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    Posted: 15 Nov 10 at 4:26pm
This sort of thing really sickens me. I'm sorry you've experienced this. Just another case of... Oooo, there's something nice that I havn't got, lets f8ck it up!  
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Karma.  Hopefully involving fire.  'Nuff said.
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Originally posted by tickler

Noble Marine, having seen this posting, contacted me having looked up who I was, so the claim is in and I have contacted another forumite with a view to buying her boat. So let us hope that it all works out. Sailing people are the best people! Thank you.


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As a Shearwater member during the vandalism mentioned above, you have my every sympathy.
We've repaired the slashed cover and tyres and Rondar repaired the two holes carefully drilled in our boat so we were lucky, but we don't leave boats at the club now after the clocks go back, as that's when trouble seems to start.


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That's really sh*tty, I don't understand why people feel the need to do this kind of crap... I'm 15 and I wouldn't even think about vandalizing someone else's property...
A while ago the containers that housed our safety boats got set on fire, taking a load of optimists and other club boats with them. I think the safety boats were more or less okay, but it was still pretty awful.


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That photo is just sickening, there really are some evil barstewards out there.
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I'm sorry to hear of this tickler, where is this club of yours, there must be some mindless t**ts nearby.

Obviously more than a couple, and some gang egging each other on.

It is such a shame, even in my warped book, that shouldn't happen.
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Posts: 895 		Post Options Post Options   Quote tickler Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 16 Nov 10 at 10:42am
Thank you GRF for your comments. Close to the fire an old wooden GP 14 was parked. It has not seen the water in many years. Why did they not choose that? We could have both rejoiced!

The reason why of course is that your modern vandal is lazy and chose the lighter boat, not like in my day...........
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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).
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Posts: 302 		Post Options Post Options   Quote fleaberto Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 16 Nov 10 at 12:37pm
We had a very sophisticated cctv system installed at our place. Not overly troubled by stuff to be fair, but y'never know.
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