Scrap a Boat

The Boatbreakers collection team recently tackled a slightly unusual recovery job right in the heart of south Birmingham.

Hunter Duette 23 from Thornham The Boat breakers team were in Thornham to remove a Hunter Duette yacht for her owner. The boat had been up for sale for a number of months and sadly there was just no interest. We had spoken to the owner a few months before [...]

The call came in concerning a narrowboat in a busy North London canal section that was dangerously listing.

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 [...]

This job for a local sailing club in Havant presented a unique challenge involving a modern casualty: a Whaly boat.

The Boat breaking team were asked by Shamrock Quay Marina (in Southampton) to remove and abandoned boat from the yard.

The sight of the Achilles 24 being collected was a perfect illustration of an owner determined to maximise every last penny from his yacht.

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.

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.

The Boat breakers team got the call from a yard along the Hamble River.  An abandoned yacht needed to be removed from their boatyard.

This abandoned Kingfisher 26 being collected from a boatyard in Gosport marked the end of a long, frustrating ordeal for the facility.

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 [...]