Scrap a Boat

Welcome to the Scrap a Boat archive. This is where you can see detailed accounts of the full boat disposal process, from the initial collection and salvage to the final responsible breaking and recycling.

Whether it’s a keel-less yacht, a submerged motorboat wreck, a fire-damaged vessel, or an osmosis-ridden cruiser, this section covers the diverse vessels and complex challenges the Boatbreakers team handles across the UK.

Yacht Mould Chop
The latest job for our team at Boatbreakers was an on site yacht mould disposal in Marchwood. We got the call from the owners of the mould and we arranged a site visit to gauge whether we could transport the mould to our yard or if we'd have to chop the mould on site.
Posted: 23 August 2016
Yacht Disposal: Scrapping a Wooden Yacht in Minutes
Some yachts when it is time to scrap seem to put up quite a fight. These are usually made from fibreglass and it can take our skilled team of Boat breakers all day to safely chop up the boat.
Posted: 29 March 2016
Scrapping a Yacht that had never been to Sea
It's always a shame to see boats that are left abandoned and therefore destined for the chop. With most boats that we dispose of at Boatbreakers it's usually a case of they were used extensively once but over the last few years the costs and effort needed to keep these boats going has been too much for the owners.
Posted: 11 March 2016
Yacht Disposal: Scrap Boats Never Come Quietly
There's never a dull day in Boat Breaking. We remove boats from all sorts of locations from driveways to riverbeds, so when we were asked to scrap a boat that is still in the water in Portsmouth Harbour we were happy to help.
Posted: 15 February 2016
Yacht Disposal Before and After
Before and after shots of a recent job we did scrapping a Wooden Yacht.
Posted: 3 February 2016
First of 2016: Wooden Yacht Scrap (January)
Our first scrap boat of 2016 was a 23 foot wooden Yacht that hadn't seen the water for almost 20 years. In the early nineties the boat was housed in a cradle on the owner's driveway.
Posted: 3 February 2016