Not so green boat

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I read the artical about the "Green" Contessa 32 in November PBO. When they say green, it must be a very pale shade of green. Using hard wood from Africa not far east? don't use hardwood it at all. The engine a diesel electric, don't get me started on the non green batteries. Using a folding prop, You increase speed when using the wind, but loose power when using the engine?????

What would be a truly green boat? One of the many 100 year old wooden boats still on the go? A trailer sailor using no anti fouling? A steel boat, not plastic or wood? What about the yachts that do not have engines at all. What about the end of the boats life, sunk/plastic, burnt/wood, recycled/metal?
 
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awol

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Using hard wood from Africa not far east?

I was under the impression that Jeremy had used Kebony - a soft sustainable wood (like spruce) impregnated with molasses (or something similar) and oven cured to give a wood with similar properties to teak. But then I haven't read the article and if an IPC journalist says it, it must be true.
 

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More relevant would be to build a boat without separate cabins and no bunks so that the world's population growth couldn't be pinned on the boatmaker.
 

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sailing not green

the slug is 50 years old and shows every sign of lasting another 50 years

the engine sips diesel and shows every sign of living another 50 years

anti-foul has not been used on the slug for two years now

it gets the odd scrape when necessary - maybe three times a year

the ungreenest thing about the boat is the miles I do in the car shuttling backwards and forwards to the boat

up until now it has generally been a 1 litre polo

now I have just aquired a 1 litre micra - y reg

full standing headroom

Dylan
 

Georgio

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I read the artical about the "Green" Contessa 32 in November PBO. When they say green, it must be a very pale shade of green. Using hard wood from Africa not far east? don't use hardwood it at all. The engine a diesel electric, don't get me started on the non green batteries. Using a folding prop, You increase speed when using the wind, but loose power when using the engine?????

What would be a truly green boat? One of the many 100 year old wooden boats still on the go? A trailer sailor using no anti fouling? A steel boat, not plastic or wood? What about the yachts that do not have engines at all. What about the end of the boats life, sunk/plastic, burnt/wood, recycled/metal?

There is no way of getting around the fact that any polyester boat uses a lot of stuff pumped out of the ground but the other alternatives are wood, steel, aluminium, etc. What they have managed to do us try out a number of new ideas, materials and technologies on the boat which pushes some ideas forward for the good of all. I think there is a lot to be said for a boat that is built to last rather than replaced when worn out.

But then again what do I know?
 
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