cjpjlang 0 Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Our lovely D28 has gone missing (presumed stolen) from Westhaven Marina It's called Le Cure, white hull and decks with grey anti slip. Sail no 4014 also on hull sides and transom. Very distictive as has one long dark tinted perspex window (normally D28s have two windows each side) Went missing sometime between mid-late May and Saturday 2 June Was on on a Swing Mooring 15 outer-aisle opposite Wynyard Quarter silos and adjacent to channel to Oram, Z pier etc Any sightings? Cheers Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Will keep an eye out for you that sucks, never heard of that before do yachts get stolen from West Haven regulary sounds bizarre. Link to post Share on other sites
rigger 47 Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 will keep an eye out in the Tga area. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 On the home page as well, here's hoping someone sees (and has time to deal to the culprit before officialdom arrives) Link to post Share on other sites
Fogg 427 Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 How about some contact details? Will get an alert out to GHYC members. Link to post Share on other sites
ab1974 1 Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Not the ideal way to have to introduce yourself to crew.org. I was only looking at her from the floating dock the other week, nice looking boat. Fingers crossed someone here will spot her. Link to post Share on other sites
John B 106 Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Lets hope its a repeat of the Herreshuffling incident and you'll find her safely moored up in the tropics. ( I mean Whangaparoa way, not the islands. .. thats where the H28 was taken from wasn't it?) Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 My commiserations, I know what you're going through. I've had two (yes 2) boats stolen from me. My 33' ketch was taken in broad daylight from the Royal Singapore YC in 1975. Stolen, we believe, to order for an Australian owner but abandoned after piling up on a sandbank near Surabaya. The second was a 45' Piver Tri left in my care to sell as broker. She was taken from the Tradewinds Hotel in Suva by an Argentinian family of German extraction who, it seems, were fleeing Mossad agents who arrived in Suva the following day. The Germans piled up on a reef in the Solomons, were rescued, and arrested. Boys Own Annual stuff I'll admit but nevertheless kosher. My advice is this. If and when your pride and joy turns up somewhere you will experience very mixed emotions. Try to subordinate those of relief and joy to a very hard-nosed attitude about the condition of the vessel. When I heard that my ketch had been found I had just negotiated a total loss with the insurers. I should have stuck to that arrangement. Instead, filled with enthusiasm, I traveled to Surabaya and became embroiled in bribery and hassles with officials, missing gear, dreadful damage to paintwork, a seized engine, and a thousand mile return trip to Singapore. Both underwriters and I would have been better off with a total loss. Link to post Share on other sites
Fogg 427 Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 The second was a 45' Piver Tri left in my care to sell as broker. She was taken from the Tradewinds Hotel in Suva by an Argentinian family of German extraction who, it seems, were fleeing Mossad agents who arrived in Suva the following day. The Germans piled up on a reef in the Solomons, were rescued, and arrested. Boys Own Annual stuff I'll admit but nevertheless kosher. That's a great story though isn't it? I mean if you're gonna suffer theft a story like that beats a couple of toss-pots taking it for a joyride down the harbour one Fri night! You ardvice about taking a hard, detached view if/when she turns up sounds good advice. I'm still amazed that so many boats are stolen. Especially given NZ's size and location means getting away undetected for any length of time must be virtually impossible. Link to post Share on other sites
ScottiE 174 Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 I don't know - a boat of Le Cure's size could be overnighted quite some distance, rig dropped and boat slipped 1st thing the next morning, and transported with the keel either attached or removed by the afternoon to dissappear into a farmer's (by way of example - not picking on that particular trade) shed for a repaint etc. Link to post Share on other sites
Fogg 427 Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 I don't know - a boat of Le Cure's size could be overnighted quite some distance, rig dropped and boat slipped 1st thing the next morning, and transported with the keel either attached or removed by the afternoon to dissappear into a farmer's (by way of example - not picking on that particular trade) shed for a repaint etc. But surely the effort and cost you'd need to expend to exstuinguish all traces of her previous ID would be disproportionately high compared to market value? Otherwise someone, somewhere would recognise her in such a small boating community as NZ. Link to post Share on other sites
John B 106 Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Here's the herreshuffling thread. http://www.crew.org.nz/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=18265 I take it offenders H28 was taken from stillwater? and left at westhaven. If its an M.O..., the same guy, it'd be worth having a look at the river for the Davidson. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 I don't know - a boat of Le Cure's size could be overnighted quite some distance, rig dropped and boat slipped 1st thing the next morning, and transported with the keel either attached or removed by the afternoon to dissappear into a farmer's (by way of example - not picking on that particular trade) shed for a repaint etc. Would she fit in a 40' container? She looks very tidy - might appeal to the Australian Market. Link to post Share on other sites
tuffyluffy 76 Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 I don't know - a boat of Le Cure's size could be overnighted quite some distance, rig dropped and boat slipped 1st thing the next morning, and transported with the keel either attached or removed by the afternoon to dissappear into a farmer's (by way of example - not picking on that particular trade) shed for a repaint etc. Would she fit in a 40' container? She looks very tidy - might appeal to the Australian Market. Shipping and associated costs to AU, even if it did fit in a 40ft container, would probably be close to the total value of the boat. Link to post Share on other sites
TimW 1 Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 I'm really quite certain Le Cure was on her mooring on May 20th, the day we did the Singlehanded race but I'm not at all certain I remember seeing it on May 25th. As I go passed her every time I go sailing i do get used to seeing her there. The day of the singlehanded i raced down stairs to get the boat hook and when I came back to the helm I had veered slightly toward Le Cure. Hope she turns up soon un harmed. Link to post Share on other sites
Atom Ant 0 Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 I take it offenders H28 was taken from stillwater? and left at westhaven. That particular Herreshuffling piece was removed from Sulphur Beach and turned up at Westhaven having done a few miles in between. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 I hope the OP can take the time to thank the posters on here who have offered to keep an eye out and offered other support. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Not necessary, but if I find it can I go for a sail one day? Link to post Share on other sites
cjpjlang 0 Posted June 5, 2012 Author Share Posted June 5, 2012 Thanks for all your messages of support. Someone mentioned contact details if sighted (here's hoping!) try - 021 2600385 (Penny) Really helpful to know it was still there on 20th -thanks for that Interestingly, Westhaven Security told us today that a RIB was stolen from X pier and another boat on a swing mooring broken into during same period - all sounds connnected. The question we asked when we found out was why. D28's are not really joy riding fodder nor profit making items! Link to post Share on other sites
wheels 543 Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Interestingly, Westhaven Security told us today that a RIB was stolen from X pier and another boat on a swing mooring broken into during same period - all sounds connnected.And they have nothing on security cams ????? Link to post Share on other sites
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