The Boatbreakers team were on the road again. This time to collect a Caprice 19 from a property in Berkshire. Just a few miles from Highclere Castle (the set of Downton Abbey) the small yacht had been stored in a field.
Our yacht disposal team had a derelict Dockrell 22 boat to collect this week. We had been contacted by a local lady who owned some moorings in Chichester Harbour.
Lonely Monterey 270 Boat Sold in 2 days! 50+ Enquiries and sold for over the asking price.
Our Boatbreakers team were in Blyth for a boat disposal mission this week. We had been asked to collect and dispose of a Soling 27. The old fin keel yacht was sat on a trailer in the boat yard.
Our new Lonely Boats page has another great project boat available to buy. This boat is literally in her current condition because she was a lonely boat for the last few years. The Monterey 270 was bought brand new back in 2009 by her current owner.
Our Boatbreakers team were in a forest near Beaulieu to collect a scrap dinghy. The old dinghy had spent its life moored on the Beaulieu river which cuts through the New Forest.
Boat disposal jobs pop up all over the country for the Boatbreakers team. But we always enjoy a trip down to Devon. Boat collections in Devon take us into some picture postcard like towns.
One of our most successful Boatbreakers Youtube videos has been featured by the Bored Panda group. Our video of the Sunken Boat Salvage currently has over 1.2 million views.
Our latest yacht in to the boat scrapyard was a Naja 30 from Davis's Boatyard near Poole. In her day the Naja 30 would have been a beautiful boat.
At Boatbreakers we regularly deal with insurance companies to dispose of written off boats. But in the last few years we have noticed a rise in insurers giving damaged boats back to the owners.
Abandoned boats in the United Kingdom have become a growing concern in recent years. They pose both environmental and economic challenges.
Why should you scrap your boat? It's not something boat owners ever really have to think about. However those owners who have older boats or ones that they just can't sell certainly do.