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Components of a sailing or motor yacht which can be extracted:Electronics – navigational instrumentsSailsMastPortlightsWinchesGuard railsFurnitureKeelBeam << Back to the yacht recycling overview

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Crowdfunded yacht recycling in April 2014 still is a very unusual combination for sure. But is is a crazy idea? Let’s give it some more time I suggest. As funding method, crowdfunding deserves an extra space here: In recent years it has become such an impressive movement, with countless little niche markets coming up. “Crowd-what?”,…

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We all know the concept of a disposal fee already built into a product at the time of that product’s acquisition, by the end customer. It might become one viable approach to the question who pays for recycling? Therewith avoiding the illegal dumping of yachts at their end of life.Until that happens on a wide…

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The involved parties or “target groups” with yacht recycling?If a business were to market yacht recycling, possible target groups for such marketing would include, among other: << Back to the yacht recycling overview

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How should yacht recycling work, in a world where every involved party is fairly paid and enabled to act? Yacht recycling starts with sustainable sailyacht or motoryacht dismantling.Sustainable dismantling of yachts at their end of life happens in such a way that the yacht gets completely disintegrated in an environmentally safe way and all components…

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About how many boats are we talking? How many yachts would there be for recycling, potentially, and when? Obviously this varies from country to country and more in-detail assessments are still being done. In the meantime, here is a useful first overview. According to an ICOMIA [1] report (2008) about boat decommissioning, estimated numbers look…

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Working site requirements with yachtrecycling Technical requirements and preparation. The hall features will include a first aid station, a canteen, sanitary facilities. The hall will be big and spacious enough for two sailyachts at a time to be brought in and dismantled, side by side. With enough space between them for workers to move safely.…

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Materials of a sailing or motor yacht which can be recycled include: Polyester / Kevlar: SailsAluminium: Rig , Mast, portlightsFibreglass: HullWood: Furniture, Hull, DeckNylon: Ropes, (Spinnaker) SailsStainless steel: Deck equipment (e.g. winches, guard rails), port lightsSteel: Engine components, hull with steel shipsPlastic: Instrument covers, kitchen utilites, sanitary components One big challenge with recycling of sailing…

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The main challenges with yacht recycling, in brief, are these: TechnicalExtracting sufficient material in conditions which allow to recycle them: Clean materials and components. A main challenge here is an extremely resistant, concurrently light-weighted material used in most modern yachts: The glass reinforced polyester, so called fibreglass. It requires special techniques, equipment and treatment to…

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The legal side.Talking about the famous new EU recreational craft directive, here it is:The directive text: 94/25/EC and here the website of The Recreational Craft Sectoral Group (RSG) which “has been established to assist in the uniform application and interpretation of the Recreational Craft Directive (RCD) by all Notified Bodies and others parties with valid…

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