T_C
23-06-05, 09:28
My very old and scruffy dell quay dory 13 was removed from its mooring overnight 21/22 June.
It was on a drying running line accessable circa 2.5 hours either side of high water but the numpties that took it chose to do so when the tide was out so they dragged it some 100m or so across the thick gloopy mud, the tracks are plainly visible so it didn't just drift away.
Used primarily as a tender (it's an ideal stable platform for our 2 and 4 year old children) it really is pretty grubby. The port side rubbing strake has detached itself from the hull about a quarter of the way down the boat from the bows, and the starboard side rubbing strake isn't much better.
It had a 1970's/80's Evinrude 15 HP engine with service stickers from both Boating World and Mounbatten stuck to it. I have a note of the engine serial number somewhere safe which at the moment I can't remember where it is....
The steering position/wheel has been removed and the boat is controlled from the tiller steering engine.
There are a couple of old River Yealm mooring permits stuck to the hull.
Most noticable, at the time the boat was stolen, is the boats name "Deliquent" written in large letters down the entire side of both hulls.
It's a long shot because it's probably sitting in someone's garage right now, getting a make over, but maybe someone saw something.
If you did, please PM me.
Many thanks
Tim
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It was on a drying running line accessable circa 2.5 hours either side of high water but the numpties that took it chose to do so when the tide was out so they dragged it some 100m or so across the thick gloopy mud, the tracks are plainly visible so it didn't just drift away.
Used primarily as a tender (it's an ideal stable platform for our 2 and 4 year old children) it really is pretty grubby. The port side rubbing strake has detached itself from the hull about a quarter of the way down the boat from the bows, and the starboard side rubbing strake isn't much better.
It had a 1970's/80's Evinrude 15 HP engine with service stickers from both Boating World and Mounbatten stuck to it. I have a note of the engine serial number somewhere safe which at the moment I can't remember where it is....
The steering position/wheel has been removed and the boat is controlled from the tiller steering engine.
There are a couple of old River Yealm mooring permits stuck to the hull.
Most noticable, at the time the boat was stolen, is the boats name "Deliquent" written in large letters down the entire side of both hulls.
It's a long shot because it's probably sitting in someone's garage right now, getting a make over, but maybe someone saw something.
If you did, please PM me.
Many thanks
Tim
Most