There are lots of boat thieves in South Florida, mostly because there are something like 75-100,000 boats registered down here. When some people need parts, the first thing they do is go prowling around other boats. Most boats are docked behind private homes, and it’s easy enough to wander back there and start stealing what they need.
Many years ago, my boat was on a roadside canal that was visited every other month by an outboard thief. He would drive along the road in the middle of the night looking for outboards left on sterns, locked or unlocked. He would steal them but, strangely, would never break cabin locks to get the outboards hidden inside. Usually, one stolen outboard was enough to make people put it in the cabin. The worst time is after hurricanes, when thieves claim the “right of salvage” to pillage any boat with the slightest damage. The police, for some reason, don’t take this very seriously and often look the other way when a boat is being looted. I lock the cabin and the cockpit lockers. That’s usually enough to deter a thief. One thing about people who steal: They generally don’t like to work hard at anything, even crime. Jack Brennan Former C&C 25 Shanachie, 1974 Bristol 30 Tierra Verde, Fl. From: elev...@grayinsco.com Sent: Friday, April 26, 2013 3:47 PM To: Dennis C. Cc: cnc-list@cnc-list.com ; CnC-List Subject: Re: Stus-List Security question My kids have had life vest and foul weather gear, all with their names in indelible marker, walk away from the yacht club area, never to be returned. I had a #2 genoa with the old style Schaeffer furling gear (before foils) in the trunk of my car when the car was stolen. The car was recovered in part minus the sail and gear and I cannot say that there is much of a market for those items in New Orleans. Then there is E-Bay. Could you recognize your stolen snatch blocks or winch handles? A lock may not help with the prepared thief but it will work with the opportunistic hunter. And with a lock, you are not misrepresenting facts to your insurance company. Ed L. Briar Patch C&C 34 #336 New Orleans, La. From: "Dennis C." <capt...@yahoo.com> To: "cnc-list@cnc-list.com" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>, Date: 04/26/2013 02:16 PM Subject: Re: Stus-List Security question Sent by: "CnC-List" <cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marek said "However, I also left on a few occasions the snatchblocks on the toe rail and found them untouched a week later." Ever seen a snatch block in a pawn shop? How many drug dealers accept snatch blocks as payment? As I said earlier, there's not much demand for used marine stuff and it's outside the normal realm of most thieves. Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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