Sailing light and recycling: an act of eco-boating?
There are many reasons to buy a multihull second-hand: they’re cheaper, you lose less money later on when you resell them and, if you don’t have a custom-made unit (which a new boat allows), you can still make a certain number of alterations. From an ecological point of view, buying a multihull that already exists means you avoid replacing one – despite the fact that this doesn’t help the manufacturers. But other criteria come into play...
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Publié le
29/06/2022
Par
Dick Sawyer
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SP18
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2022
Studies on the environmental impact of leisure craft are based on a 20-year cycle. This result obtained at the request of Fountaine Pajot is based on 200 usage scenarios. In reality, it is more like 40 years that should be considered: this is the real-life expectancy of a cruising boat... but true enough, a unit launched in 1982 won’t necessarily make you dream, unless you undertake a serious refit. Let’s also recognize that the period from 20 to 40 years might often be punctuated by long periods of immobilization - even abandonment. In other words, the multihulls concerned are less active tha…
