Initiatives-Coeur – Defying oceans to save children | Dassault Systèmes [Video]

Serving the dual purpose of competing and raising public awareness of the Mécénat Chirurgie Cardiaque charity to save children with heart defects, skipper Samantha Davies takes part in the Vendée Globe solo round-the-world race, on the Initiatives-Cœur racing boat. The team used Dassault Systèmes’ virtual twin to refine and optimize the boat’s design in order to gain incremental performance and reliability at sea.

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David SINEAU, Team Manager, Initiatives-Coeur
The purpose of the Initiatives-Cœur project can be summarized in one sentence: Defying oceans to save children.

Samantha DAVIES, Skipper, Team Initiatives-Coeur
Every time we get to €12,000 raised, that’s enough money to pay for one kid to come to France and have their life-saving surgery.

Mathieu VINCENT, Design Office Engineer, Team Initiatives-Coeur
It’s a real chance to combine my passion and my work to support the Mécénat Chirurgie Cardiaque charity. It gives even more meaning to my job.

INITIATIVES-COEUR
DEFYING OCEANS TO SAVE CHILDREN

David SINEAU
Mécénat Chirurgie Cardiaque is an association that brings children with serious heart defects who cannot be operated on in their country to France. And the Initiatives-Cœur project is built like a big fundraiser, where each time Internet users subscribe to our social media pages, our financial partners give €1 to Mécénat Chirurgie Cardiaque.

Samantha DAVIES
The Vendée Globe is just a really incredible race because we’re sailing nonstop, singlehanded, around the world. We never know what’s going to happen, and that’s part of the magic of this race.

David SINEAU
To give maximum visibility to Mécenat Chirurgie Cardiaque, we need to perform well. Dassault Systèmes’ role is to provide us with the solutions that our engineers in the design office need to model the entire boat and to see how to integrate the different systems.

Samantha DAVIES
A lot of the time, you have to know exactly how it all works in 3D before you actually build it, because all the pieces are so expensive. So we model everything before we build or change any parts of the boat. It’s really important for the performance, and for the budget as well.

Mathieu VINCENT
I use Dassault Systèmes’ solutions to design the boat’s mechanical systems, and also for the structural analysis calculations, fluid calculations, as well as the collaborative aspect and to access the virtual twin. It allows better monitoring of the boat’s life cycle, and to manage damages better.

Samantha DAVIES
In the last Vendée Globe, I had a big collision with an object and badly damaged the boat. I actually needed my team’s help to be sure that I could get to safety.

David SINEAU
The interest of the virtual twin is to help us better understand the nature of the issue she’s facing, to be sure that the damage won’t further degrade.

Mathieu VINCENT
It’s a great opportunity for our team to benefit from Dassault Systèmes’ support. This allows me to make the best use of the tools, and to regularly learn new features on the platform in order to help Sam win on the world tour.

Samantha DAVIES
So, for now, we’ve ticked all the boxes in the preparation. At least, I know that we’re ready. I’m ready. So, I’m just looking forward to going out there and sailing it.

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