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Csail
14-10-07, 21:28
Great weekend in the centre of Bristol until someone boarded us at 0610! and nicked our flag!
donmerrifield
14-10-07, 21:30
The Dragon?
graham
14-10-07, 21:35
No it was a man that nicked it;)
damo
14-10-07, 22:02
Unlucky, and sorry to hear it /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

Try Slocum's tin tacks trick next time /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
graham
14-10-07, 22:12
Slocum must have had a better memory than me. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif
Csail
14-10-07, 22:25
Only the skull & cross but not a nice feeling when i had our little boy on board....and 0610 seemed a funny time. If it had been say 0200 i would have thought it was pissed up kids doing it for a laugh. Anyway they could have had the laptop,Icom & GPS if they were real thiefs (the window was wide open)
donmerrifield
14-10-07, 22:30
Not nice. A few years ago we were aground against the wall in Minehead and I heard a strange sound around 2.00 in the morning. Went on deck to find that someone had cast off all of our lines from the wall!
graham
14-10-07, 22:50
I remember on the way to the tall ships race in Milford Haven in 91 I think. we stopped off for a couple of nights in Saundersfoot Harbour.During the night one of the boats we were in company with heard someone breaking into a large motorboat they were rafted up to.Mobile phones werent common then so he quietly called the coastguard on the VHF and the toe rags were arrested on the quay wall.

You can feel quite vulnerable in someplaces especially when dried out against a wall.

This idiot sounds more like a prankster who collects flags in the way some people have collections of traffic cones etc. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
Sneds
15-10-07, 07:08
Sorry to hear that. Did you report the theft to the Harbour Master?
Not much he can do but helps alert him to the fact that there may be a problem.
We have a "boat watch" scheme in the area, shame no-one was "watching."
Csail
15-10-07, 07:28
No, but the police know about it.
Csail
15-10-07, 11:24
How about those electric fence things that farmers use but connected to the guard rails during the night?
Sneds
15-10-07, 19:02
I'd 2nd that but the PC brigade might object!
Will keep an eye out for your flag, you never know.
Csail
15-10-07, 21:04
It's quite distinctive as you saw, but also has 'Bonny Mary CBYC' written on it. Doubt it was a boaty person though, probably in some students digs by now!
Csail
16-10-07, 10:29
http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa161/bonnymary/015-1.jpg
lovezoo
17-10-07, 14:04
Anyone else see the irony of a pirate flag being stolen?
Sneds
18-10-07, 06:53
Not until you mentioned it /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Sneds
18-10-07, 06:54
Great photo BTW!