fredrussell
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This prompted by the thread about a security camera - I'm just curious as to how much boat theft occurs? I know dinghy's and outboards are very often stolen, but has anyone here had a yacht nicked over the years?
Anyone ever had a yacht (not dinghys) stolen?
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jwilson
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I doubt you'll get many saying they personally have had a yacht stolen. Very rare indeed but it does happen. You used to just go to the http://www.stolenboats.org.uk/ website and see what was reported stolen, but that now requires the faff of a login. Typically it would show lots of trailer-borne speedboats and dinghies stolen, and a very few larger yachts.
ShinyShoe
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But yachts more commonly broken into and equipment stolen.
PeteCooper
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In about 1970 our Halcyon 27 was broken into and a few items stolen.
DownWest
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Knew a bloke who rented a Westerly and 'forgot' to return it. Did some time for that. Another allowed some people to use his Loo Lugger and they kept it ;o(.
Robert Wilson
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IIRC there was a great number of boat thefts around the 1970s.This seemed to be happening all around Europe. I may well be wrong, so await polite correction :encouragement:
WF36
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daverebbettes
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Somebody at Bucklers Hard Marina cut off my stern light a few weeks ago. Hard to imagine one boatie doing that to another because they were too tight to buy their own.
RupertW
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There used to be no resale value for boaty things but first boat jumbles and then the internet has created a market that makes low value stealing worthwhile. So I'm sure one boatie didn't steal it but a scrote did then a decent boatie will see a bargain on the web and snap it up.
daverebbettes
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Fair point, benefit of the doubt now given...
