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J.Teixeira
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Stolen and recovered

Post by J.Teixeira »

Hi

Tuesday night won't be forgotten so soon...

I parked the car and trailer with boat in front of a friend home at 20 h.

At 23h after a nice dinner I was going to the car and :o :o :o "BIG SURPRISE".

An empty space on his place... :cry: :? :|

I run to the police (GNR - Portuguese National Guard) they put up an national warning.

In 5 hours they recovered car and boat almost intact 200 km away hidden in a small vilage .

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5 long hours for me... :(

Jose
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Happy ending indeed!!
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Jose,

Sorry to hear about your boat getting stolen...then very happy to hear it was recovered. Hopefully no damage.

But look on the bright side...if it had been a Blue hulled Mac it would have taken 5 days rather than 5 hours for the police to find it...

8)

Cheers,
Jim
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Re: Stolen and recovered

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...and it would've only been 50 km away instead of 200! :P
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Re: Stolen and recovered

Post by Paulieb »

"Almost intact" What happened to it? Did it get banged around? I know after seeing all your woodwork, that if I would have seen you boat out unattended, I would have stolen it too and replaced it with mine. :)

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Glad to hear you got her back... I too hope all is well with the boat and the Truck and all its contents..
Good Job by the Local Police ..
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Re: Stolen and recovered

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Wow!!!!!!!

With that kind of luck, I hope you went out and bought a lottery ticket. 8) 8) 8)

Ken
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Re: Stolen and recovered

Post by Highlander »

Jose
Glad to hear of the recovery , that would have been a very bad ending to your yr , I've often thought about buying one of these gps tracker chips that you can install in your car or boat for about 100-200$ , I know I read about alot of big boat theft's from Florida Marina's last yr !! :( , my vehicles are old 2002, 1996 ford ranger trk so I'd use one for my boat ,now you've got me thinking maybe it would not be a bad investment
in the one photo it looks like your boat has no eng. was it stolen off the boat !! :evil:

J
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Re: Stolen and recovered

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John, it looks like the police tape goes back to a tilted up engine. I'd bet the 'almost intact' part refers to the truck being broken into...
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Wow! What a story. That would have been a terrible 5 hours! I'm so glad you got her back!

LOL c130king and K9Kampers :D
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Re: Stolen and recovered

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Hi

Very lucky indeed...

The only damage was on the truck door lock...

And a few items are missing from the car interior (Documents, Car GPS, Radio...)

The trailer as a small problem on the small front wheel

The boat is intact.

You can see a small movie on TV at (Portuguese...)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhwqUzCdjFI

Ariane as given me many adventures but never a strong emotion like this... :x

Jose
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Re: Stolen and recovered

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Everyone is a suspect. Including myself...
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Post by restless »

wo-ow.. that's a fkr.., but now a story you'll never forget! thank the heavans Ariane came back to you!
What goes through peoples heads???
Mike -UK had his 26X (Hera) stolen too, and recovered! :-) A truly crazy tale...
see you soon
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Re: Stolen and recovered

Post by NiceAft »

Jose,

This must have been really big news for the community? The news broadcast was almost seven minutes long :D

Congratulations on getting the boat back, intact.

Ray
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Re: Stolen and recovered

Post by ROAD Soldier »

That I want to do to stay under the radar is still a big truck pulling a boat. Please tell me that not only did you retrieve you truck and boat back but they authorities caught the thieves to. Who should be given a Darwin award.
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