Converse48
Well-Known Member
I saw an old, beat-up boat "For Sale" at a boat yard. It was a ~30 year old 20-something foot Baylinerish boat that had no outdrives on it (it had two holes though!) and had been left out in the open all winter without even as much as a piece of canvas on it.
Needless to say it was in pretty poor shape. It was for sale, "As Is" for $500. Let's say you negotiated that boat down to, let's say... free. There is still now way you could get any value out of this boat as the cost of repairs, even for the most skilled do-it-yourselfer, would FAR outweigh the value of the fixed boat.
So what happens to old fiberglass boats like this? In the old days, they would strip off all the metal and hardware and burn 'em. Obviously, that was back when boats were wood and before we "knew" about global warming.
No way they're burning it. They can't recycle fibreglass can they? It can't possibly be worth the storage bill. I guess the yard is just stuck with it?
Needless to say it was in pretty poor shape. It was for sale, "As Is" for $500. Let's say you negotiated that boat down to, let's say... free. There is still now way you could get any value out of this boat as the cost of repairs, even for the most skilled do-it-yourselfer, would FAR outweigh the value of the fixed boat.
So what happens to old fiberglass boats like this? In the old days, they would strip off all the metal and hardware and burn 'em. Obviously, that was back when boats were wood and before we "knew" about global warming.
No way they're burning it. They can't recycle fibreglass can they? It can't possibly be worth the storage bill. I guess the yard is just stuck with it?
