WARNING !!

I had this in from David Newton Crum on the subject:

Newton Crum Insurance report a flood of spar claims today not from the usual causes of wild seas or gusting gales but rather from a toe-rag who cut through the fencing of the Littleton S.C.friday night and stole thousands of pounds of alloy spars from various classes of dinghy, both rigged and unrigged.

It is worth reporting as a warning to other clubs to be on the lookout for anyone suspicious especially if a travelling community pitches up nearby as this is not an isolated incident, unfortunately it has happened in the past in other parts of the country.

Keep on the lookout and report any suspicious activity to the police straight away.

lets hope they are clever enought to know the difference

Perhaps the advantage (from our perspective) is that anyone seen taking down masts and loading them into a lorry looks suspicious and even with wire cutters its not a quick operation. However, put a yellow jacket on and a highway maintenance sign in the back of your van and no one is likely to ask questions if you start removing roadsigns.

I think we're rapidly approaching a time when CCTV survelliance of the dinghy park will be the norm (at least the cost of the technology is becoming affordable).

I hope I'm not overstepping the boundary here and I'm very happy for Mark to delete this message if he thinks it's inappropriate.  But I can organise CCTV and other security systems, if you need it.

at our club we have a cctv camera and regular checks from a security company and the lake warden as it is in the middle of an industrial estate which is very popular with motorcross riders and there used to be a travelers site by the club 2