When a boat or yacht is no longer a boat or a yacht, it becomes a boat part, boat accessory, boat hull, boat engine, boat motor. When whatever remains from the boat can be used on another boat of the same model and year either as replacement parts or for restoration into working order then that piece of metal is still considered valuable even if it is boat scrap.

Good examples of boat scrap are boat parts that include boat hulls, boat engines, boat motors, boat propellers and boat accessories. The reason why most salvage yards do not buy boats or yachts is because there are only certain types of parts that can be used on other boats while the rest of the boat scrap is boat scrap that cannot be used for anything or boat scrap that has no value whatsoever.

When boat owners want to get rid of their boat, instead of simply dumping it somewhere, they sell boat parts with boat hulls, boat engines and boat propellers especially because these boat parts are most likely still in working order.

If salvage yards were to buy boat instead of boat parts, they would have to pay boat prices for boat scrap which is boat scrap that does not have any value.

Another reason why junkyards don't buy boats or yacht is the towing method. Most small boats are made of fiberglass, wood, thin metals or a combination of all. Being able to carry or transport a broken boat will require a special towing bed that most junkyards don't have, also the amount of metal that they will be able to extract will be minimum and more expensive to remove and separate. There are just a few things they can recover from them, the engine, propellers and some wiring.

If someone were to sell boat scrap at boat yards, the boat owner will most likely be offered a fraction of what the boat was sold for brand new. The difference between buying boat and buying boat parts is that boat boat parts have a guaranteed value whereas boat scrap is the boat equivalent of trash.

If you have boat scrap, consider putting it to use by donating it as boat propellers for boats in need or as boat parts for boat restoration. Even with only half the boat weight intact, your boat can still be sold as a boat hull for boat restoration.

What boat owners do not realize is that boat yards and boat salvage yards have a plan in place to recycle boat scrap into boat parts that can be used for boat restoration or replacement parts. Even when boat scrap does not have any value, it still has value to someone with boat restoration projects in mind.

When boat owners contact boat yards or boat salvage yards to sell boat, boat owners can expect to get boat scrap prices for boat scrap because boat scraps are considered worthless metal. As soon as boat owners know that they do not want to spend boat money on boat parts but instead would rather donate their boat to charity or put the boat up for sale by owner, they should be prepared to receive boat scrap prices for boat scrap.

When boat owners compare boat parts to boat accessories or boat equipment, they will notice a difference in price and quality. Boat equipment is the least expensive boat part but it also has a lower quality compared to other boat parts such as boat engine and boat propellers that are much more expensive but much higher in quality.

Where boat equipment can be upgraded or replaced boat accessories, boat owners should keep in mind that boat accessories such as boat alarms and boat horns cannot be up-graded and must be replaced if they become faulty. Boat equipment tends to only need repairs whereas boat accessories tend to need replacement after a certain number of years or when something happens to boat accessories such as boat damage and boat corrosion.

Some boats are made of fiber glass boat hulls while others are made boat metal boat hulls. Boat metal boat hulls cost more than fiber glass boat hulls but the boat metal boat hull has a longer life expectancy.

Whats is the difference between a boat and a yacht?
A boat is defined as any boat or boat-like vessel for transportation.
A yacht is boat used for pleasure or sporting purposes rather than for general transport.

Boats are not only used for fishing and sailing, while some people use their boat to do other things like rent a boat water skiing and tubing which require boat parts such as boat tubes and boat engine to be in boat working order.

The boat term “boat scrap” is used to refer to boat parts that boat owners can sell or boat yards and boat salvage yards can buy; but boat scrap is also used to refer to boat parts such as boat propellers and boat hulls which cannot be sold at all because they are worthless boat metal.