Scrap a Yacht
Welcome to the Scrap a Yacht archive. This specialised section details the end-of-life journey for yachts of all sizes.
Read the stories of various yachts we have collected and responsibly disposed of, including abandoned cruisers, stripped-out racers, and classics like the Westerly Centaur, illustrating the complexities of yacht recycling from initial collection to final breaking.
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Abandoned boats are a sad reality for the boating community across the UK. One of our latest collections was sadly an abandoned boat close to home in Gosport.
Posted: 12 June 2025
An old Colvic UFO 27 landed in the boat scrapyard after being collected from a yard in Chatham.
Posted: 10 June 2025
Our marine recycling and boat disposal team had a local collection for a Searider 25. The yacht was on a mooring near Titchfield Haven which is a popular bird watching reserve.
Posted: 20 May 2025
Last week an old Sabre 27 was collected for disposal from Kemps Quay in Southampton. She was once the family's pride and joy but in recent years had fallen into a state of disrepair.
Posted: 7 May 2025
The only way was Essex for the collection team at the beginning of May. We were tasked with collecting a Snapdragon 747 from a boat club near Southend-on-Sea.
Posted: 1 May 2025
Our Boat disposal team had a local job to remove a Westerly Centaur from her mooring in Gosport. The boat had been left untouched for some time and her owner now lived away.
Posted: 18 March 2025
One of our latest collections was to remove an unfinished project boat from a farmer's barn in Lymington.
Posted: 10 March 2025
Collecting end-of-life boats from remote locations often demands ingenuity and resilience, as shown by our recent retrieval from Bideford.
Posted: 7 March 2025
Our team doesn't just collect boats from boatyards and marinas. Frequently, we find ourselves removing vessels from private driveways and gardens.
Posted: 4 March 2025
Our Boat Recycling team were tasked with removing an old Dockrell 22 Yacht from Calshot Activity Centre.
Posted: 22 February 2025
Nothing runs smoother than a local collection for us from a Gosport mooring. We will usually have the boat towed in by our local yard, mast down and lifted out onto our transport.
Posted: 18 February 2025
Boatbreakers were asked to collect a dispose of a Dawncraft 25 that had sunk in Northampton.
Posted: 16 February 2025
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