How to dispose of a derelict Halcyon 23?

Looks in reasonable nick to me. Better condition that some of the boats in my harbour, and would not take a huge amount of effort to get it safely on the sea again, main cost being sails and an outboard.
 
Nos4r2 said:
the cockpit floor is so rotten that it's impossible to walk on without going through
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2nd_apprentice said:
Isn't it a GRP hull? If it's ply have a bonfire.
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It could easily be a GRP hull and deck but with a large ply panel in the cockpit sole. Even if the boats weren't built that way, someone may have done it to improve engine access.

Pete
 
prv said:
It could easily be a GRP hull and deck but with a large ply panel in the cockpit sole. Even if the boats weren't built that way, someone may have done it to improve engine access.

Pete
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I suspect that's exactly what it is, but I can't get near enough to photograph it
2nd_apprentice said:
Isn't it a GRP hull?
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It is. There's wooden flooring of some kind in the cockpit that woldn't bear the weight of a child.

The pics are all looking towards the main hatch from the forehatch, the steps being in the centre, apart from the pic of the cockpit where you can see where the tiller has rotted and fallen off, just forward of the cover that would have been for the outboard well on the stern. They weren't taken to post, rather as a way of seeing what's inside as there's no access without smashing the main hatch. The main hatch hasn't been opened in at least 5 years and there's no key to the big padlock on it.
Romeo said:
Who actually owns it?
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The current owner is the widow of the man who sailed it last and it hasn't been seen by them for several years. She doesn't want to pay the storage fees and has asked for it to be 'got rid of'.
 
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Nos4r2 said:
The current owner is the widow of the man who sailed it last and it hasn't been seen by them for several years. She doesn't want to pay the storage fees and has asked for it to be 'got rid of'.
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Bloody hell - they haven't been paying storage fees for 17 years, have they?

Pete
 
prv said:
Bloody hell - they haven't been paying storage fees for 17 years, have they?

Pete
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Yep....


For some reason I can't delete a load of blank pics from my alotted ones, so I can't upload the last 2 that I have of it.
Afraid you're not going to get any better than that 'til I can get down there again.
 
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The last 2 for you, used photobucket this time.

All 3 pics of the cockpit are taken from the port side, outside the boat. You can see the remains of the tiller sticking up through the cockpit floor on one pic.
 

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