

All this with the patronage of the La Maddalena Archipelago National Park, an institution created to guarantee environmental protection measures for this delicate and extraordinary geo-marine territory. There is also the patronage of the Garbage Patch State recognized by UNESCO www.garbagepatchstate.org.  It does not appear on the maps but it exists: it is mainly located between Hawaii and California, endless islands of junk composed mainly of plastic scattered on the surface and in the first layers of the ocean. A state whose extent exceeds one million square kilometers; composed of something that each of us has abandoned in his life: bottles used only once, lighters thrown on the street, rubber slippers forgotten on the beach, glasses and plastic plates. An agglomeration as vast as a continent that has changed the geography of the Earth. Also in the Mediterranean large garbage islands are forming, in particular between Corsica and the Ligurian Sea. The Garbage State recently signed the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its official flag is already flying at the stern of La Bimba.