What happens to large stolen yachts?

haydude

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I just read in the stolen forum that a large X-55 yacht was stolen.

A car can be broken and sold for spares, but I thought that yachts were not really items that could be stolen, mostly the large ones. They cannot be easily concealed and they cannot sail away fast either ...
 

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I have been working on this story since 0530Z behind the scenes so to speak and can now confirm that I have reports from both the Insurers and people on the ground in the Caribbean that this yacht, "Filizim" is NOT stolen and was never stolen?

I hate it when people post stories which are not true? :confused:
 

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I was wondering how a 55 footer with gel coated in yellow coach lines was going to disappear without anyone noticing.... it's not like it will fit someone's lock up easily.
 

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It doesn't sound too hard, based on my experience of buying and renaming boats in the UK

1) Find the boat you are looking for and make sure it's afloat and a production boat
2) Get all boat details with the broker giving email and a payasyougo number, plus false address
3) Order an SSR for the boat and book a place for it in a Marina within 24 hours sail, and insure it. Make up some dodgers with name on too.
4) Go down to the Marina some weekday evening, carry a towel and get let in by somebody
5) Break the lock, wire the engine to start it, untie and drive off
6) Paint over the name and SSR number and apply the previously bought stickie lettering for the new name SSR number.
7) Enter the Marina and go the the place already marked up for your boat.

I would have no idea how to hotwire the engine but otherwise I've done all the rest apart from actually stealing a boat. In my experience marinas dont ask questions. I alas have neither the nerve or the lack of morality to try it.
 
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I hate it when people post stories which are not true? :confused:

Something has obviously been going on for this story to have started in the first place. It may well be the result of a simple miss-understanding, but I much prefer to see that YBW has issued an alert rather than ignoring it.

A very small storm in a very small teacup.
 

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Stolen To Order

It was rumoured a number of Yachts on the missing list were being used to transport refuges out of Libya in the early part of the year. Dont know what happened next probably scuttled.
Stolen to order yes but for illegal ventures.
 

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Something has obviously been going on for this story to have started in the first place. It may well be the result of a simple miss-understanding, but I much prefer to see that YBW has issued an alert rather than ignoring it.

YBW giving the telephone number of the Pantanaeus Claims Manager seems to me to be a little bit more than a simple misunderstanding.
 
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