Mystic Gem

[ExSurveyor]

Another sad and neglected boat heading to the scrap yard.

Neglect takes its toll.

 

[Roy]

Was it a water gypsy boat by the bottom photo ? 

[Islander]

The bottom photo looks like it was taken when at ABC wharf in Norwich. Where is it now

Colin 

 

[ExSurveyor]

Heading down the Yare from Brundall.

[ExSurveyor]

29 minutes ago, Roy said:

Was it a water gypsy boat by the bottom photo ? 

No. It has been in private ownership, an out of the water project that didn't happen I believe.

[OldBerkshireBoy]

Where do boats go, as in is there a scrap yard as such?

[ChrisB]

Old GRP boats are a growing problem, there is a recycler in Gosport who the last I heard was charging about £100 per footup to 30ft.

Apparently Fance and Sweden are leaders in the field, but with some 6.5 mllion leisure boats in Europe and about 2% reaching end of life each year it is no wonder boats are getting abandoned.

Some countries grind them up and mix with road surfacing and adding the grinds to non-structural concrete.

 

[ChrisB]

The other problem with abandoned and scuttled boats is they have been found to add to the growing menace and danger to all life by Microplastic polution.

[OldBerkshireBoy]

Thought I heard/ read about a holding yard at Thorpe area.

[jeffbroadslover]

Sad to see the first photo. I remember hiring  one of these from Wing Line Cruisers in Brundall quite a lot of years ago (late 70's I think) 

Nice boat, 4 berth, 2 loos/showers  and warm and comfy on board.

Jeff

[Broads01]

23 hours ago, jeffbroadslover said:

Sad to see the first photo. I remember hiring  one of these from Wing Line Cruisers in Brundall quite a lot of years ago (late 70's I think) 

Nice boat, 4 berth, 2 loos/showers  and warm and comfy on board.

Jeff

Yes I remember in the early 1980s they looked super-modern for the time.