Boating and sailing - Reboat, a brand new shipyard in Lorient, offers an alternative to the new sailing boat market by modernising existing vessels. This approach, which is highly developed in the nautical world under the generic name of refit, consists of recovering old hulls, stripping them down and refitting them with modern equipment: deck fittings, mast, electronics and interior fittings. This solution makes it possible to obtain high-performance and comfortable boats at a much lower cost than new ones, especially since the explosion in the price of new sailboats over the past four years.

The project meets the needs of rental professionals, who are forced to regularly renew their fleets, particularly for 40- to 50-foot sailboats where the price difference between a used and a new boat is very significant. Private yachtsmen can also find an alternative to buying a new boat, while avoiding a sharp depreciation.

The initiative is also part of an ecological approach by limiting the consumption of new resources. By reusing composite hulls, Reboat reduces the environmental impact of boating and optimises the use of under-exploited boats.

Thanks to the expertise of its founders in boating and business management, the shipyard has already undertaken the modernisation of several sailing boats.

This model, which is common in sailing and yachting - refitting - is really on the up, to such an extent that even the Bénéteau Group has undertaken to recondition old catamarans at its Italian site in Montfalcone, whose workload is currently very light, which has necessitated a recapitalisation of 5 million euros, to give them a makeover and put them back on the circuit, at affordable prices, for both hirers and owners...