Observed arrival · 2026-11-04
ReFloat: What Boats Leave Behind
ReFloat is a proposed Dutch coastal workshop that would dismantle end-of-life boats, teach with their materials, and put usable parts and repurposed goods back into circulation.
- For
- Dutch boat owners, schools, trainees, and coastal communities
- Worth noticing
- Its proposed R-ladder puts reuse, repair, and repurposing ahead of recycling, with boats kept sailing first.
Field notes
The page maps a boat through a preferred hierarchy: keep it sailing, reuse or repair parts, repurpose materials, then recycle what remains; hull disposal is described with a certified partner. Its proposed income mix includes tested parts, sail-and-canvas goods, school sessions, and removal fees, while the page says the balance is not yet set. ReFloat identifies a neighbourhood community workshop in Amsterdam as its starting point and says Portugal and Brazil are being explored.
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