Some scroat stole my Rocna

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Got back to the boat in Albufeira today after a few weeks in UK to find some scroat/s have stolen my 25kg Rocna from the bow roller in the secure marina. Just a bit more than opportunist as it needed two people and allen keys to remove the connector.

Shame is we really liked the anchor but I hope the shank bends and it drags the scroats boat onto a lee shore.

We are going back tomorrow to see if the marina CCTV caught them on camera. I mistakenly thought there was some sort of honour among fellow sailors, another myth sadly shattered.
 
NDH,

sounds very much like a targeted theft, as you say.

I wouldn't be too quick to blame fellow sailors in your marina though; such things happen in the UK resulting in the kit appearing at boat jumbles, not a million miles disimilar to the rash of metal object thefts ( including war memorial plaques & street manhole covers ) the UK is experiencing at the moment.

I'm not saying your Rocna has gone for scrap, but the same sort of people may well be responsible; if there's any way to identify it, might be worth keeping an eye on boat jumbles ( if they happen in your neck of the woods ) and secondhand ad's.

Good luck with the CCTV.
 
Seajet said:
NDH,

I wouldn't be too quick to blame fellow sailors in your marina though; such things happen in the UK resulting in the kit appearing at boat jumbles, not a million miles disimilar to the rash of metal object thefts ( including war memorial plaques & street manhole covers ) the UK is experiencing at the moment.

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I would like to think you are correct but as we are 3/4 the way down the pontoon with a good many anchors available before mine and given the difficulty in removing it I fear scrap was not the motive.
 
NDH, I was in Barbate in 2010 when someone did exactly the same thing, walked down a long pontoon and with some difficulty pinched a German sailors anchor. Can I suggest you ask the marina to check their books and see who has sailed during the period in question? They'll have a "next port" record too (or should have) for anyone who's left...You might be lucky and learn they've just shot along to Portimao or down to Ayamonte..
 
NDH said:
I would like to think you are correct but as we are 3/4 the way down the pontoon with a good many anchors available before mine and given the difficulty in removing it I fear scrap was not the motive.
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NDH,

I wasn't saying scrap was the motive, but that the same sort of people might be responsible...:mad:
 
It's rare for the locals to be blamed for thefts, most boat crime along the Algarve is by visiting sailors. Once into Spain though, dinghys are the favourite item, scroats swim out at night and nick them from boats on anchor.
 
GrahamM376 said:
It's rare for the locals to be blamed for thefts, most boat crime along the Algarve is by visiting sailors. Once into Spain though, dinghys are the favourite item, scroats swim out at night and nick them from boats on anchor.
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Swimming scroats? I have only ever seen them with their kit bags over their shoulders acting like a couple of nuts.:eek:
 
GrahamM376 said:
It's rare for the locals to be blamed for thefts, most boat crime along the Algarve is by visiting sailors. .
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That was our thoughts, you would need a trolley to lug the anchor through the marina, its a long walk to the vehicles with a good chance of being seen and that was the dissapointment as well that it could be a fellow sailor..............
 
NDH said:
I would like to think you are correct but as we are 3/4 the way down the pontoon with a good many anchors available before mine and given the difficulty in removing it I fear scrap was not the motive.
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Scrap might be the motive. By going that far down the pontoon then they are away from the main movement of people, further away from the eyes of the club house, and much harder to see on CCTV! Just a thought.
 
NDH said:
That was our thoughts, you would need a trolley to lug the anchor through the marina, its a long walk to the vehicles with a good chance of being seen and that was the dissapointment as well that it could be a fellow sailor..............
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My thoughts too, I suspect being 3/4 way down the pontoon you were as far from prying eyes on both side of the marina (thats about where mine was when in Albufeira and it was difficult to see much from either Sharkies or the far side) Also finding a trolley can be hard at times. Also there are quite a few transiters at this time of the year.

Also most of the locals use home made grapnels to get a grip in the rocks.
 
I had an outboard nicked from my boat at the far end of the pontoon (whereas others closer to the shore were more obvious) in a "secure" MDL marina.

I am pretty sure it was nicked from the water, with somebody coming up and making off with it by boat. Further away from CCTV cameras, and no awkward struggling through gates and across car park. AND that way they dont need the code for the gate.

MD
 
nimbusgb said:
Padlocks on the anchor when not sailing now?


Pretty standard kit here in the French Med, I'm afraid. Mine and most of the boats around me have padlocked the anchors. So far I've lost a wheel cover, with the boats name on it, the covers to my instruments, two winch handles (OK I left them in the cockpit so my fault) and a broom.

You learn tho' nothing is left out now, but one of my neighbours had a winch removed!! Yes we do have CCTV, but camera never seems to be pointing in the right direction. All the boats on the hard remove props just in case as well.

The really good game is to unplug a yacht from the shore power and chuck the plug in the water. Now if it made a bang I could understand it, but all you get is a wet plug, just takes a while to remove dry out and refit. Can't see the fun in that one.

Hey ho and lardie da sign of the times I'm afraid,
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