dumped and slashed rib

[FoxZulu]

So sorry to read this. Those pictures make me feel physically sick. Hope you get back on the water soon.

[crui05]

A BIG BIG THANKS TO ALL OF YOU SENDING MESSAGES.
it is so heart warming to read your thoughts.
a really big help as this is quite more difficult than i thought it would be.
becomes so personnel.
i dont know if its because you become attached to a vessel that really is your life preserver or what. and we address them as she..

but it does restore a little of humanity to me.
THANK YOU AGAIN.
james.

[gtflash]

Originally Posted by crui05

A BIG BIG THANKS TO ALL OF YOU SENDING MESSAGES.
it is so heart warming to read your thoughts.
a really big help as this is quite more difficult than i thought it would be.
becomes so personnel.
i dont know if its because you become attached to a vessel that really is your life preserver or what. and we address them as she..

but it does restore a little of humanity to me.
THANK YOU AGAIN.
james.

I always want to know the rest of the story. Did they catch anyone? Did insurance pay and did you get your boat back. I saw a rib burnt out a few weeks ago on a main road to Salisbury in a lay-by.

[Balthazar]

Strange enough they left the gauges and instruments, the vhf and controls intact. They worth money, even a very quick sell would give them at least £500.00

[used.dinghies]

James,
Sorry to hear about your run in with these douchebags. My colleague and I were looking at the tubes, and saw that the fill and PR valves were cut out. Someone that deals with inflatables would know that's how you make tubes irreparable, or at least so expensive to make not worth repairing. Just a thought, if there's a shady inflatable repair shop that is a little Gypsy, i.e. deal with used, possibly hot engines, that would be a good place to start. They took very specific things that are unique to inflatables, that I would suspect a person or shop familiar with them would be my first avenue to look.

[Pikey Dave]

Originally Posted by used.dinghies

James,

Sorry to hear about your run in with these douchebags. My colleague and I were looking at the tubes, and saw that the fill and PR valves were cut out. Someone that deals with inflatables would know that's how you make tubes irreparable, or at least so expensive to make not worth repairing. Just a thought, if there's a shady inflatable repair shop that is a little Gypsy, i.e. deal with used, possibly hot engines, that would be a good place to start. They took very specific things that are unique to inflatables, that I would suspect a person or shop familiar with them would be my first avenue to look.

The OP has probably got over it & moved on.