Portfolio
Welcome to the Boatbreakers Portfolio, where we showcase the variety of challenging projects and successful operations we carry out across the UK.
Here, you will find a record of our work, including boat collections, boat disposal and breaking, complex salvage jobs, and collections for insurance companies. Explore the archive to see how we handle everything from abandoned yachts to fire-damaged motorboats.
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Neglected Javelin 30 in Portsmouth Harbour We were asked by an owner of a neglected Javelin 30 yacht to remove his boat from a mooring in Portsmouth Harbour. The boat wasn't in great condition and we believe the people who run the moorings had made it clear the boat needed [...]
Posted: 15 September 2025
This job for a local sailing club in Havant presented a unique challenge involving a modern casualty: a Whaly boat.
Posted: 10 September 2025
The Boat breaking team were asked by Shamrock Quay Marina (in Southampton) to remove and abandoned boat from the yard.
Posted: 5 September 2025
The sight of the Achilles 24 being collected was a perfect illustration of an owner determined to maximise every last penny from his yacht.
Posted: 1 September 2025
The final voyage of the old Westerly Centaur was a short one, ending not with a splash of the sea, but the grinding gears of a low-loader truck.
Posted: 30 August 2025
This call-out to Hemel Hempstead was a classic case of a small boat becoming a big problem. The target was a diminutive red Shetland boat, perched precariously on a rusty trailer, which had been a permanent fixture on the owner’s driveway for a number of years.
Posted: 26 August 2025
The Boat breakers team got the call from a yard along the Hamble River. An abandoned yacht needed to be removed from their boatyard.
Posted: 21 August 2025
This abandoned Kingfisher 26 being collected from a boatyard in Gosport marked the end of a long, frustrating ordeal for the facility.
Posted: 17 August 2025
Clearing the Deadwood We recently received the call every boatyard owner dreads—and yet secretly welcomes: a significant build-up of abandoned and unpaid vessels. These forgotten boats, often the result of financial woes or unfinished projects, occupy valuable real estate. Boatyard management rightly decided it was time for a purge. They [...]
Posted: 15 August 2025
Boatbreakers were called to a yard to deal with a real relic. An old Colvic Watson that had been sitting on the hard for over 25 years.
Posted: 8 August 2025
As a Boat breaking team we never enjoy scrapping a wooden boat. Purely because you see the craftsmanship that went into building them.
Posted: 1 August 2025
Norman 20 in Oxford Our marine and boat recycling team were waste deep in the River Thames to remove an old Norman 20 boat. We had been asked by her owners to remove the boat from the mooring as she'd fallen into disrepair. Sadly the once loved boat was no [...]
Posted: 28 July 2025
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