Sailing Dinghy Disposal Season
Dinghy Disposal Season for Boatbreakers
As winter and early spring arrives it is a busy time for scrapping boats. As the start of the financial year in April approaches and marinas send out their storage bills, people look for other solutions. In the last few weeks we have been asked to scrap lots of old dinghies.
All year round we collect and dispose of many dinghy hulls. People have them in their gardens, boat yards or sailing clubs. The boat breaking team collect most from people’s homes.
Northumberland and the Isle of Wight
So far in the last week we have removed abandoned dinghies from a boat park in Northumberland. We have had a storm damaged RS800 brought to us from the Isle of Wight.
As there were so many vessels damaged in the recent storms we have had enquiries from across the country. The boat collection team recovered a Flying Fifteen dinghy from the Lake District. Her owner simply couldn’t find the time to use her anymore and wanted to escape the financial commitment of owning a boat.
London and Mudeford Quay
The next scrap dinghy we were asked to collect was from Mudeford Quay in Dorset. In a similar scenario as the dinghy collection from the Lake District the owner just wanted to move on from ownership. The best part about choosing the scrap route is that there isn’t the same hassle as trying to sell.
Next the team headed up towards London. We had been asked to scrap two old dinghies from a home in Banstead. Their former owner had sadly passed away and his family needed the boats gone before selling the house. One of the wooden dinghies was easy for us to quickly chop on site. The second was a Gull which we decided to give one last chance at saving. We have shared the Gull on our Boat Scrapyard Facebook group to see if any of our members would like her.
Another Dinghy on the way
At the time of writing we are due to have another dinghy delivered to us in the next few days. To see what she is we would recommend keeping an eye on our Instagram feed (@Boatbreakers).
Finally if you have an old dinghy you would like to scrap we would recommend using our Scrap Calculator. You can receive a free no obligation quote to dispose of your old dinghy.
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: March 18, 2022
Last Modified: June 28, 2022
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