Daydream believer
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Today 3 foreign guys with limited English language skills turned up at our club. They spoke to a club member who told them about membership cost. then they went off in an inflatable RIB
Apparently they were allowed to drive their car onto the dinghy park & they were allowed to launch from our ramp
I saw them as they were packing up after their return.. I questioned them about where they had come from - London- was the best i could give. As we are a non motor boat club I asked if they had a sailboat & they did not know what that was. They said that they had another RIB at home.
The Inflatable they had was brand new with new large out board. They had a large electric depth sounder unit - not the sort of thing one might normally have on a small RIB, with GPS viewer which they said was a fish finder. I asked if they had seen & caught any fish. They said they had not caught any fish but later I realised that I had seen neither rods nor bait . They said that they had been along the other side of the river.
Everything was brand new & my friend tells me it was all packed into a container & placed into a new expensive car. The outboard was placed upside down so will have oil leakage issues.
the whole thing . Everything was one of types totally ignorant of using the RIB for normal use.
I have the suspicion that they were possibly searching the other side of the river where the creek runs into the shore & make landing easy at night onto a pretty deserted area of land.
Unfortunately I did not take any pictures
Would forumites report this to border force & if so is there a local bobby that one can just chat to because from looking on the internet it seems one has to put the event details online etc
I just have the feeling that something is being set up & it might be worth someone keeping an eye out.
Am i wasting my time?
Apparently they were allowed to drive their car onto the dinghy park & they were allowed to launch from our ramp
I saw them as they were packing up after their return.. I questioned them about where they had come from - London- was the best i could give. As we are a non motor boat club I asked if they had a sailboat & they did not know what that was. They said that they had another RIB at home.
The Inflatable they had was brand new with new large out board. They had a large electric depth sounder unit - not the sort of thing one might normally have on a small RIB, with GPS viewer which they said was a fish finder. I asked if they had seen & caught any fish. They said they had not caught any fish but later I realised that I had seen neither rods nor bait . They said that they had been along the other side of the river.
Everything was brand new & my friend tells me it was all packed into a container & placed into a new expensive car. The outboard was placed upside down so will have oil leakage issues.
the whole thing . Everything was one of types totally ignorant of using the RIB for normal use.
I have the suspicion that they were possibly searching the other side of the river where the creek runs into the shore & make landing easy at night onto a pretty deserted area of land.
Unfortunately I did not take any pictures
Would forumites report this to border force & if so is there a local bobby that one can just chat to because from looking on the internet it seems one has to put the event details online etc
I just have the feeling that something is being set up & it might be worth someone keeping an eye out.
Am i wasting my time?