Vivaldi 53 Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 Hi All, A bit of a stab in the dark here but hoping some Crew.Orgers are about. We are anchored in Haruhi Bay, Waiheke and our dinghy has come adrift. Our location is 36 - 47.755N 175 - 00.992E It’s an inflatable with kiwi yachting refurbished pontoons and a Yamaha outboard on the back. It also has our gennaker in it as we trawled it today and soaked it. Just tried reporting it to Coastguard but they are busy at the moment. Hope you can help. Peacekeeper. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vivaldi 53 Posted February 12, 2018 Author Share Posted February 12, 2018 Phone number is 0274600229 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BMW56 12 Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 The same thing happened to me a year ago. It's worth also calling the Police (Lost & Found Office) and reporting it as lost. If somebody finds it they may well alert the Police if they don't have a contact number for the Coastguard. The Police will also give you an incident number which you might need if you want to claim insurance, even though it wasn't stolen. Good luck with getting it back - I suspect somebody found my one and claimed salvage rights as I'm pretty sure I saw the outboard for sale on TradeMe a couple of months ago. No way to prove it was definitely mine though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vivaldi 53 Posted February 13, 2018 Author Share Posted February 13, 2018 Yeah thanks, notified Police and coastguard last night about midnight when I noticed it was gone. Scoured the leeward coast this morning but visibility was poor. No sign, and no one has rung in tomCoastguard. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BMW56 12 Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 Hope you were able to make it to shore without getting wet. I had to swim when I lost mine. Paranoid now and tie on with two tethers if the wind is up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
southernman 73 Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 If you have kids then the 'lost' dingy thing seems to happen all the time. We now have 2 tethers also. Our last dingy was called escape artist after it detached itself 4 times in 3 months from the back of our boat and all for different reasons including the eyelet unscrewing out of the hull. Hope you find yours. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Island Time 1,211 Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 Happened to me. once. Then I spliced a safety harness clip to the end of the painter, now it clips on, not tied. Now it’s impossible for it to come adrift unless the painter breaks.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SanFran 12 Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 It's probably met up with my dinghy, last seen east of Cuvier on its way to Chile. Bugger Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ScottiE 174 Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 If you have kids then the 'lost' dingy thing seems to happen all the time. Wow - that’s spooky - i’ve only had to go swimming after our dinghy twice - and both times the kids were on board - and both times one of them was on a stern step? I guess it’s just one of those weird coincidences you get on a boat - a bit like empty rum bottles in the morning - what’s up with that! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Romany 158 Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 empty rum bottles in the morning - what’s up with that! easily explained.. rum rats. bastards are on most boats, and always leave before you get up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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