An adventure since 2006
LET’S ACHIEVE THE DREAM OF TRAVELLING ON THE OCEAN IN A SUSTAINABLE WAY
Specialising in ocean racing since its creation, MerConcept assists skippers from the design and manufacture of their boats to the overall management of their sporting projects.
Who are we?
Ocean racing, our traditionnal core business.
Equipped with new skills in engineering, technical studies, design and assembly of very high technology boats, MerConcept has assisted the creation and development of sporting, human and innovative projects.
Now based in a unique workshop in Concarneau, we design, construct and pilot the boats of the future at the heart of “Sailing Valley” and the progress which has driven ocean racing into a new era in order to speed up innovation to serve as many people as possible.
Our core purpose, to travel on the ocean in a sustainable way
MerConcept has the ability to reinvent itself and has developed a great deal since it was created and became a mission-driven company* in July 2020. Driven by the desire to achieve and share the boldest dreams, our ambition is to provide sustainable ocean movement solutions by feeding off the know-how and the technical solutions developed and driven with passion by our teams.
Our solutions:
- Make boats fly
- Use the wind to travel on a large scale
From the ocean racing to the mission-driven company.
MerConcept sets its passion and know-how to work for ocean racing within the goal of sustainable performance Driven by the desire to achieve and share the boldest of dreams, it designs, constructs and develops boats with the ambition of providing sustainable solutions to move across oceans.
MerConcept firmly believes that progress must go hand in hand with meaning and performs technology transfers as a performance, innovation and sustainability integrator in the service of maritime mobility.
MerConcept is committed to achieving these ambitions within an ethical and transparent organisation.
MerConcept has launched a diversification strategy and is now multi project-focused, in particular hosting projects such as Charlie Dalin’s Imoca and the project of the international 11th Hour Racing Team. Equipped with new skills in engineering, technical studies, design and assembly of very high technology boats, MerConcept has assisted the creation and development of sporting, human and innovative projects.
“Dream, imagine, innovate, construct, optimise, perform… that’s the DNA from which MerConcept is built. We are proud of these results. But today, fighting to win can only have meaning if we combine it with major social, society and environmental commitments”. – François Gabart