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.

Soling Solorana Racing Yacht Collected From North Yorkshire
Another day and another yacht through the Boat Scrapyard. However this tired looking yellow fin keeled yacht on a trailer had an interesting life.
Posted: 14 May 2021
Boatbreakers Hat-trick of Yacht Disposal
The Boatbreakers team have had an extremely busy spring so far. This week we even had three yacht collections in a single day.
Posted: 30 April 2021
Boat Scrapyard Members react to Historic Wooden Boat Disposal
Whenever the Boatbreakers team deal with an old wooden boat the chances are it will have significant history behind it. We always notice that emotions run highly with wooden boats and so they should.
Posted: 8 April 2021
Elizabethan 29 Yacht Disposal
Our latest arrival at the Boatbreakers Boat Scrapyard was an Elizabethan 29 yacht. It was actually a boat that was supposed to come to us in March 2020 but Covid changed that plan.
Posted: 30 March 2021
Abandoned Yacht Disposal for Sailing Club
Our Boatbreakers team were back out on the water in Portsmouth Harbour last week. We had received a call from a local sailing club to ask us to remove an abandoned boat from their moorings.
Posted: 26 February 2021
Boat Disposal – Jaguar 25 Yacht
Our latest boat disposal collection was a Jaguar 25 Yacht. The boat was moored in Southsea Marina in Portsmouth.
Posted: 10 February 2021
Insurance write off Vindo 32 Yacht
It's always a shame to see nice boats coming in to the yard for disposal. The latest boat to come into the scrapyard was a Vindo 32. The Vindo yacht had been written off by the insurance company as the costs of repair outweighed the value of the boat.
Posted: 20 November 2020
Prelude 19 Scrap Yacht Collection
Our Boatbreakers team was back out in the local area this week to remove a small yacht from Hardway in Gosport. The boat was a small Prelude 19 Yacht.
Posted: 14 October 2020
Old Mirror Offshore Yacht Disposal in Netley
Our Boatbreakers team were out on the road again last week, this time not far from home in Netley
Posted: 30 September 2020
Atalanta 26 Classic Yacht In For Scrap
Atalanta 26 In For Scrap Last week the Boatbreakers team had a the sad job of disposing of a classic yacht. The Atalanta 26 had been written off by her insurance company after being damaged during a storm. She had been hit by a rogue Westerly project that [...]
Posted: 27 July 2020
Catamaran Chop: Dart 18 Disposal in Portchester
A Catamaran chop finished our week off nicely. Our Boatbreakers team were out on the road again last Friday.
Posted: 9 December 2019
Yacht Collection From Wilson’s Boatyard Hayling Island
Another day, another yacht collection. This time the boat was collected from Wilson's Boatyard on Hayling Island
Posted: 2 December 2019