There is atavism in Raphael’s combined passions… A father, executive in aeronautics, a family aware of ecological issues: at home, all aerosol is prohibited, we grow and eat organic vegetables from the family garden. On the leisure side, it’s sailing: Raphael’s windsurfing boards are ‘homemade’… and already in composites. He made his mark: trained in sailing at the national school of Quiberon, specialized in composites (kevlar, carbon …), he becomes a preparer at the shipyard Captain Flint of Titouan Lamazou. Then he embarked on his impressive career as a sailor: transatlantic (winner of the transat Jacques Vabres 1997), 4 Vendée Globe (10th of the 2008 edition)… Its 25 years of navigation confront it with alarming realities: climatic upheavals, melting ice, pollution and acidification of the oceans…“ Passionate about technology and environmental protection, I decided to act at my own level, by creating the ” Vital Ocean Laboratory,” he explains. Some major dates mark this route…