On Friday 25 April 2003 03:07, KiAyker_at_aol.com wrote: > I have had several people ask me about the status of my stolen boat > which I had managed to locate. So here's the story - the boat is gone. > Apparently running the boat through a lost and found with the city or > county is a legal way to launder stolen goods. Actually, it's my own > fault. Simply being able to identify a stolen boat is apparently not > good enough. You need to have some sort of positive ID, like numbers or > names and address carved into it in order to positively identify it. > Harold has been telling me this for years. Perhaps I should actually > listen to him every now and then :-) > At any rate, this should be a lesson to the rest of you. If your boat > has numbers on it, write them down and keep them someplace safe. If your > boat doesn't have numbers on it then it might be a good idea to put your > name on it in such a way that it will be difficult to remove. I really > don't know just how to do that at this time, but I will be giving it > some serious consideration over the next couple of weeks or so. > This incident has got me thinking about boat registration as well. I > have always been against the registration of kayaks. However, if kayaks > were required to have numbers on them, and the authorities actually > sited those that did not, then that would sure make it a lot more > difficult for someone to use a stolen boat. I don't know, I'll have to > give this some thought as well. > > Scott > So.Cal. Something to ponder, I may do it here and have queried a supplier. Canoes I do build a few of. Numbers can be changed ect The "chips" for pets, Im sure you have heard of them. They can be glassed into a boat... You can put what ever info on the chip you want.... Im considering doing it here on new boats. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Apr 25 2003 - 07:12:02 PDT
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