Fuel thief - Kingston area.

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Be vigilant. I wondered why my boat was listing, until I discovered that what I thought was two full tanks was one, minus 150 litres on the port side. That's the side facing the river. :(

I've noticed an increase in river crime in the past few years, with no river Police and EA patrols as rare as hens teeth, I suppose it's to be expected:(
 
What might be a neat idea is to leave a 5 gal jerry can, labelled Petrol (or Diesel) on the deck, and spike it with sugar or castor oil.


Olfactory detection :)

Or perhaps one with lots and lots of fuel bug....
 
What might be a neat idea is to leave a 5 gal jerry can, labelled Petrol (or Diesel) on the deck, and spike it with sugar or castor oil.


Olfactory detection :)

Or perhaps one with lots and lots of fuel bug....

Evil but great idea. Then just look for the dead Narrowboats who have received retribution
 
An episode of Mythbusters demonstrated that sugar doesn't work. Castor Oil on the other hand.....

Or perhaps I should swap the caps around that say 'diesel' and 'pump out'? Id love to see a thieving scrote put a hose down that hole and suck away in the hope of a free fill up:D
 
An episode of Mythbusters demonstrated that sugar doesn't work. Castor Oil on the other hand.....

Or perhaps I should swap the caps around that say 'diesel' and 'pump out'? Id love to see a thieving scrote put a hose down that hole and suck away in the hope of a free fill up:D

After several fuel thefts in our area people started doing that.

Funnily enough there have been no fuel thefts for a while :D
 
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