anyone missing an eliminator???
 

saw this thread on hotboat about it and thought someone might have some insite here

I was headed up to Havasu to spend Christmas with my Dad late this afternoon on HWY. 177 and pulled off the road to releive myself an low and behold the big dirt mound I pull behind had a boat sitting there.....in the middel of the desert, about 100 - 150 yards off the HWY. I am talking a nice boat, the motors are missing (it's a twin setup) and the drives are missing. The boat is a 32' - 34' Eliminator cat that is white with purple and yellow graphic on both sides, it is sitting on a very nice triple axle Competitive trailer that is purple. It has stand off box'es that are purple with GS Marine stickers on them. The boat has Lake Havasu sticker on the rear transom and a great white shark sticker on each side and the rear transom.

I first thouhgt that maybe somebody had car/truck trouble and had to leave it or maybe had trailer trouble (flat tire, wheel bearing, etc.) not the case, trailer is in great shape. As nice as this boat is whoever owns it I do not think they would just leave it like this, no tounge lock, safety cables laying in dirt, it just did not seem right, the trim cylinders for the drives are just hanging there.....not the way you would tow, atleast tie them up. It is just a gut feeling that I have that it is either a stolen boat or a insurance job.

I called it into the CHP non emergency and gave them the closest mile marker and the closest call box (about 12 - 13 miles from the 10 FWY. and whatever details I could, boat also did not have any CF or AZ #s that I saw, (also makes me think stolen) said they would look into it. I told them that I was going to post it on this site and they said to go ahead.

I took a couple pictures of it but do not know how to post them so if sombody is willing to do that I will e-mail them and maybe someone will reconize this boat. I hope that I am wrong about all this for the sake of the people that own it, not very cool at Christmas time.....or any time for that matter.

I tried to get this up sooner but my Dads computor was having issues and I had to reset it and it is on dial up, very slow. I will check back in the AM and see if anyone knows anything about this boat or is willing to post the pictures. Again I hope I am wrong about this but my gut tells me no and it is right 98.9% of the time.

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Nice looking boat. I hope it's not stolen, or if it is, it's insured ant tore up to bad.

Thanks for posting this!

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WOW, what a find. They could of at least covered it up. :D I do hope it all works out and if stolen they get the the dirt bags

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wonder what else is over that hill...tire tracks show single axle truck towed it too...

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unreal!!!!! :eek: :eek:

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you know that has to be stolen .,. why would you hide it in the desert behind a dirt mound . with no motors or drives and a good traler . something not right . :drink:

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I am suprised the thieves left the seats, transom assemblies and the trailer itself. I would guess the insurance company won't total it as it is at least rebuildable from what we can see.

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from what I hear the main theives take the boat, pull the power and drives then dump it, let someone else steal the stolen boat and pick all the little pieces off that are easier to spot on e-bay etc and then someone elses finger prints are all over it

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too bad it was on land and not water, u woulda had salvage rights

but atleast u took the time to do the right thing and report it

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Finders keepers!!!!!!!!! :evilb:

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Unfortunately, that is sound reasoning.

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LOOKS LIKE A 36 DAYTONA :eek:

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all i can say is i hope they find the guys that did this and beat them to death . i hate a theif :drink:

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Looks like it has a custom engine hatch that is taller than normal. Not too many Eliminators have a swim platform all the way across the back.

Should be easy to identify the owner with the stickers, VIN and customization that was done.

Hope they get fingerprints or video of who stole it if that is the case.

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Holy $hit!!
Any more news on this??

Gotta be stolen and stripped, or Ins. job.

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I wonder if it is the guys that stole the Rice Hauler Cigarette? They are still at large.

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If it is, there will be more news in a week. or maybe in 9-10 months
:rolleyes:
Don't hold your breath.

Just busting some balls
:evilb:

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starting to sound like this was jacked from a storage in havazoo

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Has the original owner been notified yet?

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I saw the pictures and reconized the boat and called the owner and left a message on his voice mail. I also emailed him. He was away for the holidays and I hope to hear from him on tuesday. Yes the boat was kept at his house in havasu

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I heard from another website that the boat has been picked up by the CHP and is in storage.

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30 or 36, tough to tell from pics- is it an open bow? looks like the front of the canopy cowl was cut into- white flat spot on the front.

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Open-bow. Grab rails give it away.

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36 Midcabin Daytona "Great White II" The boat has custom emroydered seats with what I guess is the owners name. Now less engines and drives. Everything else was on the boat at 8:00 AM. CHP should be able to pull some good info from the tire tracks. Not to mention Ag cameras at Videl Junction and Traffic cam at Paker Crossing should shed some light on the tow vehicle. I would LOVE to find out who insures this boat?

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I talked to the owner this morning and he has been in touch with the havasu police since yesterday.

Saw this boat on Long Beach Yacht Sales web site & they say repoed with no motors or drives. Anyone know the story on this boat since December 2006?

remember reading this a while ago...

http://www.offshoreonly.com/classifi...o29880-en.html And here the boat reapears. Still saying it is a repo. Anyone know the rest of the story? I am guessing this guy paid $30,000 to the bank for this boat.

I was following it on ebay, it sold for 36000 as is no motor or drives