Why racing machines are the ultimate recycled resource – Matt Sheahan

From Jules Verne trophies to solar-powered exploration, Matt Sheehan explores how the world's toughest boats refuse to head for the scrap

Powered up on IMOCA Vulnerable ahead of the 2024 Vendée Globe. Photo: Pierre Bouras

From crushing it to make garden furniture, to sending it through a complicated process to strip the resin from the fibre, or turning it into an energy source, there’s no shortage of ideas about what to do with your boat once you and everyone else who has owned it have finished with it.