Project Boats

[Riverdee]

Hi All,

 

Do you have any suggestions for places in/near London where I can find project boats for sale, such as abandoned or old boats?

 

Thanks a lot,

 

Dee

 

Edited September 21, 2023 by Riverdee
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[David Mack]

Ebay, Gumtree, Facebook marketplace.

[Alan de Enfield]

35 minutes ago, Riverdee said:

Hi All,

 

Do you have any suggestions for places in/near London where I can find project boats for sale, such as abandoned or old boats?

 

Thanks a lot,

 

Dee

 

 

Walk along the London waterways there always sems to be some derelicts (but then someone sticks their head out ....................)

 

At what level are you looking ?

 

Sunk ?

Sunk & Recovered ?

Stripped out but worn out hull ?

Hull needs £'000s of welding work ?

Suitable for immediate moving in ?

No engine - not movable ?

Fire damaged ?

[Riverdee]

Thanks for the replies, I was actually looking for a 'market' style, I've seen it on videos but not actually sure where its located. perhaps by docks?

 

I think majority of the boats they have are indeed as you mentioned

Sunk, Sunk & Recovered, Stripped out but worn out hull, No engine - not movable &/or Fire damaged.

[system 4-50]

What general size of boat are you looking for ?  Canoe upwards?

[Riverdee]

60ft plus

[haggis]

I am puzzled. What is a market styled boat? Not a term I have heard before I think 

[Hudds Lad]

Assuming "market" meaning like a broker rather than an individual seller, such as where CRT send re-possessed boats to be sold which i think is somewhere near Chester?

[Riverdee]

Perhapes market style is incorrectly described. As mentioned, I've seen it on video's but unsure what its called.

@Hudds Lad Yes Indeed, I think there is one in Chester but cant seem to find out where

[Alan de Enfield]

These folks sell the Boats that C&RT sieze 

 

Commercial Boat Services in CHESTER | Boats and Outboards

 

 

This one sells burnt out wrecks etc :

 

boatwrecks.com/power.asp

 

 

Do a Googl search for 'boat scrapyards'

[LadyG]

2 hours ago, Riverdee said:

Hi All,

 

Do you have any suggestions for places in/near London where I can find project boats for sale, such as abandoned or old boats?

 

Thanks a lot,

 

Dee

 

CRT have a lot of old crap boats but I m not sure if there are any in London. You might struggle to get fitters in London, you could wander about and no doubt there will be a few FoR SaLe signs, that would be my approach.

I had a notion OP wanted a catering business, youtuber Holly the Café Boat are giving up: baby on board.

[Hudds Lad]

13 minutes ago, LadyG said:

I had a notion OP wanted a catering business, youtuber Holly the Café Boat are giving up: baby on board.

Giving up the boat they live on, not the cafe boat.

[David Mack]

1 hour ago, Alan de Enfield said:

This one sells burnt out wrecks etc :

 

boatwrecks.com/power.asp

Link looks to be dead. But last time I looked on here some of the boats had been listed for years, so I wasn't sure the site was still going and any of the boats shown were actually available.

[harrybsmith]

1 hour ago, Alan de Enfield said:

These folks sell the Boats that C&RT sieze 

 

Commercial Boat Services in CHESTER | Boats and Outboards

 

 

This one sells burnt out wrecks etc :

 

boatwrecks.com/power.asp

 

 

Do a Googl search for 'boat scrapyards'

 

 

CBS are the main S8 contractor for CRT but don't let you walk around their yard without an appointment to see a specific boat (interesting place though)

 

Redhill (Kegworth) and Sirius Marine (Stourport) also do a bit of S8 work and often have projects, that's where my latest one came from. 

 

Most stuff on Boatwrecks is actually sold, there's a couple on there I tried to buy, including the unfortunately named "Warm Glow" which was fire damaged.

[Riverdee]

Thanks so much for the info!! Much appreciated!