What percentage

[Rum_Pirate]

Roughly what percentage of the fibreglass yachts that have been built in the UK to date are a) still afloat? b) sailable?

How are old unrepairable etc fibreglass yachts disposed of in the UK?

 

[Mark-1]

How are old unrepairable etc fibreglass yachts disposed of in the UK?

Boat Breakers, Gosport.

 

[Stemar]

How are old unrepairable etc fibreglass yachts disposed of in the UK?

All too often, they clutter up the cheaper moorings, or end up in odd corners of boatyards growing weeds. I was wandering around Pont-l'Abbé harbour in Brittany last week, and things don't seem much different - sad, unloved boats quietly mouldering

 

[gordmac]

eBay?

 

[dk]

Agree, most of them are sold to mugs/dreamers on eBay!

 

[mrming]

There are a lot more of a) afloat than b) sailable. Our marina has its fair share of mouldy, floating grp classics where presumably someone is still paying the bill. That said there are also plenty of 60s, 70s and 80s grp boats in good condition and getting regular use.

 

[steveeasy]

Boat Breakers, Gosport.

Yep people pay them to scrap them. they then send them back out selling them to buyers. If its fibreglass its repairable.
steveeasy

 

[ridgy]

Yep people pay them to scrap them. they then send them back out selling them to buyers. If its fibreglass its repairable.
steveeasy

It's rarely the hull that leads to scrappage it's everything else, engine, sails,rig etc that are not repairable and not economical to replace..

Looking around my sailing club yard there are various boats that would float but are so manky and neglected that compared to buying a working example it's not worth the effort.

 

[LadyInBed]

Roughly what percentage of the fibreglass yachts that have been built in the UK to date are a) still afloat? b) sailable?

Mine is!

 

[Lightwave395]

Mine is!

Mine too !