wombat88
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Simple question with no obvious answer that I can find as to how to do it 'properly'...
How do you dispose of an old grp dinghy hull?
How do you dispose of an old grp dinghy hull?
Disposing of a dinghy
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rszemeti
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9" angle grinder or a petrol Stihl Saw, chop into pieces, take to dump.
Seashoreman
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I would suggest a picture on a postcard in local shops or eBay with the word FREE attached.
Some people will take anything away if its FREE.
Perhaps suggest it would make an amusing garden ornament filled with soil and pretty flowers?
Some people will take anything away if its FREE.
Perhaps suggest it would make an amusing garden ornament filled with soil and pretty flowers?
Spyro
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Or gumtree, lots of free stuff on there.
johnalison
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From what I have heard, you are wrong. Much better is to leave it outside with a notice saying "For Sale £50", when someone is bound to nick it.
wombat88
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Have you ever done this? I have, it is an awful experience and gets worse when you find that the thing was filled with loose polystyrene granules. Chopping up a Reliant Scimitar was marginally less unpleasant.
Fantasie 19
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scruff
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How far gone is it? Post some photos and offer it for sale for a low price on facebook.
Someone will have it
Someone will have it
rogerthebodger
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Fill it with soil and plant flowers or veggies in it and locate it outside where you live.
google.co.za/search?q=dinghy+garden+feature&tbm=isch&source=univ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjvuo2ek93lAhVLTcAKHW3nCeMQsAR6BAgHEAE&biw=1517&bih=694
boatmike
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Har Har! Cynical but probably true!!
wombat88
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So there you go, there is no 'proper' way that our Greta would approve of.
Most of the above just passes the problem down the line.
Most of the above just passes the problem down the line.
Thistle
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... and keeps it out of landfill.
Aquaboy
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And gives it a second life which is better than throwing it away
Old Harry
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freeads / freecycle
matthewriches
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I watched an old fibreglass hull get broken up and put in a big roll on/roll off skip. Was mildly entertaining. I'd go with either give it to some other person or take delight in breaking it up and taking to dump.
lw395
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If it's repairable as a tender, you can give it away, or even get a few quid for it.
Knackered racing dinghies are harder to shift, you eiher chop them up and take them to the dump or put them on a roundabout with some begonias in.
Sometimes people can find a use for a flat grp panel cut from an old dinghy.
When you want a GRP panel to make a battery box or whatever, there's never one around!
I've chopped a few bits out of old boats, used them to repair other tenders, backing pieces for cleats, odd brackets, that sort of thing.
I have a trailer with GRP mudguards containing bits of 420!
There must be other uses we could look at.
Knackered racing dinghies are harder to shift, you eiher chop them up and take them to the dump or put them on a roundabout with some begonias in.
Sometimes people can find a use for a flat grp panel cut from an old dinghy.
When you want a GRP panel to make a battery box or whatever, there's never one around!
I've chopped a few bits out of old boats, used them to repair other tenders, backing pieces for cleats, odd brackets, that sort of thing.
I have a trailer with GRP mudguards containing bits of 420!
There must be other uses we could look at.
ffiill
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I once picked up an abandoned one 30 years ago. An 8 foot pram with the wooden inside rotted away. I repaired it with plywood buoyancy lockers Mirror Dingy style.
Its still floats and is Used when a paint jodb or similar is needed afloat.
Its still floats and is Used when a paint jodb or similar is needed afloat.
Jaguar568
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Just got rid of a 13 ft Dory , had to gave it away and even then with great difficulty. People seem expect an awful lot for something that’s free ! We use old fibreglass dinghies to get out to the moorings and for mooring maintenance.
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Seajet
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I think the flower bed is the best bet, a chum did this with his tender after the tippy thing nearly drowned us.
There's a rather stylish old grp tender with flower bed conversion and good graphics on what used to be the main road from Chichester to Emsworth with the house name ' The Boathouse '
There's a rather stylish old grp tender with flower bed conversion and good graphics on what used to be the main road from Chichester to Emsworth with the house name ' The Boathouse '