boat breakers, are there any?

[piggybax]

hi, just a quick question, where do old boats go? are there any breakers that deal with sailing boats? and finally are there any associations who have boat breakers as there members?
cheers

 

[[10753]]

Funny you should ask that as i just asked my yard the same question. Apparently they go to the crusher and up in landfill sites - sounds such a waste.

Interested to hear if there are any 'boat breakers' around.

 

[bigwow]

Are you going to post this question every day? As I seem to remember you posting the same thing on PBO yesterday.

 

[piggybax]

no I thought i would try just these two as these are the ones I subscribe to and would be the best place to ask the question. I posted on both forums because some people only might read one. cheers.

a second question does anyone know if the crushed grp be recycled and do they know who are doing this?

 

[Poignard]

In the yard where my boat was laid up last winter they had a clear out of abandoned boats. They were chopped up with an angle grinder and taken to the nearest scrapyard. Most of the desirable fittings were removed before the boats were carted away. Presumably the boatyard has to pay the scrapyard to accept them as there can't be much worth salvaging.

If it's old fittings you are after you could try Ffoulkes Chandlery Barge at Bursledon, Hants, or eBay.

 

[Stemar]

If you go to the Barge, make sure you know ther new price of what you want. Some things are good value, others are second hand for more than the new price

 

[exfinnsailor]

Japanese Grind GRP into velllly small bits and use it for road construction .. Bit like the uk smashing bottles and using the old glass for road foundations and making new glass from sand because it cheaper ! So if you need a new driveway you can always use a boat ...... /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[halcyon]

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Bit like the uk smashing bottles and using the old glass for road foundations and making new glass from sand because it cheaper !

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Do you meen the recycling glass bottle advert is not true !!!!.

What happened to the old way of just washing a milk bottle and refilling, must be cheaper.

What can you use old fibre glass for ?

Chop up small and use to bulk up concrete ? would it act as the glass fibres do ?

Brian