The world's first recyclable optimist dinghy.
The next generation of technologies for our next generation of sailors.
The world's first recyclable optimist dinghy.
The world's first sustainable and recyclable optimist dinghy for young sailors and sailing schools, globally. By NL Composites in partnership with Clean Sailors, and supported by OneSails and Swiss clean-tech company, Bcomp™.
Inspiring the next generation of sailors.
"Many of us sailors started with the Optimist and it is really exciting for us to launch this project for a new generation of recyclable boats. I believe that starting with young sailors is the way to change the marine industry's perception about our new technology and what is possible for the future of better boatbuilding." Fabio Baglioni, NL Composites
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"I believe that starting with young sailors is the way to change the marine industry's perception about our new technology and what is possible for the future of better boatbuilding. Many of us sailors started with the Optimist and it is really exciting for us to launch this project for a new generation of recyclable boats."
Fabio Bignolini, Chief Operations Officer, nlcomp
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“The Optimist is renowned across the world for being the primary boat so many of us have our first experience of sailing in. It’s the single largest class on our planet sailed by our youngest and the next generations of our global sailing community. It’s therefore super important that we introduce them to a better way of sailing.”
Holly Manvell, Founder & Skipper of Clean Sailors
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“Train ‘em young! This could be the motto for the ecoOpti project. It is great to see that sustainability and our planet’s health are starting to become major priorities in the selection of boatbuilding materials. Passing on this sustainable mindset already to young sailors is definitely the way to go.”
Paolo Dassi, Marine and Industry Manager at Bcomp