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French Designer Julien Berthier is sailing around the world in a boat that looks as if it was sinking. Strangely named “Love Love” the sinking boat was created by Julien Berthier in 2007 and is considered to be one of his weirdest artworks to date.

When asked how he built Love Love, Julien Berthier said that he simply took a regular sailboat and cut it in half. The open space the cut created was then sealed with fibreglass and the submerged part fitted with two boat motors making for a reasonably safe and fully functional boat.

Julien Berthier maintains that Love Love is perfectly manoeuvrable in most conditions and despite its capsizing look, it delivers the same experience one would expect from a regular, non sinking sailboat.

That however changes little on the fact that Love Love looks like a sinking boat to everyone else who sees it which has already put several people, including coast guards on high alert. The confusing look on the faces of sailors who pass by Love Love must be precious. They see a sinking boat, yet its master is calmly sitting atop of it, enjoying the moment like it’s his last.

I think the creation of a sinking boat was a brilliant idea on behalf of Julien Berthier. Sinking of a ship is a dramatic moment and those few seconds just before it goes down into the Davey Jones’ Locker last… well, only a few seconds. Freezing that jaw dropping moment to make it last forever was truly an idea worthy of a genius. I applaud Julien Berthier for his amazing creation.

Love Lane can be seen sailing many harbours of the world. It’s already gone through Normandy in France and Canary Wharf in London. If you live in a coastal area, keep your eyes open. If you luck out, you might get to spot the sinking boat of Julien Berthier. The sinking boat that never really sinks.

Gallery of photos of Love Love, the sinking boat of Julien Berthier is below: