Storm Damaged Yacht From North Wales
The UK has endured a pretty terrible winter with plenty of rain, storms and even a beast from the east. In early April we had a call from an Insurance company that wanted us to collect a boat that one storm had gotten the better of.
Up in North Wales near Holyhead a boat that was chocked up out of the water by a roadside had been blown over and smashed itself to bits in the process.
It’s always a shame to see when an older yacht is badly damaged as any repair work is usually far too costly to even consider and far outweighs the boat’s value.
As you can imagine a boat stranded across a road is an urgent job as it was a hazard for road users and other boats along the same stretch of road. Luckily for us we had a hi-ab in Wales around the time the Insurance company called so we could get the boat collecting almost the next day.
When the boat was delivered to us it was quickly stripped down for anything we thought had any re-sale value. However it seemed that most had already been pillaged in Wales when she had first been blown over. The boat was then crushed and the recyclable materials separated from the waste fibreglass.
Written By: Luke Edney
Luke completed a journalism degree in Brighton University and fortunately for us uses this in his communications, Facebook posts, Tweets and emails to tell all our enquirers and followers what we are up to. Without Luke we would be lost, he runs the office, keeps us organised and is like a terrier and never lets a tricky boat disposal job go un-photographed or Tweeted about.
He also manages all of our enquiries passing them to whoever in the team is the best suited to deal with it. We are teaching Luke how to drive a motorboat or sail a yacht so while he’s learning we suggest you keep out of the Solent!
When he’s not at work he’s a massive football fan (his Dad used to play for Portsmouth FC years ago) and seems to know everything there is to know about any player, anywhere. Next time you ring and he answers, think of a tricky football trivia question and ask him
Date Published: April 10, 2018
Last Modified: June 28, 2022
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