I get a lot of calls from Joliet owners who tried to sell. The mast came down one fall and never went back up. Storage fees at the marina started stacking, or slip costs climbed every year until the boat cost more to keep than it was worth. Sometimes it's an estate, nobody in the family sails, and the old sailboat is just taking up space. Sometimes someone bought a house with a lake property and inherited the rig with it. A survey failed the sale, the rigging looked sketchy, and the buyer walked. I've pulled sailboats out of dry storage lots, from behind garages where they've sat for ten years, and from the stands where a restoration started but never finished.
We handle sailboat disposal start to finish in Joliet and cover the same route through Plainfield and Seward on the way. The crew pulls the mast, secures the rigging, loads the old boat, and tows it out. Missing paperwork doesn't stop the job. Full details on how we handle the haul and what comes next are on the Illinois sailboat disposal page.
