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 Boat Wrecks

    Wreck Collection from Southampton Docks Our boat breaking team were busy locally this week collecting abandoned boat wrecks from the Southampton Docks. We were tasked to do so by the Associated British Ports. ABP have been proactive in dealing with the abandoned boats in the area. As Southampton [...]

    Posted: 31 March 2022

  • Boat breaking in Northumberland for the National Trust

    Do you have an old boat sat in the garden or in the back of a boat yard? If so just use our Scrap Calculator which will give you a free no obligation quote for boat disposal.

    Posted: 17 March 2022

  • This week we were Boat Breaking in East Sussex. The Boatbreakers team hit the road and headed for Eastbourne to collect a small beached yacht.

    Posted: 3 February 2022

  • Boat Breaking West Sussex

    The Boat breaking team were local this week to collect a yacht from Emsworth. We had received a call from an owner who needed his Skipper 17 removed from Chichester Harbour.

    Posted: 3 February 2022

  • Clearing Abandoned Boats from the River Itchen

    Our Boat breakers team have been tasked with removing three abandoned boats from the River Itchen.

    Posted: 11 January 2022

  • The next boat on the list to collect is a Westerly Centaur that had sunk on her mooring. We believe that the yacht had lost one of her keels in the mud which caused her to sink.

    Posted: 10 November 2021

  • boat breaking in scotland

    The Boatbreakers team made the long journey North to scrap a boat in Scotland. Our target was an old wooden yacht that had been built in a lane near Elgin.

    Posted: 3 November 2021

  • Our most recent boat in to be scrapped was a Moody 27 Yacht which was collected from Darthaven Marina.

    Posted: 1 October 2021

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfd45w9mRFY   The Boatbreakers team had an interesting collection recently. We were tasked with collecting an abandoned boat from a bush in Swanick. Luckily on the day the bushes had been chopped back to give us half a chance. As you can see from the video we sent [...]

    Posted: 27 September 2021

  • Westerly Nomad Collected for Disposal One of our latest jobs was to collect a Westerly Nomad from the Grand Union Canal. The yacht is not the sort of boat you would expect to find on the inland waterways. However there was no mast or rigging and she'd been converted [...]

    Posted: 14 September 2021

  • Boatbreakers in The Wirral The Boatbreakers team were back on the road this week to collect a yacht from The Wirral. We had an email from a couple who had a boat next to their driveway. It had been sat on a road trailer but it was now [...]

    Posted: 7 July 2021

  • Boatbreakers Devon Wooden Yacht Scrap

    The Boatbreakers team were in Devon to scrap an old wooden yacht on a farm. Typically for the team the day the job was booked for ended up being the hottest day of the year so far!

    Posted: 25 June 2021

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