How to Demolish a Boat

[@jamesmcnaughton5092]

Just think of how nice this boat was the day she was launched, what history

[@KL2010]

In Australia vessels like these are usually towed out to sea and used by the navy for either target practice from afar or scuttled as a special ops drill. If too dangerous to be used as dive ships they're taken way out and make excellent artificial reefs that aren't susceptible to the crown of thorns starfish that thrive in our warmer pacific coastal waters. Like catching two fish with one hook so to speak.

[@poly_hexamethyl]

1:34 Holy barnacles Batman! Looks like it's been a while since the last coat of anti-fouling paint was put on! :-)

[@BRaff-hl4ip]

As the destruction proceeds it reveals how beautifully this vessel has been constructed.

[@misfiringpistons]

Theres always something sad about having to tear up an old vessel as such, the things and good memories tucked away on board gone in an instant. Boats are meant to be kept in a condition until they sink which is the river, ocean or lake taking back whats theirs, also in a way its beautiful thinking that the boat will be recycled, going to something else. So in a way the memories held by the vessel live on.

[@ConvairDart106]

It came from the forest, NOT, the ocean!

[@matti1469]

one of my favorite videos on yt. iconic! I watch it every couple month for years Can you do more videos with this demolishing company pls ?

[@mattbartholomew5707]

Guessing this was possibly all the guy had left considering he was unable to afford to have the boat moved himself so the council go the route of having his boat moved, stored then demolished rather then simply just having it moved and returned to its rightful owner.

[@zachharmon7459]

Oh my heart, It's such a lovely old vessel, such a shame they had to scrap it.

[@valuedhumanoid6574]

I was riding a 45' yacht with a friend down the Mississippi River to Clearwater Florida. We got to Apalachicola and got behind a barge that churned up a log from the bottom, which we hit and bent a prop. We limped to the Government Cut and into the marina. They had one of those boat lift sling machines just like the one here. We pulled in, they raised it out of the water and drove inland a bit, we had a shiny new screw installed, cleaned the bottom with a pressure hose the best we could and they sat us back into the water. It was so quick, so painless. Expensive as all fuck, but we were on our way by lunch. Amazing machines

[@boataxe4605]

00UncommonSense00 Logs float on the surface, the towboat and barge ran over it then you hit it because you were following too close and didn’t have time to see it and take evasive action.

[@Waltham1892]

You don't need to destroy a boat.Just lose it to your wife in the divorce like everyone else.

[@leifvejby8023]

Yes, same way you lose the car, house and money! Except the money goes to the lawyer. :-(

[@nhok6823]

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[@basbrand5860]

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[@Gavichap]

Waltham1892 Well, think thrice before getting married, then, or before cheating on your wife :-)

[@bazzmcfury9550]

"How was your day hon?" "oh spent it totally wrecking miss China down the docks with a massive mechanical arm" "your clothes are on the lawn, and your dinners in the dog"

[@danielsatterberg6561]

There are unhappy people in the world. The title delivered exactly what it said and it was a nicely produced video production and still there are 80+ people who 'did not like' it; not because of what they saw but of their own unfulfilled lives.

[@eXcRaiNmaN]

or maybe they just didn't give a fuck and gave it a thumbs down because they knew it would bother goofy people like you

[@danielsatterberg6561]

Okay but if they didn't care they wouldn't bother to comment. And it only bothers me to the extent that I don't like seeing so many unhappy people. Have a good one :)

[@ConvairDart106]

I recognize the old Wood-Freeman autopilot, hanging from the steering wheel. Had the same set-up, as the vessel I ran in 2018-19. The Sterling, was built in 1929, and is 85 feet, and due for the same ending. She tried coming apart, in the Gulf of Alaska.

[@felixcat9318]

Watching those huge hydraulic shearing jaws scything through the vessel, all I could think was, chomp, chomp, chomp!

[@oscaris1ru12]

I saw what became of the boat of interest. Just please tell me the dogs were dealt with humanely?

[@theobscurity9392]

Shame they just tore it all up. I'd like to have had the lights on the top, and I know some independent seafood shop or restaurant could make good use of some parts for decoration

[@MrShawn305]

They said the engine was beyond repair. The boat can be repowered or left unpowered since it was the guy's home anyway.

[@231gnx]

What year was the boat made? When was it retired?

[@teel6060]

Also too, a shear was unnecessary here. An excavator with a claw would have been more useful.

[@TrailTrackers]

They are a demolition company. Maybe that's all they have. Based on the video, they got the fuckin' boat torn down as they were contracted so don't be a dip shit.

[@SecondLifeDesigner]

This made me sick! I hope Mr Duley and his dogs are OK. I Googled him and read a few articles. Seems like he didn't have much money but also wasn't a very likable kinda guy. At least the local authorities didn't seem to care for him that much though they did help him out in the past when his boat had gotten into trouble. Can't be all bad he obviously loved dogs. They kept wanting him to take responsibility. That's kind of hard when you don't have the money just trying to survive.

[@wmcbarker4155]

sad that a man & his dogs lost their home, I'd like to live on a boat like that, parked in a harbor

[@firaismailismail6955]

😭😭

[@chicjadd]

For all of you going "ohh the poor mans home!!!" I will tell you a story from a locals perspective. The boat was towed into the harbor and sat on a mooring for a couple of years. The mooring that he was on belonged to the town, he did not pay a single dime to moor it there or pay for any of the repairs that were needed on the mooring because of his shitbox. The boat also was towed into the harbor with complete super structure on it, which he slowly took off and simply tossed into the harbor.

[@denstew4590]

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[@wmcbarker4155]

did you offer the man shelter ? that would have been the 'right' thing to do. Zac Vk

[@jakelencher817]

it looks like it was in the water for 10 years, but it is sad to watch something like that being destroyed

[@obfuscated3090]

The superficial resemblance of boat-shaped junk to a functional vessel shouldn't fool anyone, and the people who think demolishing it is wasteful rather than needed garbage disposal are ignorant of boats and their repair. Reusing the steel and sending the rest to the landfill is what to do.

[@StuffBobbyDoes]

Another fine example of the over-gentrification of our society. So the main engine was beyond repair? That was a 6-71 Detroit - parts are a dime-a-dozen. And what became of the owner? Just kick him and his dog to the curb? No follow up? WTF!

[@austinstyles5674]

That was a good old Detroit diesel in that boat sad to see it scrapped! But it was probably nothing more than rusty metal by then!

[@idespisemicrosoftwindows3240]

I feel sorry for the boa and the man and his dog

[@shane6500]

I wanted the bell, prop, copper and steering wheel lol awesome work guys

[@AntifoulAwl]

If this was a video about a boat that sank at it moorings,taking the old guy & his dogs down with it,there'd be heaps of comments saying"why didn't the authorities prevent this?"

[@Sjanzo]

look at the condition of the boat: The owner knew salvage costs would exceed the value of this boat, and was glad that they didnt charge him the bill of removing it from the beach...

[@Morroso1]

Does anyone know the make of that shrimp boat? Was it a Desco? What year do ya think she was made?

[@trucking604]

When they hauled it out of the water, why didn't they just dismantle it on land? Why did they plop it on a barge to dismantle it? As they were dismantling it, debris was falling into the water.

[@integr8er66]

Because as they said in the video, the plan was to take the debris to a waste fuel plant to burn it. That would be much more work to scoop it up off land after you shreded it and put it BACK in a barge

[@henkoosterhof5947]

trucking604 any oil or so spill stays in the barge this way. On land it could have been washed away.

[@josephborello3357]

Miss China: Me The excavator: All Girls In My School

[@OhDannyBoi]

Was the boat completely useless, or are they demolishing it for another reason?

[@jwandhistools]

That thing had more barnacles than Rosanne Barr's belly.

[@marioncobaretti2280]

Roseannes arse

[@welshpete12]

I'm sorry that old man lost his home . I wonder what became of him and his dog ?

[@AndyHappyGuy]

welshpete12 probably got a proper house that would not break free and possibly sink in a storm

[@hearsejr]

It's a shame that people up north are so fast to destroy a trawler rather then offer it up to someone who would have cleaned the bottom, replaced the engine and repaint it.

[@truckerboy93]

what a waste somebody's home pride and joy gone to history books.

[@gstylez0107]

My mother lived on that boat for a short time with it's owner, Joe Dooley. Her time on his boat resulted in physical and emotional trauma which has taken years to properly treat... Dooley is an unhinged and narcissistic man. In a way I pity him, as he's clearly mentally ill, however the psychological abuse he's put his family and my mother through makes it difficult to feel much sympathy for him losing his home.. He made one bad decision after another, knowing full well that others would have to fix his mess. He's a manipulator and a con man.. Joe now lives in the very remote woods on Unity NH, where he continues to bring grief to the community. Constantly picking fights with neighbors and lawmakers, all in the name of a moral battle he's conjured in his head.. I'm sure the community was happy to see him and the boat he lived on go.. The boat had it's charm but was ultimately unsafe and unfit for the sea.. I was glad to see it get destroyed.

[@mattbartholomew5707]

Had this of been some fancy yacht of someone on the board of the council it would have been moved and repaired for free.

[@westsideflyer7559]

No it wouldn't have. The rich person would never let it get in this condition. You are kidding yourself if you think it would be fixed for free, There are thousands of boats like this in harbors.

[@AndyHappyGuy]

Let me tell you guys about the RMS Olympic. The RMS Olympic was the sister ship of Titanic. It was basically Titanic’s twin, a near identical copy. You would think a ship as grand and big as Titanic would not get scrapped. Wrong. It got scrapped quite unceremoniously.

[@Cockroach2008]

There is NO extortion here! No body twisted his arm to live there. He was given the opportunity to remove the wreck from the light house seawall. He could not afford to keep his vessel secured or the cost of retrieval; it was beyond affordable to him. He kicked himself by perpetuating the situation until it became a problem for someone else. Nothing in life is free. It IS all about money! And it WILL NEVER change! That IS THE WAY IT IS.

[@RobertPlattBell]

I was down in the keys at a marina where they had an abandoned fiberglass sailboat they were cutting apart with a chainsaw. They have moorings there, and you have to pay a nominal fee to moor there to cover the cost of pump-outs. Anyway, hippies buy these old boats and live in them and then don't pay the fee. I asked why they didn't just SELL the boats instead of scrapping them. The guy said, "The former owners would just buy them back for pennies and start the process all over again".

[@westsideflyer7559]

Agreed. The port commission where I live had the same problem and sets a minimum price to abandon boats and the people buying them have to have paid up insurance in the value of the boat or they can't have it. They crush and haul them off to the landfill now.

[@levitan71]

not even the claw could destroy that cursed dvd x.x

[@MaineKing12]

As they said in the start of the video, the ship was beyond repair. Everything is repairable, but there comes a point when the cost is worth much more than what the ship would be worth.

[@lexturner2365]

NOT a ship, it's a boat. Ships generally are > 500 tons.

[@gazp2194]

Nic Stroud you speak so much sense .shame the authorities don't have your common sense

[@nicholasxavier5892]

Scrap the hull of the boat ... " Dinner " LOL

[@ottumwaiowa1767]

The title is how to demolish a boat but the narrator keeps calling it a ship. A boat is something that can be put on a ship but a ship can't be put on a boat.

[@ChristinaMitchell-USA]

'Oh Leaping Flyingfish, I would have loved to snag that classic ol' wooden spoked pilot's wheel at 4:20.

[@matzpimp]

Lol. They made sure to keep that

[@eltsennestle998]

someones' home...

[@iliyauryupin7923]

I'm sad for the old guy but it is awesome how they took it apart

[@marek35]

only thing that kept ship on the water is the fiberglass skin, the rest is all rotten

[@andreareedijk5744]

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[@andreareedijk5744]

Bruce Springsteen

[@williamtroy5087]

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[@toshmayberry623]

Ships arent made from fiberglass..its steel.

[@robdog1245]

@@toshmayberry623 Negative Ghostrider, that was fiberglass covered by wood. Steel doesn't crackle when it's ripped apart, it shrieks and screeches. Fiberglass and wood crackle and pop and splinter just like... well wood

[@MrControColpo]

I was wondering the exact same thing. If they'd give it back to him they'd only pay for towing. Now they'll probably have to pay for the demolition of the ship as well.

[@dgronzega8073]

First thought as wheel was exposed, "why didn't they save the wheel ?!". so glad they did

[@Blime2913]

Was the screw/ Ruder & Bell salvaged along with bridge wheel!

[@bangrul74]

that is very cool..!! Your video is very entertaining, well done my Friend...

[@jeffreysmith7591]

I can't be mean to people like that,very heartless and very sad.sorry buddy wish u luck.

[@josephastier7421]

Nice job saving the wheel.

[@shawnaburns5158]

Yeah true,,,but they should've also saved the gauges and control panels,,,if they didn't their plum stupid!!!!!

[@jrregan]

Conrad Jr? Looks like Jr been eating man sided burgers for the last 10 years. :)-

[@peterincgy]

Glad to hear the wood is burned and not put in a land fill. Need more energy plants and less in the land fill!

[@potheed29]

amazing the amount of money spent to dispose of this boat. you know they just turned around and gave the guy the bill.

[@danielblanke9427]

potheed29 a guy living in a boat like that... I’m sure he would have paid up.

[@arman757]

@Simon Frampton doubtful, from the condition of the boat it was probably the only thing to his name

[@TwistedIntentions79]

is there lead in the bottom of that. to keep it upright

[@austinstyles5674]

Glad the DVD was saved! 🙆👍

[@aileenp.5218]

Not really tho....

[@MohammedMohammed-jh4jj]

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[@aileenp.5218]

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[@jethrobodine011]

we got a whole bunch of boats…12 jennys..

[@puurrrkat321]

Wow, look at all that shit attached to the bottom, it would cost a fortune to scrap all that off and repaint the bottom.

[@Watts378]

Poor old boat :(

[@Snarky79]

My wife is something like that boat! Every time I pinch her she too just comes apart!

[@ikolkyo967]

I'm on a Boat, I'm on a Boat, I'm on a ....(looks out window)..Oh shit I gotta get off.

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[@stevepelletier6295]

This was 9 years ago

[@nutsackmania]

money pay

[@SquishyZoran]

It looked like the main engine was a Detroit?

[@aaronreichler2570]

A 6-71, and the generator was a series 50

[@dormantsuperhero]

Granted its past its best, but it was sound enough to survive a storm, being beached, and salvaged.......

[@johnbobson248]

It was time for the contents to return back to nature. RIP Miss China

[@N8-T]

That thing was cool...too bad i dont have the funding for upkeep on something like that.

[@RobertL78]

Was that a Detroit Diesel that came out? Those things are NEVER beyond repair unless a rod has punched a hole in the block.

[@beeble2003]

You're making a lot of assumptions. Most likely, the boat would need substantial repairs after being beached like that, which the owner probably couldn't afford. Although it was still floating, they may have needed to remove all his stuff to lighten it and the boat may have been too fragile and dangerous to live in any more. And they won't have paid to have it demolished but, rather, sold it to the highest bidder, the demolition contractor. Still sucks that the guy lost his home.

[@aGWARfan]

That's some serious marine fouling on the hull.

[@wilkesjournal]

The engine wasn't running, but he had it fully insured?

[@Scud321]

still wondering how i get there...

[@thewii552]

Someday I wanna be a troll and make a boat out of 20" thick steel and put it on a beach somewhere...Have fun breaking that.

[@costafortia]

So the town of Nantucket couldn’t help the scalloper keep his vessel/home?

[@jonathanbush3531]

Really good and very interesting

[@jimjardine4705]

I would have burnt it and then salvaged the metal bits.

[@martinrickarx6558]

Jim Jardine how about the dog shit on the decks

[@conorjamesmahoney5941]

Potentially explode. TWICE THE FUN!

[@jordangames2560]

That underbit is completely rotten

[@theflyinghamster8442]

That was sad !

[@sunnmann3284]

Having known that a man in for dogs lived on the boat how would the individual feel if somebody did that to their home speaking in the third-person reference of course

[@MrTruth111]

Could have put it on ebay, sell it for 30 dollars.

[@ianjoaquin5847]

It's rusty moron

[@pmurtdlanod5262]

@@ianjoaquin5847 and that would mean its unsaveable...? Stupid...

[@aileenp.5218]

@Robert King So does you're pfp

[@GraemeMurphy]

So you destroyed an old man's home because he did not have the funds to rescue it from the rocks. Americans have hearts of gold. That is what spoils America. "Americans". Merry Christmas homeless old man, I do hope that you find some thick cardboard to keep your homeless self warm this Christmas.

[@cnyautosales382]

I don't get people. Even though it was a homeless man's home, the ship was an eyesore and it had the possibility of leaking hazardous chemicals and materials into the waters that could possibly harm forms of life. The town did the right thing by taking possession. And this isn't just mindless destruction the unusable metals are being recycled and parts that are still functional are sold and reused. Ship wasn't worth repairing as anyone that knows ships could see.

[@martinrickarx6558]

750SX STEVE afew6musseltoeat

[@ugredydrtbag1252]

Finally someone with actual brain cells

[@davidwright1071]

Bronco Garage 8 bf

[@jimmyers8114]

what chemicals would that be? diesel fuel and motor oil? rain run-off causes the most damage Mr. Ford Bronco. No wonder; you're a ford lover. JUNK>

[@Gus1966-c9o]

Those flimsy little boat stands lol

[@aDIYCarGuy]

this is exactly what i was going to say. they also now have a guy thats possibly living in a homeless shelter or sucking up public resources

[@kolsen6330]

Always sad to see a boat die.

[@thevandal7114]

So why did this job require a hydraulic sheer?

[@stevenkendzierski9333]

The bottem of the ship looks like when you eat taco bell and then take laxatives + stool softener.

[@placidrenegade]

I've peeled the layers off an ex stripper many many times

[@DateTwoRelate]

They ought to rename that device "The Moe Howard." (Why I oughta...)

[@Firedrop2]

what are the slings made of?? steel cables inside a rubber protector to keep sea salt off it?

[@nekoroms]

+Firedrop2 mostly the protector is for sharp corners of metal that can cut the steel cable and doesnt let cable damage new boats

[@CesarLopez-ox8zt]

+Jan “Nekoroms Random” Andersson .vf .v.f.lgflff.f.

[@samfrancisco8095]

Any decent scallops clinging to the hull to eat ?

[@TheCannonofMohammed]

what about davey jones' locker? fish reefs, diver's attraction, etc.

[@Cam-vz3le]

What became of Dooley and his dogs?

[@DavidBerquist334]

Did the engine and generator work i would of mounted them on a inclosed trailer for emergency power so it can be pulled to wear its neaded

[@johnhalbrook9965]

They said the engine was shot, you could see the rusted out heat exchanger and missing exhaust manifold. Looked like an old 8-71 Detroit. Don't know about the generator though, it looked to be in better shape.