Where do old boats go to die

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Where do old boats go to die....is there a scrap yard anywhere on the south coats that you can go and help yourself

Do boats that have been deserted or been burnt out actually belong to anyone...can you get into big trouble if you take biys off them...
 
Sounds like the beginning of a business idea to me.

You could collect up all the bits of scrap, put them in a big scrap boat, and call yourselves something like Al Haddims Cove.

You wouldn't display prices so that people would spend hours looking through tat to find something they might possibly need one day. They would be expecting a fair deal at the end, but you could charge mega prices because of the investment in time and emotion they have already made.

Brilliant!
 
It's the scrap yard idea for boats...it is brilliant but 1) you'll need to be close to the coast because boats are expensive to move and 2) have a heap load of space...and make sure they can't fall on people /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif...I'd go to one if there was one!

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There would seem to be a load of boats that will never sail again at Faversham and (river boats) at Grove Ferry on the Stour in Kent and at a multitude of sites around our coasts. I'm sure the boat yards would be well 'shut of' them- no doubt the owners can no longer be traced. How will all this GRP be disposed of? I once fired a GRP Kayak (Tell it not in Gath) and it certainly kicked up some smoke and fumes!
 
hi are you talking about my lovely boat that i ve missed for a year , alot of people cant get to see their wee boats and they are not abandoned , yards will auction them off after aset time ,but it is a good idea , why can you get 12 yr old jags scrapped but not an old boat .like renting old bike for 15£ aday but a 8000£car is only 30£
 
We've just spent some time at a marina in Cornwall. Occupying space is a large very ancient barge. I mentioned to a berth holder that with the price of scrap metal as it now is, I wondered they did not get rid of it. His answer was it had little value because it was made of "iron"!

I'm by no means an expert on scrap, so would not know the costs involved of breaking it up, as compared with what the scrap could be sold for. The thing could float, so it could be towed and beached near the high tide line - providing a suitable site could be found.

With the appalling shortage shortage of berths, I feel it's an awful shame these old boats are left lying about.
 
There used to be a "Breakers Yard" in Southampton called Belsize where old boats used to go. But most of the stuff was rubbish and the site is now housing. Also a similar kind of place in Christchurch, now also housing, then moved to Poole, but now gone. There are two issues - disposal of usable secondhand gear as people update. This is easily met by eBay and Boat Jumbles. Second is useless hulls which usually end up being cut up and put in landfill - or just decay in the corners of yards until the owners get fed up with them. However, if the storage fees are being paid there is little incentive to scrap them.

Boats at the bottom of the heap have a habit of circulating from one hopeful dreaming owner to another!
 
This gets asked every year and I think the last time it was suggested that we are miles behind people like the French etc, where you can get grp disposed of. but I'm not certain of any definite examples. I think it can be ground up and be used in a variety of materials, like road surfacing and stuff.
 
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