Stolen Boat.................
 

This was my friends boat stolen from his fenced in compound a mile from my house off 99th ST in Sebastian Florida. I helped build this boat and it is one of a kind and easy to identify.
Here's the part that really sucks. He told me today that they had a witness see the truck in the area at night, looking suspicious, then turned it's lights out and drove down their service road which is a dead end.
This witness called 911 and the dispatcher told her it was probably a repo in progress and not to worry about it. The dispatcher then did NOTHING!! The witness then saw them pull away w/the boat in tow!!!!!!!!!!
Bellow is his ad on craigslist. This boat was his life. Designed by him based off of a 25' Bertram. He and his son built it w/mine and others help. He built and sold two others and this was his demo/display boat.
Now he's fk'd.

Please keep your eye out for a good guy that did not deserve this.
Thanks, Gary

*For some reason this site is not allowing me to post the pix's*
Can someone smarter than me do us a huge favor and post the pix's on the link on this thread?

http://treasure.craigslist.org/boa/3626278755.html

Custom 28ft offshore fishing boat stolen from Fisher Industrial Park on 2/12/13. Any information on this may lead to a reward. Please contact Paul Ellig at Treasure Coast Boat Works. # 772-228-9611

Gorgeous boat Gary, lets find it!!!!

Awesome.
 

Thank you sir.

28' and 100% vacuum infused. The drains for the cockpit deck hatches are laid up in the floor and invisible even from the bilge. I learned much working there and and am still shy several layers of skin on my fingers from sanding the damn thing.
He used the best of everything. Cockpit and cabin decks are both teak.
Hull #1 went to the owner of Lenco Trim tabs an hr south of us and makes regular trips to the Bahamas. People on the docks come to a stop when he pulls in.

fixx
 

that really sucks man,,i would hold the police department responsible.. to serve and to protect what?

I thought that when a 911 call goes through, it is must that they check the situation out. I mean they arrest people for ordering beer and cigarettes via 911!!!! but not a legit tip. Now you must get hold of the recording for the insurance company, or at least pass this info to them.

Bummer. Although I bet there are a lot of repos that waste time that could be used better. The problem is you never know.......should have dispatched a patrol.

Someone wanted new yami's. The boat is too distinct to do anything with.

This is sick. Hope we can help find it. I'm looking. Sorry this happen. Artie

yeah....
 

I'm a little confuse by the 911 dispatchers lack of action. Would think they could be held accountable??

The motors were, I believe '05's.
4 stroke Yammi's are still at the top of the list for the fichse bote crowd around here regardless.

Sad part is, normally these things are on a barge headed for the islands before day break.

Was one local shop that had a similar boat stolen, posted a reward and did get the damn thing back.

from what I read on other sites the good news is he will probably get the boat back....the bad news is it will be sitting on the ground tied to some tree or some phone pole with no engines and no trailer on some crappy dirt road on the edge of the ghetto part of town

That sucks, I was right there a year ago getting my oil changed at Sebastian Automotive in my dodge truck and remember seeing boat molds . Did the guys from Sebastian Auto see anyone lurking around , they seemed to be a couple of good guys orginally from Staten Island. Tom

F*ckin' a$$hats. So sorry Gary, hope this gets found stat. I'd lean hard on the police.

You mean....
 

Island Automotive?? No, talked to them yesterday.
Those guys are the **** though. They do all my work that I can't/won't. Sometimes even trouble shooting for me so I "can" do it myself. I tell them this up front so as not to appear to be screwing them. Twice they wouldn't even take my money :cartman:
Second time I made them.

Terrible, how do you put a price on something that was restored with his bare hands. I imagine insurance value is fairly low :( Stories like this have me looking for a "low jack" type system for my boat this year.

Not restored.
 

The guy started w/a 25' Bertram hull, added some beam, added some length, added reverse chines, added a pad to the bottom, notched transom more freeboard, more flare at the bow, tumble home at the transom etc, etc and then...................., built his own mold.
The aft spray rails are actually part of the mold. That and the tumble home mandated a two piece, bolt together mold.

He then laid them up and built three of them w/100% vacuum infusion.
The inside of the hull, under the floor in the cabin is straighter and cleaner than most hull sides.
To do it justice, you had to take 15 mins w/your phone off, by yourself and just snoop through. Open every hatch, every cabinet door, look up, under etc. In other words, where 99% of the boating public never looks.
I've never seen anything like it. He's insane :helmet:

Man that sucks!!! I hate a ****ing thief!!! I don't call 911, they are worthless. I have the sheriff's dept on speed dial.

One thing I can tell you, if I were a neighbor, I would have been checking them out myself, locked and loaded. I live in a rural area. We try and look out for one another!

Ernest - I was thinking the same thing. I live next to a private drive and if someone drove down it with their light off I would call the police and then they would find my 6000# pickup parked across the drive. OH and I would be packin.

Agreed.
 

You and Tinkerer.

The eye witness lives in a trailer park at the end of the main road, past the turn off for the industrial park which dead ends.
Most of the people in that trailer park are snow birds so frankly, I'm surprised they did what they did.
Where I live, and the boat was stolen from is actually a mile south of Sebastian proper so they don't patrol it. It is covered by the Indian River County Sherrifs Dept.

Someone on another site questioned it being an inside job and I don't think that's the case but almost had to be a local scout. That boat was the owners baby and was locked in his shop 99.9 % of the time. I actually drove by the shop the day of the theft and noticed it outside (in the fenced in compound) during the day but he had trucks/trailers perked all over from being busy and needed the shop space. So it was only out for a couple days and disappears???
And before someone says it, no it was not an insurance job as it was not covered, being locked in his freagin building all the time and hardly ever on the water.

Sucks.
Based on the rarity of the hull (assuming the thieves are smart enough to realize that??) it will probably be found stripped, on an abandoned road some where in the ghetto.

I had hundreds of hrs of labor invested in that thing too. Was trying to talk the owner into letting me use the hull mold and build one w/2' less free board and my own deck :whistle: