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Boats worth $1 million stolen from Upland storage facility
San Bernadino Sun Daily Bulletin ^ | 9/3/2014 | Doug Saunders

Posted on 09/05/2014 11:17:57 AM PDT by Pajamajan

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To: F15Eagle

Missing boats, missing jetliners from Libya, what could possibly go wrong?


21 posted on 09/05/2014 11:38:59 AM PDT by GYPSY286 (Politicians must USE their heads or Americans will LOSE their heads.)
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To: Pajamajan

Smells like an insurance scam.


22 posted on 09/05/2014 11:39:08 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: Pajamajan

Exactly my thought


23 posted on 09/05/2014 11:40:43 AM PDT by Mamzelle
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To: F15Eagle

They could do a lot more damage in the ports or rivers.
I hope they are just meth heads, 9/11 is getting close,


24 posted on 09/05/2014 11:40:47 AM PDT by Cold Heart
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To: rktman

I understand your point but boats that sit and are not used become troublesome rust buckets. For example, raw water impellers can take on a “set” and can easily fail or disintegrate; fuel may become aged; engine manifolds corrode; batteries fail; shaft seals can go bad; diesel aftercoolers corrode; etc.

I could go on for a few more pages but you get the idea.

The terrorists might be able to run a muscle boat but when you’re running at high speeds there’s little margin for navigational error. You can ground the boat if you’re not extremely careful. Chartplotters help with navigation but many of the modern versions are multi-function and require some experience to properly use.

One other thing is that fuel consumption on large or fast boats is enormous and beyond what most non-boating people realize.


26 posted on 09/05/2014 11:41:24 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: Pajamajan

bkmk


27 posted on 09/05/2014 11:41:59 AM PDT by novemberslady
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To: Mamzelle

You have to consider repos as well


28 posted on 09/05/2014 11:42:06 AM PDT by centurion316
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To: Pajamajan

Likely stolen for parts or sale. Engines and drives are what are so expensive on these things, don’t see any terrorist angle here.


29 posted on 09/05/2014 11:42:28 AM PDT by JohnInSoCal
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To: GYPSY286

That also is possible. There was a lot of that following the 2007 market collapse.


30 posted on 09/05/2014 11:42:35 AM PDT by Cold Heart
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To: cripplecreek
BOAT

B)reak

O)ut

A)nother

T)housand

31 posted on 09/05/2014 11:42:55 AM PDT by dancusa (Molon Labe)
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To: dancusa

Two best days for a boat owner? The day you buy it, and the day you sell it.


32 posted on 09/05/2014 11:45:36 AM PDT by stillfree?
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To: cripplecreek

I stopped throwing money into it. That method wasn’t sufficient to keep up with the rate of expenses. So I had to start heaving buckets of money into it. That seems to have solved the problem for time being. ;)


33 posted on 09/05/2014 11:46:35 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: dancusa
My boat is ideal for me. Pretty much zero maintenance and it never leaves the lake so it doesn't even require registration.


34 posted on 09/05/2014 11:46:58 AM PDT by cripplecreek ("Moderates" are lying manipulative bottom feeding scum.)
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To: Sherman Logan; 2ndDivisionVet; no-to-illegals; All

Not much storage needed for a mighty powerful blast of plastique. Up against a bridge piling, in a military harbor, the imagination boggles.

Almost 40 years ago my late husband bought a former Prohibition rum runner in the Atlantic City area. Man that boat had sleek lines and a V-8 pontiac motor installed. When you ran it up to full speed, the V shaped prow sprung out of the water as the boat tilted to a 30% angle. What fun. I could imagine the rum runners taking her out to the 12 mile limit and then creeping back to the marshes to unload for the AC casino business.


35 posted on 09/05/2014 11:47:25 AM PDT by gleeaikin
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To: gleeaikin

Hearing plane with Americans forced down in iran .... Got anything?


36 posted on 09/05/2014 11:49:45 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: Pajamajan
This could be one of several things. Terrorism is certainly a possibility. Having sold these boats, particularly the Fountains, you are looking at speeds in excess of 75 mph. There is plenty of cabin room down below to store explosives, easily a thousand pounds or so. Think the weight of five or six people. Also could have been stolen for parts. Take the engines and outdrives, strip out the other useful components and sink the hull. Third, could be to be used for human trafficking or drug smuggling. Big problem in FL over the last five to 10 years, with smugglers using boats like this to smuggle illegals in. Think about shoving 20-25 people on a boat like this at $2,500 a head and doing that for a couple of months. You can do the math. We had one of our Fountains stolen from the dealership on a holiday weekend and despite the best efforts of the police, marine police in several states and a client with a private plane flying up and down the Chesapeake Bay looking for the boat we never found it.
37 posted on 09/05/2014 11:50:14 AM PDT by Integrityingovt (Obama watching developments)
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To: JohnInSoCal

Exactly, a boat without an engine is just a sailboat without a sail.


38 posted on 09/05/2014 11:52:17 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: Vigilanteman

Remember the TWA 800 that was ‘shot down’ over water while it was taking off from Kennedy. At first they were looking for a boat that launched the missile. Then they said it was the center fuel tank.


39 posted on 09/05/2014 11:53:56 AM PDT by ladyjane
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To: gleeaikin

report from cnn?


40 posted on 09/05/2014 11:54:44 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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