>Recently a canoe was stolen from my yard. The canoe was locked up using a >rather thick cable. The thief cut through the cable and took the boat. That really, really sucks. May paddling a stolen boat be bad karma for that person for many, many years. A cable is the security system used by most people who lock up their boats. It's darn-near impossible to prevent a serious thief from taking something that isn't theirs. If you get an expensive Kryptonite cable that cannot be cut, who's to say the thief wouldn't cut the thwart or handle the cable is locked to? If you lock it inside, they could always break a window to let themselves in. Get a shotgun (just kidding!!!) and list your boat's serial number on all of the stolen boats websites you can find. Contact your dealer and report the boat stolen. I'm not sure manufacturers keep records of boats that are stolen, but it would be worth looking into. Keep an eye out for it, have your friends keep an eye out for it (unless, of course, it's a Coleman or Grumman--they're so prevalent you'd have a hard time noticing your own). If you still don't notice it for a month or two, post photos of the boat at local paddleshops. I hesitate to suggest doing that right away, because you might scare the thief and they might transport the boat far away. Of course, then you cut down the number of 'eyes' who might notice your boat. Whatever you do, now that it's already stolen, make it very difficult for that jerk to sell or enjoy paddling YOUR boat. Sorry for the loss, Shawn -- Shawn W. Baker 0 46°53'N © 2000 ____©/______ 114°06'W ~~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^\ ,/ /~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ baker_at_montana.com 0 http://www.geocities.com/shawnkayak/ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Jun 19 2000 - 09:08:01 PDT
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