A sad end to a Bristol 30

[Joe M]

This video is a bit dated...sad end to a good old boat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCHzQ1-baM0

[Steve Laume]

At least they stripped the hardware on that one. I doesn't look like they were going to salvage the lead though. I can understand that some boats are just not worth restoring but it is the right thing to salvage as much as possible.

No matter what the case may be, it is still kind of sad, Steve.

[Jim1945]

Very sad indeed. My casual observation is the hull looked good. Who knows what other problems there were. I once owned a Bristol 22 that I have many times regretted selling. I did substantial work replacing many feet of saturated deck but the hull was very strong and she sailed well. To this day, probably 15+ years after selling her, that 22 remains in the marina where I dock my CD Ty sitting on the cradle I built for it and being continuously neglected. I fear the same fate for it as with the 30.

[bottomscraper]

I guess this is what happens when you don't pay you bills!

http://youtu.be/LEaPuiw0zEs

[Jim Walsh]

Always makes me wonder why the yard doesn't auction or donate the boats once it takes possession. You would think they'd have a chance of getting a few bucks out of them rather than adding insult to injury and just running up more expense to demolish and trash these vessels.

[Neil Gordon]

Always makes me wonder why the yard doesn't auction or donate the boats once it takes possession. You would think they'd have a chance of getting a few bucks out of them rather than adding insult to injury and just running up more expense to demolish and trash these vessels.

I've seen a few at my marina that have been broken up... usually they've been badly neglected for years and have standing water in the cabin. Sails (usually still bent on) are rotted and shredded, as are dodgers. Sometimes the sails are nicely bagged but sitting in the water in the cabin. Sad to see but just not worth restoring.

[tjr818]

"... I was only following orders..."

I've had a few bad jobs, thankfully I've never had that one.

[Joe Myerson]

In some states, and Massachusetts used to be one of them until marina owners pushed through some legislation, if the title-holder of a vessel cannot be found, a boat cannot be sold for unpaid bills. However, I believe, it can still be destroyed. I might have this wrong, and I have no idea how it works in New Jersey, but I do remember vaguely when the Mass. Marine Trades Assoc. was pushing for such a law here.

Still, an awful sight. I could not watch it to the bitter end.

--Joe

[joemerchant]

We had one at the yard in CA. I had a slip in many years ago, but was declared a total loss by the insurance company and had an order to destroy. The yard told me that nothing could be removed from the boat except the motors and batteries (for enviornmental reasons). Nothing could be reused as it was but any metals, etc. would be recycled once it was delived and signed over to a landfill/recycling center. Even the engines had to be destroyed. It was sad because there was a lot on that boat that was in really good shape, including, what looked like a new electric windlass. Yard said that some insurance companies didn't like to mess with it and just paid to destroy instead of selling what is left at auction or to the yard and taking anything from the boat before or after is the same as stealing it off any boat in the yard. That was back in the 80's