Pair of Scrapped Jet Skis Collected
Insurance Write Off Jet Skis
Boatbreakers are always busy collecting and disposing of end of life vessels. One of our most common collections are damaged jet skis. We regularly get asked by insurance companies to collect and dispose jet skis that have crashed.
It often crosses our minds that the jet skis we see coming in aren’t damaged for the official reasons we’re told. There have been skis in the past that have clearly been hit with a sledgehammer. It can be difficult for the insurance companies to spot these cases. However if foul play can be proven the owners can face hefty penalties. As a result in most cases they will be blacklisted from getting other insurance. So car, home or travel insurance premiums would rocket.
Where Did The Damage Occur?
These two jet skis we’ve had in this week both have impact damage to the front sections. This would suggest that the owners too would be in a bad way. Their owners must have dived out of the way before the ski hit an object at some pace. If they didn’t they would be lucky to be alive. A cynic might look at the claims and think maybe the damage was sustained on land in a planned attempt.
We are always interested in getting the jet skis in as the parts they still have can hold real value. Importantly even on some of the worst jet skis or personal watercraft we see there is usually something to salvage.
Devon and Hampshire Collections
The red Seadoo jet ski was collected from an address down in Exeter. However the white Yamaha ski was a more local collection from Havant. We collected the Hampshire ski first as it was sat on a decent road trailer. After that, we unloaded the ski in our yard and used the empty trailer to go and collect the ski in Exeter.
If you have a Jet Ski that has been damaged in an accident just use our Scrap Calculator. Most of the time it will only cost you the price of collection for us to remove you ski. On the other hand we might even be able to buy it from you if we see some value in her. Finally make sure your PWC’s are insured.
Written By: Luke Edney
Luke completed a journalism degree in Brighton University and fortunately for us uses this in his communications, Facebook posts, Tweets and emails to tell all our enquirers and followers what we are up to. Without Luke we would be lost, he runs the office, keeps us organised and is like a terrier and never lets a tricky boat disposal job go un-photographed or Tweeted about.
He also manages all of our enquiries passing them to whoever in the team is the best suited to deal with it. We are teaching Luke how to drive a motorboat or sail a yacht so while he’s learning we suggest you keep out of the Solent!
When he’s not at work he’s a massive football fan (his Dad used to play for Portsmouth FC years ago) and seems to know everything there is to know about any player, anywhere. Next time you ring and he answers, think of a tricky football trivia question and ask him
Date Published: October 13, 2021
Last Modified: June 28, 2022
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