Mom turns in son.

[nimbusgb]

http://www.ybw.com/news/woman-reports-son-for-stealing-30ft-yacht/529907

We need a few more parents like this about! It sound's like she finally reached the end of her tether!

 

[satsuma]

She said it wasn't the theft of her boat that made her angry nor it seems the other accounts of theft etc!

I think parents like this should be in the dock alnogside their offspring! It seems she was OK for her son to carry out his crime spree (and probably so much more previously), but the line in the sand is calling out the Coast Guard needlessly!

 

[sighmoon]

She said it wasn't the theft of her boat that made her angry nor it seems the other accounts of theft etc!

I think parents like this should be in the dock alnogside their offspring! It seems she was OK for her son to carry out his crime spree (and probably so much more previously), but the line in the sand is calling out the Coast Guard needlessly!

Agreed.

Sounds like a satire on "We didn't mean to go to sea".

If his mum owns the yacht, and yet he doesn't know how to sail, it sounds like the family hasn't spent much time together. I mean, where was he when she was off sailing said yacht? Oughtn't she have invited him along a couple of times? If you don't spend time doing things with your kids, how can you possibly expect them to share your values and know right from wrong?

I'm pretty sure locking him up, giving him educational time with drug dealers (you earn how much on a Saturday night?) and burglars is probably not the best thing for him. Starting his career with a criminal record won't benefit either him, or society either.

 

[cawarra]

Seems that YBW cant "copy" someone else' article either without making mistakes....

Guardian states £10,000 yacht...YBW states £100,000....?!??!?!?

Good work...

 

[bluemoongaffer]

Quote:
Originally Posted by satsuma
She said it wasn't the theft of her boat that made her angry nor it seems the other accounts of theft etc!

I think parents like this should be in the dock alnogside their offspring! It seems she was OK for her son to carry out his crime spree (and probably so much more previously), but the line in the sand is calling out the Coast Guard needlessly!

I think you should cut her a bit of slack. It's a pretty major thing to do to shop your son. Perhaps we could allow her some respite for her comments - she was after all concerned that somebody else's life could have been endangered and put that above the theft. Plus, he's 22. How long do you want her to be responsible for her children?

 

[satsuma]

Quote:
Originally Posted by satsuma
She said it wasn't the theft of her boat that made her angry nor it seems the other accounts of theft etc!

I think parents like this should be in the dock alnogside their offspring! It seems she was OK for her son to carry out his crime spree (and probably so much more previously), but the line in the sand is calling out the Coast Guard needlessly!

I think you should cut her a bit of slack. It's a pretty major thing to do to shop your son. Perhaps we could allow her some respite for her comments - she was after all concerned that somebody else's life could have been endangered and put that above the theft. Plus, he's 22. How long do you want her to be responsible for her children?

I would have wanted her to have previously been responsible for her son up until now! If she had been, perhaps his own, current values might be different?
I recall a friend in SE London had his motorbike stolen!, found the culprit bashing the front wheel into a fence! On shouting "what are you doing" to the culprit, there came a cry of "What are you doing , shouting at my son?" from a nearby balcony!
It is this kind of parenting, that leads to 22 year olds with no concept of responsibility!

 

[electrosys]

The part I find difficult to comprehend is: "Sloley, who was in his second year studying geology at Plymouth University, ..." (and friend) " ... were unable to read their global positioning system and tell rescuers where they were."

Something here doesn't make any sense.


Also - no mention anywhere of the young man's father ... if he doesn't exist - perhaps that's relevant to the delinquent behaviour ?

 

[jhr]

Seems that YBW cant "copy" someone else' article either without making mistakes....

Guardian states £10,000 yacht...YBW states £100,000....?!??!?!?

Good work...

Hmmm. On the basis of:

The yacht had been in the family for several years, but she was in such a state of disrepair that his mother has since sold it.

... I think I'm going with the N'Guriada version on this occasion

 

[VO5]

Why are some people here agonising about this and volunteering post mortems and speculating hither and thither ?
He is obviously a little prat and deserves all he gets, that's all.

 

[Koeketiene]

Seems that YBW cant "copy" someone else' article either without making mistakes....

Guardian states £10,000 yacht...YBW states £100,000....?!??!?!?

Good work...

 

[Koeketiene]

He jumped onboard with a friend, both of whom had no experience of sailing, and headed off without lifejackets

If that isn't a stoning offence, I don't know what is

 

[Sandy]

The part I find difficult to comprehend is: "Sloley, who was in his second year studying geology at Plymouth University, ..." (and friend) " ... were unable to read their global positioning system and tell rescuers where they were."

He was on the wrong degree course! They teach GPS on the BSc (Hons) Marine Studies (Merchant Shipping) or BSc (Hons) Marine Studies (Ocean Yachting) degrees.

Come to thing of it the second one sounds fun!

 

[Fatfish]

The location on ybw appears to be wrong too.

Where's Stronguet?

I know where Restronguet is

 

[sarabande]

eureka - Sronguet is a word that the websearch engines do not recognise.