Scrap a Small Boat
Welcome to the Scrap a Small Boat archive. This section is dedicated to the removal and recycling of dinghies, small fishing boats, and other small vessels, often retrieved from domestic locations like gardens, driveways, and garages.
Read the stories of various small craft—including Wayfarers, Lasers, and Shetlands—that have reached the end of their life and required sensitive clearance and disposal.
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From the Front Garden to a Final Voyage: A Berkshire Trailer Sailer Recovery Not every boat recovery involves a bustling marina or a tidal harbour. Sometimes, our work takes us to the quiet suburbs. Where a vessel has become more of a local landmark than a seaworthy craft. Recently our [...]
Posted: 16 April 2026
Smooth Sailing: A Swift Surrey Clearance for an Upcoming House Sale When you’re preparing for a house sale, the "to-do" list can feel like an incoming tide. Constant and a bit overwhelming. Between the staging and the paperwork, the last thing you want to worry about is how to shift [...]
Posted: 23 March 2026
A Second Act for a Classic? The Story of Our Latest Devon Day Boat At Boatbreakers, we often see vessels that have simply reached the end of their journey. But every so often, a boat arrives that makes us pause, put down the tools, and appreciate its lines. This was [...]
Posted: 22 February 2026
The Boatbreakers team journeyed to a quiet countryside garden near Wolverhampton for a sensitive clearance job.
Posted: 21 November 2025
Hidden away in a driveway in West Sussex, a wooden Wayfarer dinghy had spent the last few years gathering moss rather than memories.
Posted: 30 October 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
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
Laser Dinghies were like buses for the Boatbreakers team. We waited for one to come in and then two came along at once. Although from different areas of the country.
Posted: 24 June 2025
The Boat breaking team were out on the road again to collect a Topper Topaz dinghy from the side of a house.
Posted: 7 June 2025
Our boat disposal team were in Netley to remove a GP14 sailing dinghy. We always enjoy a dinghy collection as the loading process is usually a hands on affair.
Posted: 1 June 2025
Our team were contacted by a gentleman who had an old dinghy in his driveway. The dinghy was an Osprey Mk III.
Posted: 29 April 2025
The Boatbreakers team were on the road to Dorset to remove an old Wayfarer dinghy. She had been stored on a trailer outside of the owners home for a number of years. They had now come to the realisation that she was never going to be sailed again.
Posted: 20 April 2025
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