The first thing the owner asked was how to handle the title on an inherited boat that nobody in the family wanted. His father left behind a tan 22 ft O’Day sailboat with a brown accent stripe. It sat on a trailer in a gravel driveway beside the house, taking up space the family needed for daily vehicles.
Our crew brought a winch truck to move the rig. The gravel driveway was steep, and it backed out onto a narrow street with parked cars across the way. We hooked our winch line to the trailer frame, choked the tires with rubber blocks, and eased the rig down the slope inches at a time. Controlling the angle kept the trailer from swinging into the neighbor’s fence.
We hauled the sailboat off the property for proper disposal. At the yard, we stripped the metal hardware for recycling and cut the fiberglass hull into smaller sections for the facility. Larger boats over 20 feet are priced over the phone because the vessel size and the driveway setup change the labor. For boat removal in Stevens Point or Portage County, call 833-658-4847.
In our experience, sailboat hulls left outdoors over Wisconsin winters take heavy damage. Freeze cycles turn trapped water into ice, which cracks the outer gelcoat and lets rot into the wood inside the back of the hull. Before any hull goes to recycling, our crew drains all fuel and oil and removes the battery to keep hazardous materials out of the ground.
This removal in brief
| Boat | 22 ft O’Day 22 sailboat |
|---|---|
| Where it sat | Gravel driveway beside the house |
| Coverage area | Portage County |
| Outcome | Stripped for parts, with the hull cut and recycled |
Shown as an example of how a job like this goes in Portage County; not a record of a particular customer. Photos are illustrative.
Before you call: two common questions
How much does it cost to junk a fiberglass boat?
We figure the cost based on the length of the hull, where the boat sits, and the work needed to load it. Small runabouts on rolling trailers cost less than large abandoned hulls stuck in mud. Call us with your boat details, and we will give you a fair quote before we haul it.
What happens to my boat after removal?
We tow the vessel to our shop and pull out the battery, fuel tanks, and usable metal hardware. We drop the metals at a scrap yard. Then we cut the empty fiberglass hull into small panels so a waste facility can process the material cleanly.
Boat disposal across Portage County
Crews cover Portage County: Plover, Whiting, Junction City and Amherst. Early summer brings a lot of boat removal requests across Central Wisconsin. Families clear out old property after buying a home or settling an estate, and they need abandoned hulls off their land before lawn maintenance gets tough.
Boat in Stevens Point that is not going back in the water? Call 833-658-4847 and we will walk you through it.
