Yacht Disposal: Scrapping a Wooden Yacht in Minutes
Some yachts when it’s time to scrap seem to put up quite a fight. These are usually made from fibreglass and it can take our skilled team of Boat breakers all day to safely chop up the boat.
Our latest boat chop was quite different as we decided to bring out the big guns for this one. The boat was an old wooden 6 Ton Hillyard which brought back from Brighton Marina to our Scrapyard in Portsmouth Harbour. Once it had arrived we used one of our cranes with a crushing tool attached to it.
The crushing tool made light work of the old wooden hull and after a matter of minutes we had turned what was a tired old yacht into a pile of materials that could be sorted through and recycled.
We always like to scrap wooden boats as a lot less materials end up in landfill which is better for the environment.
You can see a video summary of the chop on our Youtube channel (Boatbreakers Video).
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 29, 2016
Last Modified: June 28, 2022
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