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SailLink: The Channel, Carried by the Wind

SailLink offers a unique way to travel between France and the United Kingdom — a sailing connection powered entirely by wind and tide. It’s more than transportation: it’s a low-impact experience that blends movement, discovery, and respect for nature.

Running between Dover and Boulogne-sur-Mer, SailLink’s catamaran ECHOES welcomes travelers looking for an alternative to conventional ferries or flights. With space for bikes and a smooth check-in process at the marina, every journey becomes a calm, personal crossing — closer to nature and far from mass transit stress.

SailLink’s vision is to make wind-driven mobility part of the transport system again, merging the efficiency of modern maritime technology with the simplicity of sail. By demonstrating that natural energy can move people across borders, it offers a tangible model for decarbonized sea transport.

Beyond passenger travel, SailLink contributes to marine research, collecting environmental data in collaboration with scientific partners. As a partner of the Cross-Channel Geopark, it also helps raise awareness of the Channel’s rich geological and cultural heritage — turning each crossing into an act of learning and stewardship.

Where / Served area: UK - France

Website: www.saillink.co.uk

Why on TravaPowa: SailLink resonates deeply with TravaPowa’s vision of travel that is slow, regenerative, and rooted in connection between humans and the natural world.

• It pioneers a low-carbon model of maritime transport, reducing emissions from one of Europe’s busiest sea routes (SDG 13: Climate Action).
   
• By reviving sailing as a practical means of travel, it promotes innovation through the use of renewable natural forces (SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production).
   
• Its partnership with research institutions supports marine biodiversity monitoring and ocean conservation (SDG 14: Life Below Water).
   
• By educating travelers through experience, it strengthens environmental literacy and awareness of sustainable lifestyles (SDG 4: Quality Education).

SailLink shows how travel can once again flow with the wind — cleaner, calmer, and closer to nature.
 

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