Vandalism.

Noble Marine are 'the best'. Cheque today for full insured amount less just £50 for the sail not being on the boat. I thank them very much. Fenella, we are in business I will contact you soon!

Well you know the answer tick.. Buy a GP14, not even a Vandal in his right mind will come near it..

Edited by G.R.F. - 17 Nov 10 at 9:34am

The last few years of Warwick Sailing Club were plagued by vandalism, in the summer I let nettles grow round my boat & banned my husband from cutting them, my boat was left alone. Persistent vandalism can really get you down & what happened to that Byte really is awful.

Originally posted by tickler Our club is quite concealed and a few miles from the nearest housing estate. We do have minor vandalism but usually in the summer. Why on a wet, cold night some yobs decided to walk a couple of miles and do that escapes me. Houses in the immediate vicinity are pretty expensive and are occupied by older families, like me, so not many kids about. Fencing would be difficult and with the site being so private they would have all the time in the world to cut through it. We have no mains power so ccty is unavailable. We are buggered really unless someone knows of cordless cameras?

Sorry to hear and see this, terrible.

I'm intrigued though, if you don't have power do you use a generator or similar to power lights etc.. or do you tough it out?  Wireless CCTV cameras can be purchased but would still need to be connected to something that did require power to work (recorder, PC)..... I wouldn't dismiss fencing and a decent padlock either, back in the day at BLYM I can remember quite a few occassions where mindless vandalism or petty theft was committed on boats in the compound with holes in the fence while more valuable boats in the more secure compound where left untouched.

A good patch of brambles and/or nettles is a very organic deterent, even a hedge wouldn't hurt (you).

I'm sorry to hear of this tickler, where is this club of yours, there must be some mindless t**ts nearby.