The Round the World tour crew
Raphaël Domjan
Switzerland
Initiator of the project and expedition leader
Patrick Marchesseau
France
Skipper, from Monaco to Nouméa, Gulf of Aden crossing
Erwann Le Rouzic
France
Skipper, from Nouméa to Monaco
Jens Langwasser
Germany
Head of the PlanetSolar build and quartermaster onboard
Christian Ochsenbein
Switzerland
Electrical engineer
Mikaela Von Koskull
Finland
Team member from Monaco to Galápagos Islands
Daniel Stahl
Germany
Electrician and team member from Monaco to Cartagena (Colombia)
Raphaël Domjan, PlanetSolar initiator and expedition leader
Raphaël Domjan was born in 1972 in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Since his childhood he has been passionate about adventure and exploration. It was the perspective of global warming, seen through the melting of a glacier in Iceland, that would lead him to consider solar energy as a chance for the future. In order to promote it throughout the world and demonstrate its potential he thought of making the first world tour entirely fuelled by the sun’s energy. The PlanetSolar project was the result of that dream, carried out by the crew of the largest solar catamaran in the world.
Once he had chosen the demonstration route for promoting clean energies and energy efficiency, Raphaël led adventure and exploration projects. Today these are no longer intended to discover new, still unknown lands or beat records. Their aim is to protect the environment and offer future perspectives in a sustainable world.
Raphaël is now an eco-explorer and lecturer who, through his SolarPlanet foundation, is committed to protection of the planet, biodiversity, the atmosphere and the environment in Switzerland and throughout the world. Raphaël is also committed to various humanitarian projects. He would like to promote the use of renewable energies in developing countries and thus enable them to become independent in energy whilst developing new technologies
Co-founders of PlanetSolar
Raphaël Domjan
Stefan Nowak
Pierre-Marcel Favre
Jean-François Affolter
Sébastien Fanti
Jean-Luc Vautravers
Mark Wuest
Pascal Goulpié
Technical Team, communication, office
Alexis Domjan
Joël Sunier
Pascal Goulpié
Pierre Carroz
Corinne Mottu
Catherine Maher
Patrick Cotting
Claudia Babl
Wiktor Korewa
Mathieu Pape
Florence Weber
Jean-Marc Paratte
Rachel Bros de Puechredon
Kornelia Kneissl
Sponsors
Albert II de Monaco
HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco
Gérard d’Aboville
Sailor and former MEP
Christophe Keckeis
Former Chief of the Swiss Armed Forces
Albert Falco
Diver, aquanaut and second-in-command to Jacques-Yves Cousteau
Pierre-Marcel Favre
Swiss publisher
Jean-Michel Cousteau
Son of Jacques-Yves Cousteau and founder of Ocean Futures Society
Jean Verne
Grandson of Jules Verne
Nando Parrado
Survivor of Flight 571 Fuerza Aérea Uruguaya and author of Miracle in the Andes
Jean-Louis Etienne
Doctor and French explorer
Jean-Luc Van Den Heede
French sailor
Kenichi Horie
Japanese yachtsman, author of the first crossing of the Pacific in a solar boat
Jason Lewis
American actor
Serge Roethli
Swiss mountain guide
Nicolas Prantzos
Astrophysicist, Research Director at CNRS
Fernand Cuche
Former Member of the Council of State Neuchâtel
Jean-Louis Aucouturier
Professor at the IXL laboratory, Bordeaux
André Schneider
Managing Director of Geneva Airport, former Vice-Chairmen of EPFL
Jean-Loup Chrétien
French astronaut
Jacques Rougerie
French architect and oceanographer
