Waow

🤿 Passionnés de plongée, d’aventure et de bateaux, cette exposition est faite pour vous !

En ce moment et jusqu’au 30 août, la Galerie Esquisse à Nyon vous plonge au cœur de la construction de notre futur bateau de plongée, à travers une série de photographies. Un voilier en bois de 60 mètres bâti à la main sur une plage indonésienne, conçu pour explorer les plus beaux fonds marins du monde.

Venez échanger avec nous, partager votre passion et, qui sait, imaginer vos prochains voyages à bord... 🌊

📍 Galerie Esquisse, Rue de Rive 33, Nyon
🗓️ Jeudi à dimanche, 13h – 18h — Entrée libre

E X P O S I T I O N

De la quille au pont, la naissance d’un deuxième géant 🌊

Une expo photo qui retrace le début de la construction du Waow 2 à Bira, en Indonésie — du bois brut aux premières lignes de la coque.

Images capturées sur le chantier par Lorine Grandjean et Camille Deville, retouchées par Gala Bugdahl.

📍 Galerie Esquisse, Rue de Rive 33, 1260 Nyon
📅 Du 23 juillet au 30 août 2026
🕐 Jeudi–dimanche, 13h–18h
✨ Vernissage jeudi 23 juillet dès 18h

Nous vous attendons nombreux pour découvrir les coulisses d’un chantier hors norme.

A ship begins with the keel.

But it truly starts to feel like a ship when the deck takes shape and we can finally walk on it.

The main deck beams of WAOW 2 are now being installed, connecting the hull’s structure and creating the foundation for the spaces that will one day welcome our guests throughout the Indonesian archipelago.

The deck isn’t flat, it follows a carefully designed curve. This subtle camber helps water drain efficiently while also contributing to the vessel’s strength and seaworthiness. Every beam must therefore be individually shaped and fitted to achieve the desired profile.

As the deck planking progresses, the shipyard team deliberately leaves two large openings in place. These temporary access points allow workers, tools, and materials to continue moving freely between the deck and the newly created space below.

At the same time, the first elements of the superstructure are beginning to rise. These initial frames outline the future deckhouse, and we can really start to get a feeling of the spaces that guests will one day call home.

Measured, shaped, and assembled by hand, each timber is another step in the transformation from dream to reality.

Little by little, the silhouette of WAOW 2 becomes clearer.

Did you know that the “O” of WAOW stands for Ocean?

This ocean-centred map shows something we often forget: there is only one ocean.

A single blue world connecting continents, cultures and ecosystems.

Our passion for exploration begins here.

And so does our responsibility to protect it.

Because there is no WAOW without the Ocean.

WAOW 2 begins as a dream.

Then come the trees.
The hands.
The tools.
The patience.

And slowly, almost imperceptibly, a shape rises from the earth.

Born from the forest.
Destined for the sea.

For a little while, she belongs to neither—
reaching toward the sky,
held by the hands of men,
waiting for the water.

WAOW 2 is in the shipyard.

The sea voyages, the remote reefs, the sunsets under sail - all of that still lies ahead.

And yet, some guests are already part of the journey. Through our participatory pre-sale, they are helping bring WAOW 2 to life while securing privileged access and preferential conditions for the years to come.

Long before the first departure, the adventure has already begun.

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