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Save The Lonely Boats
This year the Boatbreakers team are turning match makers to help save the nation’s Lonely Boats. Over the years there have been many boats that in hindsight might just have sold as a project. But with owners desperate to shift their problem boat to avoid the trap of costly storage. It maybe wasn’t realistic to try and sell instead.
Thanks to the success of our “Boat Scrapyard” Facebook Group we have decided to put more emphasis on saving these Lonely Boats from scrap. We know that there are thousands of Lonely Boats out there. Once loved vessels sitting unused and forgotten in boat yards, marinas, and even in people’s gardens. These boats may not be in terrible condition, but they have been neglected and unloved. Some owners may just not be confident in listing a boat online and will not know where to turn if a broker isn’t interested.
Boat Scrapyard
Instead of being scrapped, we believe that there might be someone out there who could give these boats a new lease of life. Our “Boat Scrapyard” Facebook group and Lonely Boats page have been perfect to put a spotlight on these forgotten boats. It’s a service that we also extend to boat yards and marinas. They can suddenly become the owners of these vessels if owners stop paying. Listing the boat through the Lonely Boats page might just save them a costly disposal bill and gain them a new customer.
Anyone involved in boats knows it can be a drawn out process trying to sell a boat. Especially in a project condition. But we believe that putting that boat in front of a pool of likeminded people can speed up this process.
20 Years in Boat Disposal
Boatbreakers has been running for close to 20 years now. We think that we are a good judge of what might be worth saving. If a boat is too far gone and could be a potential danger to anyone else it won’t be shared. We charge an upfront fee of £100 to share the boat and whatever you get for the boat is yours. Even if you give the boat away it’s only cost you the initial fee. Typically it takes a day or two. We can find a list of people willing to make an offer for the Lonely Boat.
If you have a potential forgotten boat sat in a yard then get in contact. Visit our Boatbreakers site and click on the Lonely Boats page to get started.
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Lonely BoatsWritten 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: February 8, 2024
Last Modified: February 20, 2024
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