Yacht Recycling is a term which I believe I coined myself (try wikipedia) and as such I guess I am fully authorized to invent a definition. So.... I think it should go something like this:
Yacht Recycling:
The act by which person recycles, reuses, or in any way prevents used, damaged, or neglected yachts from finding themselves or any of their parts or pieces needlessly ending up in a landfill or making an eyesore of someone’s yard.
Examples:
• Of course most parts and appurtenances from yachts can be removed and put back into active duty status (for a fraction of newly bought).
• Eco friendly golf courses can use the gutted hulls for water cisterns, small ponds (properly disguised with landscaping material) or again possibly an outdoor bar. (Thanks Wes www.woodrivergolf.com).
• Swim platforms make perfect benches for decks, saunas, anything.
• Sailboat hulls can have both ends cut off (bow-pointy end, stern-fat end) then cut lengthwise down the middle and you have weatherproof, almost indestructible skateboard ramps or even snowboard ramps which can be used as a halfpipe, serpentine run or any
configuration imaginable.
• The cut-off bow of the above sailboat could then be used for a portapotti, saint in a halfshell, small woodshed for your deck, etc.
• Powerboat transoms make beautiful bars (google search boat bar or transom bar-too many great examples to list).
• The possibilities are endless.
Unuseable fiberglass scraps:
Here’s the best part: Fiberglass is completely re-useable! There is a brilliant guy down in New Smyna Beach Florida (great surfing) named Wolfgang Unger, he is committed to and has developed a machine (looks like a wood chipper) which eats fiberglass and extracts the fibers
which are then ready to be used for new fiberglass products, asphalt, concrete, and a number of other products. He can be visited at: www.seawolfindustries.com.

So how does Captain Cook fit in?
I have a hydraulic boat moving trailer and a large truck, depending on the value of the items on the yacht, I may take it away for free or there could be a negotiable fee, again, all depends. My promise is to make sure that whenever possible, nothing goes to a landfill. All fluids will be removed and donated to businesses utilizing waste fuel/oil heaters, all metals will be recycled and all useable parts put back where they belong, on the water.