STOLEN: Adrenaline V24
 

The 2006 Orange Adrenaline V24 was stolen. It was in Southern Florida being shown to a potential buyer and came up missing. The person showing the boat has no idea what happened and the owner found out way late that the boat was gone since the person showing the boat was trying to find it. Insurance has ben notified and is working on it, but nothing has turned up yet. Any help is greatly appreciated. Here are the details:

- Orange and Silver Paint scheme
- Custom built Aluminum dual axle trailer with 18" Wheels
- 496 Mag HO with ITS and DTS
- XR outdrive w/Extension Box
- K-Planes

Call me for details or if you have got any information on this boat.

Jonathan Mangual
678-315-6428-Cell

Damn.......I thought it was already sold. When was the last time it was sold? How many owners has it had?

I'll keep my eyes peeled if it's heading north up I-95.......

Too bad, great looking boat.

Good thing is, a boat that unique will be hard to hide for long.

Eyes open in Jacksonville. Doubt it'll make it this far, but you never know. Hope it's recovered. Sure is a distinctive boat.

I'll be looking in Tampa/st pete

Damn nice boat, got to be honest sounds a little shaddy, guy showing it was trying to find it, thats why it wasn't reported stolen right away?? I have worked at a boat dealership and if a boat is missing, first call would be to owner and if they had it without telling us that would be the end of our relationship, if they didn't have it next call would be to police?? NO WASTED TIME!!!!

But it is pretty shady here in FL,

The boat has never been sold. It went to California to display with a new Adrenaline dealer and then came back to Adrenaline Powerboats here in GA. The owner finally got it back and asked me to sell it for him after a legal issue with Adrenaline Powerboats. A person the owner knew that knew the boat and Adrenaline Powerboats said he had a buyer for it in Southern Florida so the owner picked the boat up from me and brought it to the person to deliver. That is the last time the boat was seen. The owner tried to receive payment for a couple of months, but was always getting the run-around from the seller. When he threatened to call the police the seller finally came clean and said when he went to collect the payment that boat was gone?!?:rolleyes:

This is a very unique piece so it will be easy to spot!!!

What ever happened to the buyer from overseas for the molds to the 24?.......maybe it's overseas by now....

I do not know. Where overseas are you talking?

post 32...."Venezuela"

http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/a...87357-v43.html

Sounds kinda shady to me, but we will keep an eye out for it it in Palm beach area.

Shady? Uhhhhh, yea! I think your number one suspect is the dude that took it.

Thank you for pointing that out. My attention focused elsewhere during that thread...

It is very interesting reading that thread now with the turn of events and the timeline of the V24 going missing.

That is what I was thinking, but you would be very surprised on how the Police saw it and their lack off response to the issue...

yea BUT if they bought/have the molds why take a done boat? its just a hunch with me but I would be looking at an inside job. i would start with disgruntled employees. just my opinion though.

But, this would not be getting back at Mike and Adrenaline since the boat was owned by a private party.

The boat itself put together is worth something since it is a cool looking well handling custom piece, but apart it would not be worth squat with only having a 496 and an XR. All that would be left is a stereo, K-planes, and a hull. The trailer is custom built for that boat so that would not be worth anything either...just my thoughts though.

agreed, seems the guy that took it to the "buyer" is the one that needs to be watched.

Im lost... boat was never sold but had an owner who gave it to this guy who gave it to that guy who didnt sell it to someone but when he went to get the money it was gone... just who had the boat in their posession when it dissappeared into thin air??

The owner was an original Adrenaline Powerboats "Performance Line" player. He was an investor involved with sales and paid to have the first V24 built and a (V30 that was never built or delivered to him). Once the V24 was finished it was used as a show piece by Adrenaline Powerboats. The owner went after Adrenaline legally and finally got the boat back in one of the legal settlements. It has never been sold. I kept, maintained, and was selling the boat for the owner.

A friend of the owner found a buyer in Southern Florida and was given the boat by the owner to take to Southern Florida to sell. The seller left the boat with the buyer, without permission of the owner, to let the buyers mechanic review the boat. The owner and seller are friends so even though he did not like the situation he trusted the seller. When a month rolled around with no check the owner started pushing the seller to answer what was going on, but since the seller lived in Atlanta and the owner lived in central Florida it was hard nailing the seller down snd when he was able to get in touch with him he got the run-around. Also, the owner had no idea who the seller was selling to since it came to play so quickly.

Back-up....When we found out about the buyer the owner had me get the boat de-winterized and ready for shipment and he picked it up to deliver to the seller. The seller supposedly took it to Southern Florida from Central Florida, but who really knows? This was the last time the boat was seen from any of us! The buyer supposedly had the boat when it disappeared according to the seller, but I do not know who the buyer is. The police and Insurance company might know now but we do not. Hope this helps to explain what is going on.

Jon,

OK I read everything, their is no question what should be done, a felony grand larceny charge needs to be slapped on the guy it was left with, I think the owner will get some answers very fast when people are looking at jail time.

I have to be honest with you, the owner of this boat, and his buddy are complete dumb azzez. I would never take a boat to see a possible buyer, the buyer comes to the boat. I am willing to bet that boat was either in a shipping container or stripped within 24 hours.:angry-smiley-038:

That's kind of what I thought. I remembered somebody saying they "were" buying the molds, not "bought". Did the molds ever sell?

The timeline is very interesting.

What was the date when the boat was delivered to the buyer in FL? Posts were made 6 months ago about buying the molds and "immediately" sending them overseas. Maybe it was cheaper to steal a complete boat and pop thier own mold.

It still sounds like a inside job (friend of the owner) but maybe MIAMI/BAJA has some insight for you since he lives in FL and was interested in the boat/molds around the same time.

The boat went missing sometime between Spring and Fall 2009. The seller finally came clean to the owner a couple of months ago, and that is when the police were notified.

No one saw the boat between the Spring and Fall? This gets more odd by the minute.

agreed. wow, very weird. Hope the mystery is solved. Definitely hard to hide a boat like that. Can't imagine anyone overseas would go to all that trouble for a 24' boat with a 496. I bet it's real close to home. Good luck.

Sounds like it was easier to make an insurance claim then find a buyer. I would think that thing is long gone.

So we are looking for a boat that could have disapeared in the spring of 09F? Good luck this thing is LONG gone. Why dosn't the seller in Florda have dates for when it disapeared? Why all the scetchy details? Sounds like an insurance job to me as well the way this is all laid out with dates of theft narrowed down to oh say 6 months or more!

Here's a youtube of it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHLew...eature=related

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I loved that boat

A lot of this does not make sense and that is exactly what I said to the owner.

I am just looking for you all to keep your eyes open for the boat, or let me know if you may know anything about it's fate. I appreciate all of the help!!!

I Live in Malta . The last place you can expect it to be!!! ( in the middle of the miedterrenean ) . I'll keep an eye out!!!

If owner and seller were friends then why the run around??

they would take the boat to see how it went together, as in where to tab the glass/put seats/gauges/motor/driveheight/ and so on. just a thought not pointing any figure at anyone. and also the guy who had the boat last where was it stored why was it not alarmed or camera on it where stored. it sucks been there myself had my boat in a cover it garage made of vinly. they made a door on the back side at night went to town stripping it all night long:lolhit:. now theres a alarm back there and cameras going in for when the new boat comes home. I will shoot 1st then bury them under the garage if THEY TRY IT AGAIN.:evilb: or cut them up feed them to my dogs.

The seller's story is he cannot find the buyer. He evidentally is no longer where he was or where the boat was delivered too...

this sux, i always loved that boat. dont think it will make here to HI, but i'll keep my eyes open for ya.

Good looking boat but the whole story is BS. The boat is probably at the bottom of the drink. What I would like to know is how much insurance money was claimed.

The guy that's missing is BS also. Theirs no way a man can hide in this world anymore. The only way is if he just stopped being who he was and changed his identity and dropped relations with any family and friends he had. And in my book its going to take more than 24 foot boat to make me do that.

The story is just to off the wall

Call CSI Miami, Horatio will stand sideways, put his shades on, hands on hips, and say, "We're going to get this guy"
:lolhit:

yeeeeaaaahhhhhhhhh

:lolhit:

I do that to my wife once in a while:eek:

Let's hear the story.............http://www.offshoreonly.com/classifi...o32885-en.html

My question would be

How do you not know who the buyer is if your the OWNER of the boat.

Who gives their $60K+ boat to a friend(seller) and says.... Here take the keys and let me know.

RIIIIGGGHHHTHTTT.

Unless the guy has more money than he know what to do with. Even then.

Now i see its in the offshoreonly classifieds.

This is a total crock of BS.

This should make for an interesting story now.

Whats the good word???????????

U gottah say something......You come on here proclaiming STOLEN. About 6 months late.

Sooooooooo??????????