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'Slow Travel' Start-up Launches Cross-Channel Crossings By Sail

SailLink's catamaran is 17 metres (56 feet) long and can carry up to 12 passengers (Credit: AFP)

The crossing may be "a bit choppy", Captain Andrew Simons warns a dozen of his passengers waiting in the French port of Boulogne to cross the Channel with only wind to get them to England.

SailLink is a British start-up that aims to offer sailing as a low-carbon alternative to ferries. This week, it made its first paid crossings of the English Channel on its catamaran, a route that will soon become daily.

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