Yachting

SME instruments first insights SME Instrument: 6 lessons learned from the first evaluation Here a valuable feedback coming form a Communication Officer at European Commission, Erwan Martin. It regards the first round of applications handed in thus far, for SME phase I, the feasibility studies. Quoting the man (verbatim): “As the SME Instrument is a

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Who should pay for recycling? Who can, should, would pay for recycling of a sailing or motor yacht?This is one big and open question awaiting an intelligent answer, fair to all stakeholders. And of course one decisive factor is the price to be paid: Bearable, acceptable, budget-friendly? In this new industry branch, still to be

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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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