Boat scrapping: The business with death ...

Maria Rindstam and Josefin Arrhénborg founded your company on a whim. It all started with her own boat. Old and broken, it was not for sale. And the friends were also turned down at the rubbish yard and scrap yard. In the end, they took matters into their own hands. They hoped that the material could perhaps be turned into money.

The backyard action took place almost ten years ago - and set an avalanche in motion. Because "we immediately realised that other sailors would face the same problem at some point," say the two looking back today. And so they set about registering a business.

You can read about how difficult it was to gain a foothold in the male-dominated boating industry, how they overcame the headwinds from politics and administration and how their idea turned into a company with a second-hand shop and maritime café in the current issue of YACHT, now available at newsagents.