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Early Monday morning I went to pick a couple aloe vera leaves growing along bank of stream in my backyard and discovered my 16' Dory which was hauled out on the bank was missing, and the 1/2 nylon bow line which secured it to my fence was cut in 2 places! I looked upstream and saw that it had washed up capsized on opposite bank. Fortunately this stream only flows during heavy rains or the boat would have been a mile out in the bay by then but the tradewinds just blew it across the stream after the thieves flipped it. What's funny is I keep the rubber plug out of the scupper hole to let rain water drain out, and also a Dory is a very tippy boat for the uninitiated so what I picture is these bozos snuck upstream in another boat under cover of darkness and climbed up the bank and these two guys both cut the bowline at the same time thus the two cuts, and they slid the boat into the water not noticing that it was filling up with water as they tried to paddle off. I figure theypanicked as the boat filled with water and they flipped it over due the dory's tippyness during the mayhem. It would have been great to catch on film. I'm guessing by them they were making too much noise so they retreated before they were noticed by neighbors.
I called the police and they came and made a report, and the officer told me that during the same time period that morning on my street there was an attempted murder, and a car break in so they were investigating to see if these crimes may be connected (suspect flees first trying to hotwire a car then trying to escape across the river using my stolen boat). I think they are unconnected, and the boat thieves are the homeless ice addicts that live under the bridge a mile downstream. I hope they think it's an unseaworthy target not worth bothering with anymore but just in case I have it cable locked to a steel fence post. I've lived in this house off and on for 47 years and this is a first for me. Hawai'i not a paradise anymore with all the ice addicts.
Illegitimus Non Carborundum Akā, ʻo ka poʻe hilinaʻi aku iā Iēhova, e ulu hou nō ko lākou ikaika;
E piʻi ʻēheu aku nō lākou i luna, e like me nā ʻaito;
E holo nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e māloʻeloʻe,
E hele mua nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e maʻule.
`Isaia 40:31
Dave wrote:Sounds like you need a dog in the back yard. Glad they didn't get your boat.
I'd love a dog but both my wife and sons don't want to deal with owning one, they are not dog people.
My neighbor had an excellent watchdog who would always bark at shady characters cruising the stream at odd hours. 2 weeks ago they had to give the dog up because they discovered his daughter was allergic to dogs. We discovered that the thieves after they had flipped my boat crawled up into his yard and one of them removed and left their wet pants their. He regrets not having a dog now.
Illegitimus Non Carborundum Akā, ʻo ka poʻe hilinaʻi aku iā Iēhova, e ulu hou nō ko lākou ikaika;
E piʻi ʻēheu aku nō lākou i luna, e like me nā ʻaito;
E holo nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e māloʻeloʻe,
E hele mua nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e maʻule.
`Isaia 40:31
BlaineG wrote: That really sucks...Time for a basic alarm, I guess....
I have motion sensor lights in the backyard but discovered after the crime that they were not working. I fixed them right away. I have ordered a wireless motion sensor "driveway" alarm which has worked well in the past. A dog would be a great answer but my wife and sons just are not dog people. Maybe I can convince them now.
Illegitimus Non Carborundum Akā, ʻo ka poʻe hilinaʻi aku iā Iēhova, e ulu hou nō ko lākou ikaika;
E piʻi ʻēheu aku nō lākou i luna, e like me nā ʻaito;
E holo nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e māloʻeloʻe,
E hele mua nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e maʻule.
`Isaia 40:31
Mescalero wrote:Geese work well, might fit in there Ji.
I love geese, used to own a pair about 30 years ago. They were excellent "watcthdogs" but my wife has a phobia of bird mites.
Illegitimus Non Carborundum Akā, ʻo ka poʻe hilinaʻi aku iā Iēhova, e ulu hou nō ko lākou ikaika;
E piʻi ʻēheu aku nō lākou i luna, e like me nā ʻaito;
E holo nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e māloʻeloʻe,
E hele mua nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e maʻule.
`Isaia 40:31
Glad you got your boat back. Sad thing is, that even if caught, it's doubtful the DA would bother pursuing the case. The thieves would like just be turned loose after a day or two. Is it any wonder our legal (I won't use justice, cuz justice has nothing to do with it) system doesn't work.
Jeepnik AKA "Old Eyes"
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rjohns94 wrote:Glad they didn't get away with your very nice looking dory. Hope there was no damage.
This is a very well built boat foam core with fiberglass inside and out and floatation under the floor which makes this boat very rugged though a tad heavy at 150 lbs. No damage except for the cut bow line.
Illegitimus Non Carborundum Akā, ʻo ka poʻe hilinaʻi aku iā Iēhova, e ulu hou nō ko lākou ikaika;
E piʻi ʻēheu aku nō lākou i luna, e like me nā ʻaito;
E holo nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e māloʻeloʻe,
E hele mua nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e maʻule.
`Isaia 40:31
jeepnik wrote:Glad you got your boat back. Sad thing is, that even if caught, it's doubtful the DA would bother pursuing the case. The thieves would like just be turned loose after a day or two. Is it any wonder our legal (I won't use justice, cuz justice has nothing to do with it) system doesn't work.
The police officer in his report would not even report it as a theft but as criminal property damage but only after I insisted since they cut up my bow line. He said that since they did not have possession of the property it was not theft. That doesn't sound right. Using that logic I could take my neighbors car, drive it off and park it somewhere and not be guilty as long as I did not damage it. Hawai'i has some pretty stupid laws.
Illegitimus Non Carborundum Akā, ʻo ka poʻe hilinaʻi aku iā Iēhova, e ulu hou nō ko lākou ikaika;
E piʻi ʻēheu aku nō lākou i luna, e like me nā ʻaito;
E holo nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e māloʻeloʻe,
E hele mua nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e maʻule.
`Isaia 40:31
jeepnik wrote:Glad you got your boat back. Sad thing is, that even if caught, it's doubtful the DA would bother pursuing the case. The thieves would like just be turned loose after a day or two. Is it any wonder our legal (I won't use justice, cuz justice has nothing to do with it) system doesn't work.
The police officer in his report would not even report it as a theft but as criminal property damage but only after I insisted since they cut up my bow line. He said that since they did not have possession of the property it was not theft. That doesn't sound right. Using that logic I could take my neighbors car, drive it off and park it somewhere and not be guilty as long as I did not damage it. Hawai'i has some pretty stupid laws.
It isn't just Hawaii.
D. Brian Casady
Quid Llatine Dictum Sit, Altum Viditur.
Advanced is being able to do the basics while your leg is on fire---Bill Jeans
Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up---Robert Frost
Mescalero wrote:Geese work well, might fit in there Ji.
I've never felt as secure as when I had my little flock of geese. I had 8 of them and they would always leave one of these awake whenever the flock was sleeping. If I left the house at 2 in the morning you'd always see one of them looking around ready to spread the alarm.
If you're gonna be stupid ya gotta be tough-
Isiah 55:8&9
It's easier to fool people than it is to convince them they have been fooled.
Dave wrote:Sounds like you need a dog in the back yard. Glad they didn't get your boat.
A 12 Gauge shotgun would work well too!
Life-long boater here, and I believe that boat thieves should be treated just like horse thieves in the old west...
Sure would be fewer boats stolen if we did that!
Nice lookin' dory you have there Ji, as we have a lot of them way east of you out on this coast, where they've been used by local fishermen for hundreds of years.
A solar-powered motion-detector floodlight would be a good deterrent too, and they're not that expensive at Harbor Freight.
Dave wrote:Sounds like you need a dog in the back yard. Glad they didn't get your boat.
Nah, just get one of these from Florida, and keep meat scraps around the boat. Next visit they'll get a REAL surprise. A very deserving one for thieves, I might add.
That really sucks...Time for a basic alarm, I guess....
