Abandoned Boats

  • Abandoned Boat at Shamrock Quay

    The Boat breaking team were asked by Shamrock Quay Marina (in Southampton) to remove and abandoned boat from the yard.

    Posted: 5 September 2025

  • Why do people abandon their once loved boats? It's a question that Boatbreakers get asked all the time. And the truth is there's a number of reasons that can contribute.

    Posted: 23 June 2025

  • Abandoned boats in the United Kingdom have become a growing concern in recent years. They pose both environmental and economic challenges.

    Posted: 9 November 2023

  • The Boat breakers team were tasked with collecting a Coronet 24. The Coronet had been stripped and abandoned in a local marina.

    Posted: 20 September 2023

  • Our boat disposal team were on the road to Surrey last week to collect a dumped yacht. The dumped yacht had been left in a sailing club in Surrey.

    Posted: 16 May 2023

  • Abandoned and derelict boats are a common sight across not just the UK’s waters but also around the world. As an island nation with so many Marinas, Harbours, Rivers, Lakes and Canals you are never too far from a dead boat.

    Posted: 1 February 2023

  • The boat disposal team were in Parkstone Yacht club in Poole to collect an abandoned boat.

    Posted: 14 October 2022

  • An abandoned yacht is a hot topic at the moment. The mainstream media has finally started to pick up on the issue and abandoned boats are finally starting to be talked about.

    Posted: 29 July 2022

  • Abandoned Boat Wrecks

    Wreck Collection from Southampton Docks Our boat breaking team were busy locally this week collecting abandoned boat wrecks from the Southampton Docks. We were tasked to do so by the Associated British Ports. ABP have been proactive in dealing with the abandoned boats in the area. As Southampton [...]

    Posted: 31 March 2022

  • This week we were Boat Breaking in East Sussex. The Boatbreakers team hit the road and headed for Eastbourne to collect a small beached yacht.

    Posted: 3 February 2022

  • Boat Breaking West Sussex

    The Boat breaking team were local this week to collect a yacht from Emsworth. We had received a call from an owner who needed his Skipper 17 removed from Chichester Harbour.

    Posted: 3 February 2022

  • The Boatbreakers team have been busy at the turn of the new year collecting neglected boats. Our first batch have come out of the River Itchen in Southampton.

    Posted: 20 January 2022