Scrap a Yacht

A little Skipper 17 presented an interesting morning for the team last week. She had been on the owner's drive for a number of years and sadly he had passed away.

The Boat breakers marine recycling team were in Eastbourne to remove a Trintella 1a Yacht for disposal.

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.

An old Colvic UFO 27 landed in the boat scrapyard after being collected from a yard in Chatham.

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.

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.

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.

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.

One of our latest collections was to remove an unfinished project boat from a farmer's barn in Lymington.

Collecting end-of-life boats from remote locations often demands ingenuity and resilience, as shown by our recent retrieval from Bideford.

Our team doesn't just collect boats from boatyards and marinas. Frequently, we find ourselves removing vessels from private driveways and gardens.

Our Boat Recycling team were tasked with removing an old Dockrell 22 Yacht from Calshot Activity Centre.