Practical Boat Owner Feature Boatbreakers
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Boatbreakers has once again been featured in Practical Boat Owner Magazine. The feature talks about end of life abandoned boats in the September edition. The magazine is in shops now (From August 4th).
This follows on from the BBC article that we also featured in a month ago as well as the Yachting Monthly article. It is interesting to see the interest peaking again in the issues around end of life boats. It is certainly an issue that will only get worse if the current cost of living crisis continues to worsen. People simply won’t be able to afford their boats and will look to shift them by any means necessary.
Marine Recycling
As recycling is a hot topic at the moment it is only right that marine recycling gets more attention. To have a recreational industry like boating have such a big environmental problem isn’t right. Something needs to be done it’s good to see that the industry is coming round to the idea. Practical Boat Owner readers are the sorts of boaters who will be seeing these issues develop first hand. As boats are left on moorings, in boat yards and marinas. Abandoned boats can have knock on effects to other boaters.
The article is featured alongside a scientific study by the University of Brighton. The study found traces of GRP in sea life from Chichester Harbour. The micro-shards of the glass are lodges in marine life and could potentially end up in our food chain.
Boat Disposal Issues
Our boat disposal team are always happy to talk to different media outlets about the issues we see. In contrast lots of people discuss the issue as a whole but have no real clue of the different challenges. But any future solution for end of life boat disposal has to still be affordable for the average person. Otherwise it will just increase the number of abandoned boats and not reduce it.
If you have an old boat that you want to scrap then just use our Scrap Calculator. We can help you escape the cost of boating and mooring fees with a simple one time payment. In the meantime we hope you continue to keep your boats out on the water. After all the best way to avoid abandoned boats is for people to use them.
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: August 8, 2022
Last Modified: August 8, 2022
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