Fenders (not as in guitars) nicked nearby the Globe (not as in this planet)

[NickF]

 

For the benefit of those puzzled, the original thread title was "Fenders nicked by the Globe pub.", or something similarly and pleasingly ambiguous.

 

 

 

MtB

Thanks Mike ... now I understand .. I couldn't work out why all the questions about location.

[bigcol]

I stayed right out side for nearly 10 days couple of months ago

I was lucky!!

 

But saying that I was only a poor man collecting kindling lol

 

I had my ensign nicked a year or so ago, it really got to me, because it had to be another boater!

 

Why would anyone nick fenders, easy seen and obvious.

 

Col

[Neil2]

Bassplayer's had two Fenders nicked and no-one's yet asked if they were Precision or Jazz?

 

What is this forum coming to..?

[Naughty Cal]

Soldering iron burn boat number on plastic items.

Stamp boat number on metal items.

Maybe wont stop theft but hopefully dissuade buyers .

We had our fenders made with the boat name and makers logo on them. They are useless to anyone else and only cost a few quid more than plain ones.

[MtB]

We had our fenders made with the boat name and makers logo on them.

 

 

 

Normal people buy stock fenders, off the shelf!

 

 

MtB

 

 

 

(Edit to add the smiley)

Edited December 21, 2014 by Mike the Boilerman

[Naughty Cal]

Ours have never been nicked

[Neil2]

We had our fenders made with the boat name and makers logo on them. They are useless to anyone else and only cost a few quid more than plain ones.

Well that's all very well for you but with a name like "Dragonfly"...

[DeanS]

If Dean gets my message, I think I've covered that one...lol

 

done....oops....sorry GoodGirl...didn't read the thread...lol

Edited December 21, 2014 by DeanS

[Sea Dog]

 

 

Normal people buy stock fenders, off the shelf!

 

 

MtB

 

 

 

(Edit to add the smiley)

 

Or, appaerntly, half inch them off the side of someone else's boat.

[Naughty Cal]

Well that's all very well for you but with a name like "Dragonfly"...

Get the boat manufacturers name on them as well.

[MtB]

 

done....oops....sorry GoodGirl...didn't read the thread...lol

 

Cor blimey, TWO trigger happy new mods!!!!

 

Or, appaerntly, half inch them off the side of someone else's boat.

 

 

Good point! How many other boats are there called "Naughty Cal"?!

 

 

MtB

[bassplayer]

 

Cor blimey, TWO trigger happy new mods!!!!

 

 

 

Good point! How many other boats are there called "Naughty Cal"?!

 

 

MtB

Of course we could always put a GPS tracker in our fenders and let CRT find them when they go missing...

[Tim Lewis]

Of course we could always put a GPS tracker in our fenders and let CRT find them when they go missing...

 

we did wonder about that when we had a full set of brand new fenders nicked off Fulbourne at Kidlington a few years ago.

 

Tim

[bassplayer]

 

we did wonder about that when we had a full set of brand new fenders nicked off Fulbourne at Kidlington a few years ago.

 

Tim

I'm not sure about the cost efficiency of the idea though (adding in the CRT IT costs of course)...but more worryingly...you'd have to use an ultra low frequency antenna to work underwater (our fenders sink) , which means using a really long piece of cable or wire as an aerial.

 

I think that's what Matty found wrapped round his prop this morning.,,so I guess CRT are at the experimental phase already...

[Naughty Cal]

 

Cor blimey, TWO trigger happy new mods!!!!

 

 

 

Good point! How many other boats are there called "Naughty Cal"?!

 

 

MtB

Apparently none on Crt waters.

 

Can't imagine why

[MtB]

Apparently none on Crt waters.

 

Can't imagine why

 

Wouldn't it be too embarrassing?

 

 

 

MtB

[Neil2]

Whoever changed the title, again, -

[Naughty Cal]

 

Wouldn't it be too embarrassing?

 

 

 

MtB

If you have the monopoly on a boat name you need to keep it somehow

[Sea Dog]

..you'd have to use an ultra low frequency antenna to work underwater (our fenders sink) , which means using a really long piece of cable or wire as an aerial.

 

Actually, Very Low Frequency is sufficient to penetrate the ocean but aerial length would still be a damn nuisance. How's about using big capacitors as fenders and keeping them charged to fry the theiving blighters?

[Graham Davis]

Why do people automatically assume it was a boater that stole them?
I'd be more inclined to blame an inebriated land-lubber who just thought it would be fun, just like those who use to nick hubcaps or milk bottles of the doorstep on the way home.

[Naughty Cal]

Why do people automatically assume it was a boater that stole them?

I'd be more inclined to blame an inebriated land-lubber who just thought it would be fun, just like those who use to nick hubcaps or milk bottles of the doorstep on the way home.

Used fenders are now a fashionable item to collect in the modern family home.

[bassplayer]

 

Actually, Very Low Frequency is sufficient to penetrate the ocean but aerial length would still be a damn nuisance. How's about using big capacitors as fenders and keeping them charged to fry the theiving blighters?

Great idea...I'm sure there will be a law against it though...

[MtB]

Used fenders are now a fashionable item to collect in the modern family home.

 

Agreed. Very 'shabby chic'. Plenty on ebay advertised as such.

 

MtB

[Southern Star]

Why do people automatically assume it was a boater that stole them?

I'd be more inclined to blame an inebriated land-lubber who just thought it would be fun, just like those who use to nick hubcaps or milk bottles of the doorstep on the way home.

I'm inclined to agree. Some people steal things just because they can.

[Guest]

I'm inclined to agree. Some people steal things just because they can.

I don't. I think another boater has likely stolen them because they needed to replace theirs and they are either too tight or too lazy to find some where to buy replacements.