Multihull manufacturers and the green challenge
A few months back, naval architect Marc Lombard declared in an interview that “The only eco-friendly boat is the one you buy second-hand”. His statement is so true that in this Forever Green issue, we’ve devoted 14 pages to second-hand multihulls... With the provocation and honesty that we know him for, Marc has thrown the cat amongst the pigeons with the builders that could just prove to be a lifesaver: it is maybe time for shipyards to build greener!
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Published on 28/06/2022
By
François Trégouët
Issue:
SP18
Published:
Sep.
/
Oct.
2022
With multihull order books now often being full for several years in advance, this is undoubtedly the moment to question the impact of the entire yachting sector on our environment. This is doubly critical, both as citizens, modest temporary inhabitants of planet earth, and as sailors, whose natural playground, the sea, covers 70% of the surface of the globe. The oceans are, moreover, an important thermometer - in every sense of the word - of the evolution of our climate and of the impact of human activity on it: temperature, pollution, biodiversity, weather…
