As a last resort, if the prior mentioned suggestions do not work...and they very well may work...one letter from an attorney to each party may well solve the problem. It is clear the boat was never owned by the other two, and you have very good evidence that it did (does) belong to you. This should be a slam dunk situation...if either of the two have any integrity at all, or value their reputations. Mike Orchard > Subject: [Paddlewise] Stolen boat found but can't get it back. > > In March of 2001 I had my boat stolen. I reported it to the police and to > this list at that time. My boat is an early model Necky Arluk II, > Upon receiving the phone call I dropped everything and ran over to the > shop to meet Frank. One look at the pictures was all I needed to identify the > boat as mine. Frank seems like a nice enough fellow who is just stuck in the > middle, however he is out five hundred dollars, and apparently the lifeguard > does not want to refund the money! So after two long years of searching for > my boat I finally find it --- but I can't seem to get it back!!!!!! > Unfortunately the boat does not have any serial numbers that can be used to > positively identify it as mine. I can, however, easily produce at least fifty > witness's that can easily recognize it, and of course I have pictures. Does > anybody on this list have any ideas of what I can do here? I am soooo > frustrated I could just scream! *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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