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Good luck Nigel, I hope the damage isn't too bad. We were 'done' eight years ago and they took about £500 of mostly non boating stuff, sort of things you could sell quick in the pub to pay for a fix I suspect. We were lucky they did no damage getting in (they jumped the mainhatch off it's slides) but the rain getting in after they left it open was a PITA although fortunately no serious damage except for mopping up. Plod said they knew who, but couldn't prove anything.
 
Annoying when it happens. We have experience burglaries in the past but on all occasions at my old club, they have been by fellow boaters and just before the spring time boat jumbles start up. We tried using the hidden marking tools ( I forget the name) under the guidance of plod only to find that when we were burgled plod werent prepared to go round the boat jumbles with a UV light. So pointless.

If the boat is out of commission I remove anything stealable and leave the hatch unlocked to avoid damage when they break in.
 
Sorry to hear of your mishap. Hope you find things not so bad as you fear.

When I first bought our current boat I spent the weekend before launch fitting a new GPS. At the time they were very new technology and it cost about £1000. Came back next weekend and both antenna and head were gone, cables cut to retain all the needed plugs. Clearly someone in the yard had watched me doing the job and helped themselves soon after we left.

The instrument head had my postcode engraved prominently on it. I informed the police, who could barely have been less interested. Never heard another thing about it.
 
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If they get caught they barly get a caution .Should be able to put a 250 voltshock/kill wire round the inside .I caught 5 trying to breakin to my house gave em shock of there lifes rugby tackled one and bumped his poor nose on the concrete a couple of times got a caution dragged him back by his hair and sat on him hard while police came.I got a caution :mad: Wish i had ground his nose off !!!

Hope any damage is easy and cheap to repair Have to say I always take electronic stuff and expensive off the boat but its a right chore
 
fergie_mac66 said:
Hope any damage is easy and cheap to repair Have to say I always take electronic stuff and expensive off the boat but its a right chore
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Be aware that whilst taking stuff home may seem a good idea, it is covered by insurance when on the boat but most probably isn't when it is at home. Also the thieves don't know it is taken home so will still break in anyway.

When we were done it wasn't even the marine stuff they went for. They did 12 boats one night and another similar number a week later and in all cases pretty well it was the quick sale stuff that went. In our case they took all the on board stock of spirits, a 12v computer printer, and binoculars yet left 3 chart plotters, fixed VHF radio, SSB and an outboard etc. They did take a handheld VHF radio but were too dumb to take the charger for it or the spare battery pack that ran it on AAs. On other boats they took car radios, portable generators and designer wet weather jackets. Bastards even came back to one boat that lost a petrol generator 4 weeks later and took the new one they had bought.

Plod were totally useless. We (there were lots of us) were told not to touch anything until they had been to check the scene but then after waiting and waiting I called and they were 'surprised we were waiting around' as they weren't intending coming! On insistence they did but chocolate teapots come to mind. They had to leave shortly after arrival to escort a green giant fire engine, it was when the firemen were on strike. I wonder if 12 of the local millionaire's row houses nearby were done in one hit they might have been more enthusiastic?

I mentioned the idea too of putting fishing line on the companionway steps as a trip line, with or without fish hooks. That got me a very strong warning!
 
The really annoying thing about these thefts is that the police almost certainly know who the culprits are. We have been told this by local crime officers on several occasions. There must be an answer to these criminals, perhaps it will have to come down to 'vigilante' action eventually.
 
i meantioned on another post about a scrap man friend I knew when our area was haveing trouble with yoots. I knew nothing about it but the trouble stopped.....A few years later , I know of no connection to my friend, but apparently i heard a couple of yoots found themselves by the side of the manchester ship canal in sacks with a long walk home at 4 in the morn.

They have jobs now and seem to lead very quiet lives :D
 
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One of the problems of these type of crimes is that the Ins excess usually is higher than the claim. Sorry to hear of your break in, especially at this time of Goodwill to ALL men.

Merry Christmas


Peter
 
Robin said:
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This reminds me of when I was a golfer, sorry, hacker.

A chap with a very expensive set of clubs had them in the boot of his car, parked outside his house. He and SWMBO were going out for the evening, so he moved the golf clubs into the hallway of the house. When they arrived home, the house had been broken into and the golf clubs stolen !
 
I got done the first year we had a boat. They got away with an Autohelm personnel compass which was a p!sser and my toolkit. I never claimed but as said the plod weren't interested. I only realised the cost when replacing the tools bit by bit.
 
fergie_mac66 said:
If they get caught they barly get a caution .Should be able to put a 250 voltshock/kill wire round the inside .I caught 5 trying to breakin to my house gave em shock of there lifes rugby tackled one and bumped his poor nose on the concrete a couple of times got a caution dragged him back by his hair and sat on him hard while police came.I got a caution :mad: Wish i had ground his nose off !!!

Hope any damage is easy and cheap to repair Have to say I always take electronic stuff and expensive off the boat but its a right chore
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Well you know what to do now VOTE Conservative - then you will only get done for using "Grossly excessive force" a little bit of excessive force should be OK.
 
The Damage

If it counts as luck, I was lucky!
Slashed cover and jimmied door but they then gave up and didn't get in, probably because the noise of the alarm deterred them.

The bummer is that the Insurance claim for a new cover (discounted for age) plus the repair to the door will probably only be just above the excess :mad:

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Not as bad as it could have been as you say. That was the case with our break in, they took around £500's worth and our excess + NCB (it was 6 months into a new insurance and the protected NCB didn't kick in until after 12 months) added up to....£500! At least they didn't leave you with an open cabin to yesterday's thunderstorms!

Have a good Christmas.

Robin
 
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