Scrap a Yacht

Compassion and Capability: The Vancouver 27 Recovery at Parkstone Yacht Club The Vancouver 27 is a legendary blue-water cruiser, designed for serious offshore sailing and admired for its "go-anywhere" attitude. However, even the most rugged vessels can be sidelined by the realities of life. Recently, the Boatbreakers team visited the [...]

The Smart Exit: Recycling a Macwester Rowan 22 at Chichester Marina For many boat owners, the most stressful part of the journey isn't the maintenance or the heavy weather,it’s the exit strategy. Recently, the Boatbreakers team was called to the prestigious Chichester Marina to assist with the disposal of a [...]

The Jaguar 27 Recovery: A Win for the Circular Marine Economy At Boatbreakers, we often see project boats that have been stripped bare long before they reach us. However, our recent mission to collect a Jaguar 27 from a mooring near Portchester proved that "end-of-life" doesn't have to mean "end-of-use." [...]

Mission in Portsmouth Harbour: Salvaging an Abandoned Yacht Portsmouth Harbour is steeped in naval history, but it’s also a place where abandoned vessels can become a serious navigational and environmental hazard. Recently, the Boatbreakers team was tasked with a challenging recovery near one of the local military bases, where a [...]

At Boatbreakers, we often say that every boat has a story. This was certainly true for the Westerly GK24 we recently collected from a quiet boatyard in Essex.

At first glance, the Sadler 32 we recently collected from Chichester Marina looked like a dream boat.

At Boatbreakers, we often see the same cycle. A project boat starts with high hopes but eventually becomes a burden to the owner. Not to mention a "fixture" in the boatyard.

The Reality of the "One Pound" Boat: Saying Goodbye to a Lymington Centaur In the boat disposal business, we see a lot of legendary hulls come through our gates. Few are as iconic as the Westerly Centaur. Known for their rugged build and "go-anywhere" attitude, they are usually the darlings [...]

The call came in, familiar in its regret: another cheap project that never quite got off the ground. This time, it was a small Hurley yacht tucked away in Dell Quay, near Chichester.

The Boatbreakers team headed across the border to Penarth Marina in Wales for the collection of a Jaguar 27 yacht.

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

The Boatbreakers team arrived at the Gosport boatyard to handle the end-of-life process for an Elizabethan 31 yacht.