Pikeys again

[byron]

'Flyaway' a Broom 35 Sedan that moors with me was broken into some time in the last 3 weeks. They got in by smashing a side window on the landward side but it is quite definite that they came by boat. . . probably a dinghy.
Objects taken include Booze, Waterproofs and a hand-held Satnav but strangely not things like VHF, fixed Satnav, TV etc. The damage done is considerable but at least they didn't vandalise the interior.

[Chris_d]

That doesn't sound good, hope they don't venture further upstream.

My boat was broken into last month as well. I came down to find the hatch ajar, it is quite easy to spring if you know what your doing, so no damage was done to it, i quickly looked around for obvious items that you would have expected to go missing but nothing had gone.
But they had left the food locker open and had found and cooked themselves a packet thai curry, the saucepan had been left in the sink and filled with water to soak!

Clearly a better class of pikey up here.

[Brayman]

Are you sure it wasn't you sleepwalking?

[byron]

Funny that Chris because one of the places the thieves had checked was the Fridge. They were clearly looking for food too.

[matt_lake]

We moor in the same reach as Alexander towers and have had 2 attempted break-ins this summer. Both on a Friday night / Saturday morning at 2-3 am. Second time the guy forced open the side window and got the shock of his life to find me onboard! Several boats on the Moulsford Prep and Beetle & Wedge moorings have also been done.

There are a couple of fast RIBs and speed boats that race about at night and I'm certain they are related to all the problems in the Cleeve reach this year.

Keep em peeled!

Matt

[Ramage]

{There are a couple of fast RIBs and speed boats that race about at night and I'm certain they are related to all the problems in the Cleeve reach this year.}

A strand of piano wire from Byrons over to the Beetle & Wedge would soon settle their hash.......

[byron]

Originally Posted by matt_lake

We moor in the same reach as Alexander towers and have had 2 attempted break-ins this summer. Both on a Friday night / Saturday morning at 2-3 am. Second time the guy forced open the side window and got the shock of his life to find me onboard! Several boats on the Moulsford Prep and Beetle & Wedge moorings have also been done.

There are a couple of fast RIBs and speed boats that race about at night and I'm certain they are related to all the problems in the Cleeve reach this year.

Keep em peeled!

Matt

I knew about the break-ins near Moulsford Prep (actually those are Roger Boseleys moorings) because I pop in to Rogers at least once a week and he and his farm manager come here for a cuppa and a natter at least once a week. I wasn't aware of problems over the Beetle side though. However as that area is a public path it has always been susceptible. Rogers moorings are prone because they are somewhat isolated.

[sturmvogel190a]

Originally Posted by byron

I knew about the break-ins near Moulsford Prep (actually those are Roger Boseleys moorings) because I pop in to Rogers at least once a week and he and his farm manager come here for a cuppa and a natter at least once a week. I wasn't aware of problems over the Beetle side though. However as that area is a public path it has always been susceptible. Rogers moorings are prone because they are somewhat isolated.

Byron don`t know if this is connected but in the Newbury Weekly News this week is a report of 2 blokes trying to steal the old Tri hull Triad moored on the Pangbourne reach just upstream of the College boathouse ,they tried to tow the boat upstream using a smaller [Tugboat] quote and its engine died so they cut triad loose and ended up stranded on the pilings just above the weir .
the fire rescue boat was called but they had made it to shore by then and the waiting old bill nicked them , Mr magraw the chap who`s boat [Triad] was being nicked saw them and broke his foot rushing down to confront them but did get it on video apparently.
The guy nicked is Adam Fisher a 32 yr old from Hertfordshire has been released on bail to report to newbury cop shop on the 15th December acording to a police spokeman.
Couple of things spring to mind [1] that old boat has been moored there in a very sorry condition for the best part of 20 years so why would anyone want to steal it ?? although it must have been a great craft in its day.
[2] They attempted to steal it at 5pm to presumably to navigate the river without coming across a locky to ask questions but how were they going to get it out of the water ?? to big for a trailor methinks?? .
So was it river pikeys hoping to tow it upstream and live on the islands above you?? ,Just don`t make sense its not like a small sports boat that they could get out of the water easily and more importantly have a chance of selling on to some poor sod who didn't know better?/.
As a footnote the boat being nicked Triad ended up moored perfectly on the Pangbourne College moorings blown there by wind and current so at least she didnt get more damaged or damage anyone else's boat Steve.

[Scotty_Twister]

Originally Posted by sturmvogel190a

Byron don`t know if this is connected but in the Newbury Weekly News this week is a report of 2 blokes trying to steal the old Tri hull Triad moored on the Pangbourne reach just upstream of the College boathouse ,they tried to tow the boat upstream using a smaller [Tugboat] quote and its engine died so they cut triad loose and ended up stranded on the pilings just above the weir .
the fire rescue boat was called but they had made it to shore by then and the waiting old bill nicked them , Mr magraw the chap who`s boat [Triad] was being nicked saw them and broke his foot rushing down to confront them but did get it on video apparently.
The guy nicked is Adam Fisher a 32 yr old from Hertfordshire has been released on bail to report to newbury cop shop on the 15th December acording to a police spokeman.
Couple of things spring to mind [1] that old boat has been moored there in a very sorry condition for the best part of 20 years so why would anyone want to steal it ?? although it must have been a great craft in its day.
[2] They attempted to steal it at 5pm to presumably to navigate the river without coming across a locky to ask questions but how were they going to get it out of the water ?? to big for a trailor methinks?? .
So was it river pikeys hoping to tow it upstream and live on the islands above you?? ,Just don`t make sense its not like a small sports boat that they could get out of the water easily and more importantly have a chance of selling on to some poor sod who didn't know better?/.
As a footnote the boat being nicked Triad ended up moored perfectly on the Pangbourne College moorings blown there by wind and current so at least she didnt get more damaged or damage anyone else's boat Steve.

Sorry to hear you'r having trouble in that neck of the woods. I used to coach rowing on that stretch of the Thames years ago ..... or shouldn't I have said that ???
John Magraw you mention above, taught me Day Skipper years ago. He's a lovely 'academic eccentric' and no mistake. His boat was always getting broken into so I'm surprised it's still in one piece or even afloat.
He was often telling us about the great speakers they have at their inland offshore club which was based in Wantage. http://www.whitehorsecruisingclub.co.uk/future.htm
He is a great story teller to the point that we learnt very little from him during our course directly related to Day Skipper, but indirectly he passed on a huge amount of knowledge much of it far more important than that of the course.