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Rebecca Ann Hughes

Forget the ferry: Hop aboard a high-speed sailing boat from England to France this September

The English Channel is one of the busiest stretches of water in the world, and one of the most carbon-heavy. But one company is pioneering passenger ferry crossings between the UK and France that are much kinder on the environment – powered almost exclusively by wind.

SailLink currently runs one sail-powered ferry between Dover and Boulogne-sur-Mer. Now, it is launching a one-week pilot route between Shoreham-by-Sea in West Sussex and Fécamp in Normandy. If the trial crossings go well, a permanent second route could follow.

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