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Fred, I hope you made the crew get out and push the boat off the hill...
Norm
S/V Bandersnatch
Lying 30 07.715N 081 38.394W
Julington Creek Estuary FL
> [Original Message]
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> Date: 1/10/2007 9:17:56 PM
> Subject: lv-ab: Theft, Accident
>
>
> Yesterday afternoon I returned to my boat & saw that my beloved bicycle
was
> gone. Damn, I really liked that bike. It had been secured to my dock
box. My
> slip is at the very end of a 400' dock, there are virtually no people
> wandering around out here. I'm bummed. 'Security' said they saw someone
on a bike
> but had no description of the thief. I called the police. After waiting
3 hrs
> with no response I called again & told them I'd try again tomorrow. Not
that I
> think the police will find my bike, I just want the theft on record so
if I
> ever see my bike and liberate it from the criminal I may (possibly)
avoid
> having theft/assault charges brought against me.
>
> Meanwhile, the 'security' guy was watching tv earlier this evening. Half
an
> hour ago I walked by the office and he was asleep.
>
> Accidents happen. I was helping bring a sailboat to Baltimore from a
creek
> in Annapolis. Calm water, sunny day. We had just departed the yard,
under
> power. I went below, came up into the cockpit. I stood, looking to see
where we
> were. The helmsman was out of the channel and drove into a hard sandbar.
The
> boat stopped dead. I don't remember the events but I was thrown forward,
> hitting my head on the companionway slider. The impact knocked me out
momentarily.
> I dropped head-first down into the boat. My first recollection was of my
> face painfully pressed against the companionway steps/ladder. Concussion
& neck
> whiplash. I've been going to Physical Therapy twice a week.
>
> Oh well, I'm still alive. I will get another bike in the spring.
>
> Fred
>
>
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