Picked up the classified section of the paper and found a tasty deal on a canoe last week. 12' birch bark painted, fiberglass canoe, oars and jackets for $100. I thought to myself this could be a sweet deal or a bust, so I checked it out. After looking it over and seeing two rips in the fiber I bought it for $40. Yee-ha, I finally have a vessel. Small, but a vessel none the least. the next day I put it in the water to check the leaks, not bad. I went to Wal-Mart for a repair kit and was satisfied that I could repair it for under $15. Home I went. I live in an apartment complex in downtown Norwich and I figured that I should hide the boat so that it doesn't get ripped off my truck. I hid it at my place of work behind a couple of fences and dumpsters and covered a portion of it with a tarp and went home. Twelve hours later I was on my way to visit the boat of my dreams and all I found were foot prints. Bought on friday, stolen on sunday. Makes me sick. I am a simple fisherman, I don't cheat or steal, (some say I lie but they can't prove it), all I want is peaceful waters and boiling fish BUT, I'm pissed and I hope whoever stole it gets consumed by a large school of blue fish after the ship sinks.
Heard anything about a canoe being stolen? Let me know:mad:

Bummer that s**ks, just once I'd like to catch some punk trying to steal from me. I've had way too many car cassette decks stolen over the years, to the point I don't even consider upgrading from the factory stuff anymore. Next time get a nice heavy chain and hard to cut lock, at least it will keep the kids away.

Sorry to hear about that Dirt_Jumper... Get 'em next time...

...sad story....sorry to hear about your loss

this past summer I had my dinghy stolen from the Marina...( :rolleyes: ..and my boat wasn't even runnin ...overheatin' problems..) but I was pizzed off, especially since it was a gift!!..I buzzed around the Marina letting everyone know " SOMEBODY STOLE MY DINGHY " and I WILL be on the lookout!!....well the craziest thing happened....someone turned it in to the Harbour Master...and even left note as to who's it was....
..now I'm just happy I got it back, and asked only once who returned it...but with no reply, I left it at that.... I was just happy to get it back...

..I don't really see this working for you, but sometimes weird things happen..:confused: ...Good Luck with its return, if not you've been schooled :mad: ...Lock and Key, works for me!!..

~BLOO~

Time and time again we hear about somebody needing our stuff more than we do >:(. Locks and chains will deter honest people.