Where do boats go to die?

[reginaldon]

I've seen a few boat graveyards - I don't know if the owners have just abandoned them and are no longer traceable - there seem to be some tolerant boatyard owners. Are there any boat breakers? No my MAB is not ready for the knackersyard yet; /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif I'm just curious.

 

[sighmoon]

I've seen a few in the mudflats around Maldon

 

[Twister_Ken]

In the days when they were wooden they seem just to be left to rot in the upper reaches of tidal rivers.

GRP doesn't rot (well, not back to nature anyway) so I guess the TK Boat Crushing Company has a chance of success.

 

[LadyInBed]

I went for a walk last w/e to Turf Lock opposite Topsham on the river Exe. That struck me as being pretty close to a boats graveyard. One or two boats were being worked on, but several looked as if they had been left untouched for many years.
Where I keep my boat, there are boats that have just stood around for six or more years. It seems a shame, people must be paying fees for these boats.

 

[tazzle]

Yep, old salt marshes were favourite for wooden boats. Just haul them up a creek, and wait 50 years for the silt to fill it up, the grass to grow .... then when the creek is uncovered after another 100 years, most of the boat will have gone. Very eco friendly.

Problem is, unless you have tens of thousands of tonnes of crushed / chipped fibreglass, any commercial use such as mixing with bitumen as highways surfacing etc is uneconomic. Anyhow, a nice piccy 'cos I don't want to be depressing ...

 

[totopalm]

Without a paddle

 

[Lakesailor]

Nice project. When did you buy that?

 

[Victorious]

Theres no justice.

The wooden boat will slowly disappear.
The plastic ones will not.
/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

 

[wooslehunter]

So where's the pic. I'm after a new dinghy and the one in the background looks in better nick than mine. May be worth alook if it's local.

 

[daish]

The River Styx, surely...?

 

[Blueboatman]

Well if you are really unlucky they die under your feet !

 

[Mirelle]

That's not a nice thing to say about the river Alde at Slaughden!

 

[Cornishman]

The more posh yachts were burned so that the expensive bronze fastenings could be recovered. Don't try burning plastic yachts though. No fastenings and the smoke is very toxic

 

[dulcibella]

Deadwood Creek aka Chichester Marina