The beauty of living in the UK is that, being an island nation, we have lots of coastline. How much depends on who you ask, with the Ordnance Survey and, bizarrely, the CIA, offering differing opinions. Sticking with the verdict of the mapping people closest to home, there’s at least 11,073 miles of coastline and as much as 19,491 miles if you include larger islands and measure at high tide. Lots of coast means a traditional fishing-based industry and, these days, that translates into plenty of abandoned and derelict boats, from simple coast-hugging dinghy boats to deep-sea trawlers. So no matter what the weather, if you head for the coast where fishermen used to ply their trade, you’re likely to find an abandoned or slowly decaying boat of some kind.…
