When I got to work today my brother had me call back the victim of a kayak theft last winter who had called earlier with a tip he had gotten from someone about a local ad for this $2500 value kayak (they were asking $500 for a Necky Tahsis and saying it was $1500 new). With the price so low he had suspected it might be stolen and I understand checked for it on the web. He discovered the likely owner and reported the possibility to him that this might be his kayak. The owner had tried to contact the police and they hadn't yet gotten back to him. Since he really had no evidence yet that this was his kayak I suspected (from passed experience) that the police would not yet become involved. I advised the owner to act fast so the kayak wouldn't be sold while he waited (making it more difficult to track without cooperation) and to call the ad number and ask for more information as a non-paddler might to try and see if the color matched his kayak. It did. He went to look at it and positively identified it as his. Those in possession of it were cooperative and the police tracked it back through several "transfers" to an individual now serving time for grand theft auto. It was a little the worst for wear but is repairable and now recovered. Since last March there has been several more kayaks recovered than have been stolen that I know of anyhow. That's a trend I'd like to see continue. Matt Broze www.marinerkayaks.com *************************************************************************** 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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