Yacht in a Sandpit Scrap London
At Boatbreakers we always like the change of scenery of chopping up a boat on site as they usually mean visiting an interesting place where you wouldn’t expect a boat to be. Often it will be a garden and we’ll hear stories of how the owner has always planned to finish the project and go sailing but one thing led to another until we arrived with a disc cutter.
We were recently contacted by the Lady Allen Adventure Playground in Wandsworth Common, London. The provide a large adventure playground for the local children to play in with different themed areas. Sadly they’d decided that the resident yacht in the sandpit was no longer wanted and asked us to come and chop her up.
Due to the design of the playground it made it too difficult to get a hi-ab or trailer (with a winch) close enough to remove the boat in one piece.
The Boatbreakers team arrived with our power tools when the playground was closed. We covered the surrounding area of the sand pit with a tarpaulin and cut the boat into manageable sections which were then loaded onto a trailer we took with us. The use of the tarpaulin was to reduce the risk of chunks of the boat being left behind in the sand which could potentially injure a child.
It only took a morning to clear the boat and we’re sure the playground was back up and running soon after. If you have a boat in a peculiar place that you want to be removed then please get in contact with us and we’d be happy to help.
From what we saw of the Adventure Playground it looked like it would be great fun for kids so if you live in South West London take your kids to see what they replace the boat with! Details here… Adventure Playground
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: April 30, 2018
Last Modified: June 28, 2022
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