Break ins

[mrsmelly]

Just a quick posting to all on the south oxford. Thrupp had another break in at the canal yard and two moored boats also broken into over the last couple of nights. Now we all know mr Finch has been around of late but please keep an eye on your property as he cannot be responsible for all break ins so be vigilante, there are vermin around.

[Hairy-Neil]

And scrap metal prices are on the up again. With iron/steel aproaching £200/ton, things will go walkies....

[Bones]

That is just rotten. I did wonder whether the break ins would only be to boats that were uninhabited, but it would appear that that isn't the case at all.

[mayalld]

Just a quick posting to all on the south oxford. Thrupp had another break in at the canal yard and two moored boats also broken into over the last couple of nights. Now we all know mr Finch has been around of late but please keep an eye on your property as he cannot be responsible for all break ins so be vigilante, there are vermin around.

 

It will perhaps be his only lasting legacy to the world that much as we Hoover the carpet, and sign our name with a Biro, those who break into boats will forever be known as "Finch"

[Albion]

Just a quick posting to all on the south oxford. Thrupp had another break in at the canal yard and two moored boats also broken into over the last couple of nights. Now we all know mr Finch has been around of late but please keep an eye on your property as he cannot be responsible for all break ins so be vigilante, there are vermin around.

 

You can usually tell if it is Finch because of the pattern of what is done, what happens and what is taken. He used to do as little damage as possible to gain entry but, as boats and hatches have become more secure, he has got more robust with his entry methods. He tends to close up the boat afterwards so that it is less obvious that he has been there. He tends to take very little except food, booze, warm clothing, torches and batteries, that sort of thing. Sometimes he kips down overnight. That's the sort of pattern to look for. If bigger items are stolen, I don't know, perhaps things that take some effort to carry or have other value like say a generator or boating specific stuff, then I doubt that it's Finch.

Roger

[Teakbank12]

It will perhaps be his only lasting legacy to the world that much as we Hoover the carpet, and sign our name with a Biro, those who break into boats will forever be known as "Finch"

 

 

A new meaning to having something HalFinched

[alan_fincher]

It will perhaps be his only lasting legacy to the world that much as we Hoover the carpet, and sign our name with a Biro, those who break into boats will forever be known as "Finch"

Can I please point out that, so far as I am aware, he is not a relation, or known to me in any way!

 

One of my son's is known by his mates as "Finch", but as he always claims to have totally zero interest in canal boats, I can't see it being him!

[Grace and Favour]

A new meaning to having something HalFinched

:lol:

[magnetman]

Is the bloke's name Harry?

[nbfiresprite]

Just a quick posting to all on the south oxford. Thrupp had another break in at the canal yard and two moored boats also broken into over the last couple of nights. Now we all know mr Finch has been around of late but please keep an eye on your property as he cannot be responsible for all break ins so be vigilante, there are vermin around.

 

I get my longbow (only doing as the law requires officer) and make up a rope necktie and hang in the window with a warning.

 

 

Firesprite

 

Middle levels

[AllanO]

Just a quick posting to all on the south oxford. Thrupp had another break in at the canal yard and two moored boats also broken into over the last couple of nights. Now we all know mr Finch has been around of late but please keep an eye on your property as he cannot be responsible for all break ins so be vigilante, there are vermin around.

Similar problems on the K & A. Just discovered a break in on my boat for the second time in a year. Side hatch forced and alarm sensor smashed but nothing taken. Probably scared off by the alarm siren. More expense to repair the damage though. Difficult to know what more I can do to stop this. Man traps or similar deterrents are tempting.

[luctor et emergo]

Similar problems on the K & A. Just discovered a break in on my boat for the second time in a year. Side hatch forced and alarm sensor smashed but nothing taken. Probably scared off by the alarm siren. More expense to repair the damage though. Difficult to know what more I can do to stop this. Man traps or similar deterrents are tempting.

 

 

Sorry to hear that. Where on the K&A did it happen?

[nbfiresprite]

Brass Domes nicked from a narrowboat on end of garden mooring in March over the passed week.

It seems that with the rising price of brass, Your domes are now a target for the 'light finger never do well'.

A set of long term towpath moorings what a target!!.

 

 

Firesprite

 

Middle Levels

[zenataomm]

Similar problems on the K & A. Just discovered a break in on my boat for the second time in a year. Side hatch forced and alarm sensor smashed but nothing taken. Probably scared off by the alarm siren. More expense to repair the damage though. Difficult to know what more I can do to stop this. Man traps or similar deterrents are tempting.

 

This is obviously a seasonal topic as I posted this............

 

Safe Clicky

 

....... a year ago.

 

A year on and it still works for me.

[AllanO]

Sorry to hear that. Where on the K&A did it happen?

I am moored between Hungerford and Pewsey. Don't want to say precisely where in case it tempts fate to srtike a third time. According to the local police there have also been some other incidents in Pewsey although the M O was different.