Hurricane and Storm-Damaged Boat Removal
Post-storm displacement work: vessels on seawalls, in mangroves, stacked in marinas, or up on land.
What a storm actually leaves behind
Hurricanes do not sink boats neatly. They pile them - into mangroves, onto seawalls and lawns, on top of each other in marina basins, and into places no crane can reach without first clearing a path. Ian left vessels a quarter mile inland in Lee County. Every major Florida storm produces the same pattern.
The removal problem after a storm is rarely the boat itself. It is access. Getting a 60-ton crane to a 50ft sportfish sitting in somebody's back yard means route planning, tree work, ground protection and often a neighbour's permission.
Working with your carrier
After a named storm, wreck removal and debris removal coverage frequently applies even when the hull is a constructive total loss. Do not dispose of the vessel before the adjuster has documented it - you can forfeit the claim.
We photograph and document every stage as standard, and we can bill the carrier directly where coverage is confirmed.
Triage order
- Pollution first: fuel and oil off the vessel before anything is moved.
- Then anything blocking navigation, a roadway or a neighbour's property.
- Then everything else, by access difficulty. We will give you a realistic queue position rather than promising same-week service to forty people.
28 feet and over is our speciality — not our limit. Larger vessels are what our equipment, permits and yard relationships are built around, and they are the jobs most haulers decline. Smaller boats are welcome too. See what the work costs and how to vet whoever you hire.
Other situations we handle
Tell us about the boat.
Send photos, a location and whatever paperwork exists. We will tell you what it takes to make it go away — and if there is a cheaper legal route than hiring us, we will tell you that too.