Disposing of old yacht by sinking it?

[triggerhippy]

Give one of the boat breaking companies a shout - they will usually buy boats to use in all manner of creative ways; Boat Breakers.com or Lancs Salvage Ltd - they probably won't be too worried about condition since I think they'll buy insurance write-offs too.

 

[Spuddy]

Sink it inside the Montgomery buoys where it's not likely to snag trawl nets and also adjacent to even more serious contaminants.

 

[jerrytug]

Sink it inside the Montgomery buoys where it's not likely to snag trawl nets and also adjacent to even more serious contaminants.

Now that's lateral thinking

 

[fien397]

how much would you be looking for for a genuine hassle free removal of your boat?

 

[Lakesailor]

Yup, but it's not your boat any more at that point.
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On that basis, anyone who sold something on eBay, had a non-paying bidder and relisted would be guilty of theft.

But if you relist it you agree to cancel the contract. Their T&Cs legally bind the winning bidder to purchase the item - it's just nobody seems to bother pursuing it, or maybe it's not watertight in the end, I dunno. All I know is that having sold a few boats via ebay not one of the buyers hasn't been genuine.

Back in the real world.....
Try telling the marina/harbourmaster/yacht club that the boat is no longer yours and that it belongs to someone you have not heard from, cannot contact and hasn't paid you.

 

[Trop Cher]

I am hoping to get a bigger yacht this year, and my present 40 yr old glassfibre one would seem impossible to sell, there are lots on the market, have been for years.
So I was thinking of stripping every movable thing from it, including ballast, and cleaning it of any oil etc, then with my new boat, towing out the hulk and sinking it.
All the fixtures and fittings, mast engine and rigging etc are worth a fair few quid.
I would fill it with rocks and sink it in a deep place, eg one of the old bomb dumps. What harm could it do?
And what rules and regulations sticklers, health and safety nazis, or environmental stalinists would have me put in the gulag for such a common-sense solution?

Do you throw your rubbish overboard as well? Can't believe anyone would even consider this

 

[jerrytug]

Do you throw your rubbish overboard as well? Can't believe anyone would even consider this

Well as I posted above, I have given up the idea.
But lots of vessels are sunk as artificial reefs, dive sites, etc, what's so unbelievable?

I certainly do throw rubbish overboard, of certain types, in particular places,as officially permitted.

MARPOL regulations I believe, a quick google will inform you what you may throw in, and where.

Have a great day!

 

[jerrytug]

For Trop Cher

 

[JumbleDuck]

Back in the real world.....
Try telling the marina/harbourmaster/yacht club that the boat is no longer yours and that it belongs to someone you have not heard from, cannot contact and hasn't paid you.

You say my car was observed speeding, officer? Why no, that's not my car. I sold it a couple of days ago, to a bloke in the pub. Dave, his name was. No, I'm afraid I don;t have his surname, or his address, and he paid cash. But definitely not my car. Sorry.

Mind you, it might work. Twenty years ago a couple of men in a car drove up to the house I was living in, coupled up a trailer I had there and drove away with it. Witnesses got the registration number and descriptions, but the police were happy to accept the word of the registered keeper, who matched the description, that he had sold the car half an hour previously to a bloke whose name he didn't know.

 

[Trop Cher]

For Trop Cher

Thanks for that, tho I don't see a 22' GRP boat mentioned anywhere!

 

[jerrytug]

Thanks for that, tho I don't see a 22' GRP boat mentioned anywhere!

Well most of it has been immersed in the sea for 40 yrs anyway, it's only the topsides and coachroof which I would have been adding..

 

[single]

I reckon the starting point to this plan would be not to even mention it on a forum