Sabotage, vandalism or revenge?

[MoodySabre]

Just heard that someone I know launched their Westerley Pageant yesterday from the boatyard in Benfleet. Soon realised that he was taking water and dashed back to the boatyard for a rapid haulout. Examination showed that someone (unknown) had drilled two holes through the hull between the keels. Scarey or what!

 

[moondancer]

Doesn't sound like a random act of vandalism - bit too subtle. Sounds awful, did anything get damaged or did he get it out ok?

 

[MoodySabre]

He got it out OK - saw it still in the slings today. Must be criminal damage but it's hard to imagine how or why in a yard with hundreds of boats in it. It takes some effort to crawl under a small bilge-keeler!

 

[BrendanS]

Flip, that is scary indeed, and I hope the police catch whoever was responsible

 

[jimi]

erm .. he had'nt just forgotten to replace an anode perchance?

 

[rich]

More years ago than I like to remember,I was going to put my boat on its winter berth but as it happened I could not do it that night. The next morning as I walked past the mooring I saw a pile of rocks where the boat would of been but no foot prints in the mud...it was ok the day before.

 

[Searush]

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erm .. he had'nt just forgotten to replace an anode perchance?

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With the price of zinc, more likely that an anode had been pinched?

It is VERY unlikely a vandal, or even a contract killer, would hang about drilling TWO holes isn't it? What else may have been there? Log impeller/ echo sender?
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[MoodySabre]

We don't do rocks on the East coast!

 

[MoodySabre]

Don't know what was there before - they way I heard it, it was a big surprise to the owner that there were holes there at all. I shall follow the story.

 

[jimmy_the_builder]

Something similar happened in Brighton - only it was three holes, not two. Story here.

Cheers
Jimmy

 

[fireball]

2 holes ... one to let the water in ... the other to let it drain away ... simple ain't it!

 

[BrendanS]

Shouldn't be hard to work out if new or old holes. Just look at the holes, and see if the inside look new cut or there for years?

 

[cgull]

Are you looking in to it..(the holes)

 

[oldharry]

Reportedly Police found another one - they are looking into that too....

 

[oldharry]

There was a case a few years ago in Itchenor where the light fingered brigade went aboard after elctronics. They nicked the log - AND the transducer, leaving the boat to sink in about 4 metres of water.

Could something have been nicked?

 

[Sans Bateau]

That would NOT have been done by ANY other boat owner.

 

[Slow_boat]

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That would NOT have been done by ANY other boat owner.

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Nooooo, of course not.

 

[MoodySabre]

And we haven't got a local boat jumble until June!

 

[Goldie]

True Story: A club to which I belonged a few years ago suffered a spate of burglaries from moored boats - presumably 'to order' as different items were taken from each. A brand new heads was removed from one boat which just happened to belong to a member of the local constabulary. We gave him a lot of stick along the lines of 'the Police having nothing to go on....'

 

[johnalison]

Sounds sad but you don't even need vandals round here. My boatyard recently launched a club-mate's 40-footer four days before instructed and before anything was connected to the open seacocks. Whoops.