Derelict boats being lifted from the River Thames - BBC London 

Would it not have been "better for the environment" to just refloat the boats and tow them away complete for destruction elsewhere? You can be sure that large chunks will be left on the river bed along with engines, oil and fuel if they just pulverise them

May I ask why not cast the boat with a metal or climbing rope web and then drag it to the platform? Now the crane looked to shatter the boat into tiny floating pieces

I live along this stretch of the Thames & the number of homeless people living on these scrapped boats has noticeably increased over the last 10 years. There are 3 permanently moored at Hampton Court bridge at the moment & several others on the North bank of the River Ember where it merges with the Thames. It's a sign of an increasing crisis in the affordability of housing for people due to the property bubble & high rents.

Well, the Environment Agency didn't really remove the old boat, they just broke it up into smaller pieces leaving most of it still in the river.

The removal process seems to be creating more pollution than was their in the first place.

I love the word 'derelict'

Derelicts? Or wrecks?

Coming soon: Queen Mary 2, the submarine

Very interesting video. Michael Parkinson

I wish i had a sailing boat ⛵ i look and look for a boats that are being given away all the time i really need on to sail the world in

boats at the lower end of the market should be taxed at a higher rate so to discourage 🤡s buying and just leaving them to rot on our water ways..if something is cheap then it won't be appreciated and cared for as something that costs a lot... it's human nature!!!.❤️🇬🇧