Scarborough Scrap Collection
There’s nothing like a long haul road trip to welcome a team member back from a holiday. With Luke still enjoying the jet lag that follows a 12 and a half hour flight we set off at 5am and headed north for Scarborough to collect a Scrap Boat.
The boat in question was a 20ft motorboat that had recently sunk on her mooring and was then written off by the insurance company. Judging from the condition of the boat it wasn’t just the sinking that caused her current state and I’m sure the owner couldn’t believe his luck.
Our plan was simple for the day, leave at the crack of dawn to avoid the traffic around the Solent area and get north as fast as possible with a quick breakfast stop at Warwick. We got to Scarborough at 11 and positioned the flatbed trailer next to the stricken boat. The local harbour guys then used their little crane to lift the boat up and around onto our trailer. Quite a crowd had gathered on the day which is always slightly daunting just in case something goes wrong.
Luckily this wasn’t our first rodeo and the boat was dropped on perfectly and quickly strapped down. Our crowd then dispersed and we quickly made our way to the closest Fish and Chip shop for the northern delicacy of Chips n’ Gravy.
On the way home it took around 7 hours to get back as whilst towing no real speed could be achieved and it didn’t stop raining either. All in all it was a very successful day but extremely tiring!
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: May 1, 2018
Last Modified: June 28, 2022
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