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14-09-2021, 10:24
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Newfoundland
Boat: C&c 30 mk1
Posts: 118
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Stolen sailboat from Halifax
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14-09-2021, 10:29
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Good question
Boat: Rafiki 37
Posts: 14,206
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Re: Stolen sailboat from Halifax
What a sad and bizarre story.
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14-09-2021, 11:20
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running down a dream
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Florida
Boat: cape dory 30 MKII
Posts: 3,115
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Re: Stolen sailboat from Halifax
sailing into that storm? how do they assume the beacon battery died but did not consider it may have sunk with the boat
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14-09-2021, 11:44
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Petersburg, AK
Boat: Outremer 50S
Posts: 4,229
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Re: Stolen sailboat from Halifax
Regardless of the circumstances a sad story.
What's impressive is that a boat thief managed to sail a 10.6m (35') monohull 340 nautical miles in less than 48 hours. Into the teeth of a hurricane. That's a pretty good run in that size boat.
Now I want to know more of the story.
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14-09-2021, 11:48
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2020
Location: Wrangell Alaska
Boat: Beneteau Oceanis 38.1
Posts: 447
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Re: Stolen sailboat from Halifax
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dsanduril
Regardless of the circumstances a sad story.
What's impressive is that a boat thief managed to sail a 10.6m (35') monohull 340 nautical miles in less than 48 hours. Into the teeth of a hurricane. That's a pretty good run in that size boat.
Now I want to know more of the story.
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Plus one! I want to know more too.
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14-09-2021, 12:11
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Newfoundland
Boat: C&c 30 mk1
Posts: 118
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Re: Stolen sailboat from Halifax
I suspect the boat was stolen a day or two before they realized
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14-09-2021, 12:23
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Petersburg, AK
Boat: Outremer 50S
Posts: 4,229
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Re: Stolen sailboat from Halifax
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sirzones
I suspect the boat was stolen a day or two before they realized
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Well, that's part of the more I'd like to know. According to the article they didn't know if was missing until the CG called. Then they went to check and found it missing. The article also says (with no backup) that they believe it was stolen Wednesday night. That leads to a 7-8 knot average for the trip.
I suspect we're missing something here, but then again, the purported thief is/was an RYA Yachtmaster.
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14-09-2021, 13:07
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 290
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Re: Stolen sailboat from Halifax
WOW! What a way to find out your boat has been stolen.
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14-09-2021, 13:20
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Fiji Airways/ Lake Ontario
Boat: Legend 37.5, 1968 Alcort Sunfish, Avon 310
Posts: 2,749
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Re: Stolen sailboat from Halifax
Thank god nobody was hurt.
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14-09-2021, 13:27
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Good question
Boat: Rafiki 37
Posts: 14,206
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Re: Stolen sailboat from Halifax
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tetepare
Thank god nobody was hurt.
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Hmmmmm...
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14-09-2021, 13:29
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2019
Posts: 127
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Re: Stolen sailboat from Halifax
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tetepare
Thank god nobody was hurt.
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Sadly, I don’t think that is the case. The implication is that someone went down with the boat.
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14-09-2021, 13:37
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2013
Boat: Beneteau 40 CC
Posts: 258
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Re: Stolen sailboat from Halifax
40-50 foot waves when he was in it. I saw a synoptic chart on Larry exclaiming how it was 16m waves at one point. That boat got knocked down so many times it broke into pieces. Scary.
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14-09-2021, 13:42
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#13
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Petersburg, AK
Boat: Outremer 50S
Posts: 4,229
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Re: Stolen sailboat from Halifax
According to MarineTraffic her AIS was on and she was shown departing Halifax on September 7 at 0200, which would lead me to suspect she was stolen Monday night/Tuesday morning. That makes far more sense.
Anyone have access to satellite AIS data?
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14-09-2021, 14:24
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#14
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2018
Boat: 50ft Custom Fast Catamaran
Posts: 11,832
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Re: Stolen sailboat from Halifax
If not the escaped suspect... suicide by boat?
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14-09-2021, 16:48
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#15
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2020
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Boat: Swarbrick S-80
Posts: 905
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Re: Stolen sailboat from Halifax
Alternative view:
Sail close enough to the hurricane in the dangerous quadrant for the winds to start drawing you towards the centre.
Put the PLB/EPIRB on a small inflatable dinghy.
Activate the PLB/EPIRB and set it free.
Sail like mad away from the dangerous quadrant.
Be declared legally dead and start a new life in another country with a yacht and no criminal record.
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