Abandoned Boats

Welcome to the Abandoned Boats archive. This section details the many challenging disposal and clearance jobs we’ve undertaken involving derelict and abandoned vessels across the UK’s marinas, harbours, rivers, and canals.

Here, we address the growing environmental and economic problem of abandoned boats, sharing stories of recovery, disposal, and boat breaking to keep the UK’s waterways safe and clear.

Clearing Abandoned Boats from the River Itchen
Our Boat breakers team have been tasked with removing three abandoned boats from the River Itchen.
Posted: 11 January 2022
Abandoned Yacht in Bush Collection Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfd45w9mRFY The Boatbreakers team had an interesting collection recently. We were tasked with collecting an abandoned boat from a bush in Swanick. Luckily on the day the bushes had been chopped back to give us half a chance. As you can see from the video we sent [...]
Posted: 27 September 2021
Abandoned Yacht Disposal for Sailing Club
Our Boatbreakers team were back out on the water in Portsmouth Harbour last week. We had received a call from a local sailing club to ask us to remove an abandoned boat from their moorings.
Posted: 26 February 2021
Abandoned 70ft Schooner Sinks in Brixham Harbour
Abandoned Boat Sinks in Brixham Harbour A Ferro cement hull Schooner has sunk in Brixham Harbour. It has served as a timely reminder of the costs an abandoned boat can cause. The Harbour authority now face the costly prospect of footing the estimated 100k bill for her recovery [...]
Posted: 5 February 2021
How to Spot an Abandoned Boat
Boatbreakers are the undertakers of the marine industry. We usually get the call once a boat has reached her end of life from the owner.
Posted: 19 December 2019
Abandoned Boat Burnt On Eastney Beach
Another Abandoned boat has been torched on Eastney beach. It follows the yacht we had torched before collection earlier this year.
Posted: 18 December 2019
Derelict Boats Appearing in Gosport Park
Boatbreakers team surrounded by derelict boats. If it's not dealing with derelict boats at work it's seeing them in our spare time.
Posted: 3 October 2019
Abandoned Yacht Collection Saga
Eastney beach is a hot spot for end-of-life and abandoned boats. Over the years the Boatbreakers team has been tasked with removing many of the boats that have been ditched on the beach by former owners.
Posted: 15 April 2019
2019 Boat Disposal Recap (Part 2)
Part 2 of our 2019 recap...
Posted: 27 March 2019
2019 Boat Disposal Recap (Part 1)
2019 has been a busy year for Boatbreaker so far. From our first day back in after the new year we had boats turning up for disposal.
Posted: 25 March 2019
Dumped Boats In A Gosport Marina
A marina in Gosport has become a dumping ground for dumped boats. The problem of owners leaving a boat to rot in a boatyard is a growing issue.
Posted: 20 November 2018
Boat Graveyard in Bermuda
Our team found this video of abandoned boats in a Bermudan Boat Graveyard on Youtube. Whilst the video is a fairly short one it shows a worrying image of how many boat yards will end up looking if boats are left abandoned by their owners.
Posted: 19 November 2018