Insurance Job

The Mystery of the Sunken Transocean 37: Salvage and Disposal in Southampton At Boatbreakers, we are often called in to handle the aftermath of maritime "surprises." Our latest recovery took us to Southampton, where a Transocean 37, a substantial and typically reliable motor cruiser, mysteriously sank on her mooring overnight. A [...]

The Boatbreakers team was dispatched to Dell Quay in Chichester to handle the recovery of an insurance write-off: a Jeanneau Arcadia yacht.

Boat Crash Disposal Recently the Boat breaking team were asked to dispose of a boat that was involved in a crash at the Isle of Wight. The boat in question was now back in Gosport at one of the local dry stacks. Every now and then we will [...]

Our most recent boat in for disposal was a storm damaged Wellcraft 192 from Poole. The Wellcraft  speedboat was caught in stormy conditions and it seems to have flooded before sinking on her mooring.

Boatbreakers cover the whole of the UK and Ireland. We've spent many years plucking boats out of tricky coastal locations across the British Isles. End of life boat disposal always throws up logistical challenges as the boats are usually damaged or wrecked.

It's always a shame to see nice boats coming in to the yard for disposal. The latest boat to come into the scrapyard was a Vindo 32. The Vindo yacht had been written off by the insurance company as the costs of repair outweighed the value of the boat.

Part 2 of our 2019 recap...

2019 has been a busy year for Boatbreakers® so far. From our first day back in after the new year we had boats turning up for disposal.