Two Dinghies Scrapped in Gloucestershire
Boatbreakers Scrap Dinghies in Gloucestershire
The Boatbreakers team were out on the road again to scrap two old dinghies. This time the dinghies were in a sailing club on a reservoir in Gloucestershire. The owner of the dinghies had both boats stored at the club for a number of years. However both boat’s conditions had deteriorated over the last few years.
With Covid and having a young Grandchild to contend with the owner decided that it was time to scrap the dinghies. Whilst the storage fees for the boats was minimal it made no sense to keep them. In the past he had tried to sell the dinghies but with no luck.
Beyond Economical Repair
The smaller of the two dinghies was definitely well beyond economical repair. One of the first things our collection team did was to cut down the mast and rigging.
Our plan was to load the two dinghies on top of each other in our box trailer. We did expect the owner to want to keep the trailers but those too ended up being stacked on top. Hopefully some of our Boat Scrapyard Facebook Group members will be interested in buying one of the trailers. The Boatbreakers team always look to recycle items like trailers as to buy new is so expensive.
Dinghy Sandwich
Once we had the first of the dinghies up on the trailer we were confident our dinghy sandwich would fit. When we tried to lift the second dinghy up in to position it basically fell to bits. We always make sure that we leave the area we have been working in a clean and tidy state. After five minutes we had most of the wood chippings or bolts that had fallen out of the smaller craft.
With the dinghy sandwich completed by using an upturned trailer it was time to strap it all down. The aim of the game it to make sure the load is all safe and secure. We definitely don’t want a dinghy wiggling its way out of the tightened straps on the motorway.
Stripped Down and Crushed
Everything is always triple checked before we set off. Once we get a mile or so down the road we will always stop to check that nothing has unexpectedly moved. Thankfully the hulls made it back safely to Portsmouth ready to be stripped down and crushed.
If you have an old dinghy at a club or on your property then just use our Scrap Calculator for a quote. Our team cover the whole of the UK and we can also deal with boats in the Republic of Ireland.
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: December 7, 2021
Last Modified: June 28, 2022
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