Explorers go to boat graveyard full of rusty parts and stumble across a seven-figure superyacht
- A content creator stumbled across a seven-figure superyacht
- It was sitting in a boat graveyard full of rusty ships and parts
- The creepy lot was abandoned after being forced to close
Published on Oct 16, 2024 at 3:06 PM (UTC+4)
by Amelia Jean Hershman-Jones
Last updated on Nov 01, 2024 at 4:07 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Tom Wood
A content creator known for exploring abandoned places in and around the Greater Toronto Area of Canada stumbled across a seven-figure superyacht in a boat graveyard full of rusty ships and parts.
The creepy lot has allegedly faced legal issues due to environmental contamination.
When its owner died in 2014 it was forced to close.
Navigating the decaying vessels, this urban explorer discovered something he certainly hadn’t anticipated.
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The boat graveyard
“This has to be our coolest find yet,” the Uncharted Travel team enthused.
While he compared the now-defunct shipyard to the story of The Lorax.
The scrapyard started as a small repair shop and scrapyard that slowly expanded.
However, the rust from the decaying vessels eventually began to contaminate the surrounding soil until the drinking water became contaminated and people moved away.
When the owner died, the yard was bought by the city but deemed too tainted to build on and it lay there abandoned.
In similar news in the US, this woman stumbled upon an abandoned mall’s eerie parking lot full of hundreds of Teslas in Missouri.
Plus there was an abandoned motorcycle haul of 12 bikes rescued from Florida woods – however their condition meant that recovery was trickier than anticipated.
The seven-figure superyacht
As the explorers navigated the shipyard, they saw various decaying ships with extensive rust damage.
However, as they came around a bend they noticed a huge ‘100ft yacht’.
“I think we can get in there,” they said excitedly.
They then brave a rickety-looking ladder to climb aboard the huge abandoned vessel.
“Can you imagine what this place was like when it was up and running?” they said excitedly.
While the entire ‘basement’ was flooded and there’s moss everywhere – it’s giving Mary Celeste.
There were documents still sitting on the side, with skylights intact as they explored the captain’s quarters and spaces where charter guests would have sat and relaxed.
However, while they panicked that the boat had begun to move – it certainly wasn’t going anywhere fast.
A yacht that is in working order, however, is this $360 million superyacht spotted on the River Thames that’s so big it dwarfs an entire football field.
All Supercar Blondie contributors undergo editorial review and fact-checking to ensure accuracy and authority in automotive journalism. After gaining her BA Hons in French and English at the University of Nottingham, Amelia embarked on a vocational diploma from the National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ). This led to numerous opportunities, from interning at Vogue to being on the small team that launched Women’s Health magazine in the UK, which was named the PPA Consumer magazine of the year for three years running. As Health, Beauty and Fitness editor, Amelia personally received a Johnson & Johnson Award and was shortlisted for both PPA and BSME titles. Since then, Amelia has created content for numerous titles and brands, including the Telegraph, 111 Skin, Waitrose, Red magazine, Stylist, and Elle, as well as being Head of Content at Vitality and Editor in Chief at INLondon magazine. “My superpower is translating technical jargon about the mechanical workings of a supercar into a relatable story you’ll want to share with your friends after you’ve read it.” After joining the SB Media family as a senior journalist in September of 2023, Amelia’s role has evolved to see her heading up the SEO output of the editorial team. From researching the most ‘Google-able’ key terms to producing evergreen content - it’s been a time of hard work, growth, and success for the editorial team and the Supercar Blondie website. “I like to think of myself as a ‘method journalist’. In other words: I live and breathe whatever I am writing about. When writing about fitness, I trained as a personal trainer, and as a beauty editor, I completed an ‘expert’ in scent diploma with the Fragrance Foundation. “During my tenure at Supercar Blondie, however, I did something I never thought possible: I passed my driving test at the age of 36. One day I’d love to train as a mechanic to better understand what happens under the hood, too. “My sweet spot is providing readers with a ‘takeaway’ (read: something new they didn’t know before) after reading every one of my stories. While I don’t claim to be an expert in the automotive world, I know the experts and bodies in the field to rely on to provide our readers with an informative and thought-provoking story every time they visit the site.”
