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Leanne February 2nd 04 02:02 PM
Brand new Beneteau 57 stolen from Charleston FOUND!
 

"Larry W4CSC" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 1 Feb 2004 23:48:16 -0800, "Evan Gatehouse"

wrote:

Only Jesus can walk on PLUFF MUD.....(c;

The city built the container to put the pluff mud into. The
Ashley
River simply filled up the box.

There's 30' of water under E-dock at Ashley Marina....

I have always docked at the Ashley Marina, as at the time the
City Marina had been closed due to hurricane damage. Since that
time I have been into the City Marina one time and never again.

Leanne
s/v Fundy

JAXAshby February 2nd 04 02:53 PM
Brand new Beneteau 57 stolen from Charleston FOUND!
 
the public dinhy dock is high and muddy about half of each tide cycle.

Never heard anyone say anything nice about the City Marina, except that the
heads/showers are clean. Personally, I only spent two days at CM, but plainly
there was bad blood in the air.

I have always docked at the Ashley Marina, as at the time the
City Marina had been closed due to hurricane damage. Since that
time I have been into the City Marina one time and never again.

Leanne
s/v Fundy

JAXAshby February 2nd 04 02:53 PM
Brand new Beneteau 57 stolen from Charleston FOUND!
 
the public dinhy dock is high and muddy about half of each tide cycle.

Never heard anyone say anything nice about the City Marina, except that the
heads/showers are clean. Personally, I only spent two days at CM, but plainly
there was bad blood in the air.

I have always docked at the Ashley Marina, as at the time the
City Marina had been closed due to hurricane damage. Since that
time I have been into the City Marina one time and never again.

Leanne
s/v Fundy

L. M. Rappaport February 2nd 04 03:30 PM
Brand new Beneteau 57 stolen from Charleston FOUND!
 
On Sun, 01 Feb 2004 23:08:28 -0500, wrote (with
possible editing):

Thanks to all who pointed our that I should stick to Opera and get the
hell out of IE. I use separate news readers and mail programs, so it's
not like I'd miss the squirrelly thing.

I used to run Netscape, but it got buggy as hell after version 5.

R.

We've got most of them here as we (my company develops software) do
web development. I have almost all of the Windows variety on this
machine. The one I use for most browsing is Firebird 0.7. That's the
latest Mozilla (Netscape) available free at
http://www.mozilla.org/firebird/. It's fast, standards-compliant,
easy to use and takes lots of available plugin's and extensions. To
turn off Javascript is simply Tools-Options-Web Features and click
off "Enable Javascript".

FWIW,
--

Larry
Email to rapp at lmr dot com

L. M. Rappaport February 2nd 04 03:30 PM
Brand new Beneteau 57 stolen from Charleston FOUND!
 
On Sun, 01 Feb 2004 23:08:28 -0500, wrote (with
possible editing):

Thanks to all who pointed our that I should stick to Opera and get the
hell out of IE. I use separate news readers and mail programs, so it's
not like I'd miss the squirrelly thing.

I used to run Netscape, but it got buggy as hell after version 5.

R.

We've got most of them here as we (my company develops software) do
web development. I have almost all of the Windows variety on this
machine. The one I use for most browsing is Firebird 0.7. That's the
latest Mozilla (Netscape) available free at
http://www.mozilla.org/firebird/. It's fast, standards-compliant,
easy to use and takes lots of available plugin's and extensions. To
turn off Javascript is simply Tools-Options-Web Features and click
off "Enable Javascript".

FWIW,
--

Larry
Email to rapp at lmr dot com

Backyard Renegade February 3rd 04 12:14 AM
Brand new Beneteau 57 stolen from Charleston FOUND!
 
wrote in message . ..
Please cut and paste, Larry. I am not going to give some SC marketer a
boner because I filled out his effing subscription form.

R.


Nothing really in the article, but here it is...

From the SC marketers...

A luxury yacht stolen under the cover of darkness from Charleston's
City Marina on Jan. 7 was found Wednesday night near the town of
Freeport, a playground for the rich and privileged on Grand Bahama
Island.

Investigators still don't know who sailed the vessel 500 miles to
Freeport or why.

Acting on a tip, Bahamian police and U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency
agents found the $750,000 Beneteau 57 in good condition at Running Mon
Marina and Resort, investigators said Thursday. The yacht, which is
owned by Atlanta physician Glen McIntosh, is one of only 35 built so
far and the only one in North America.


PROVIDED
This sailboat, stolen Jan. 7 from Charleston's City Marina, was
recovered Wednesday night by U.S. agents and Bahamian police.

"The boat has been secured," and the owner's insurance company is
making arrangements to sail the boat back to Charleston, FBI Special
Agent Robert Derr said Thursday.

The sailboat could have gone unnoticed for weeks at the nearly
deserted marina, which has a reputation for criminal activity, Derr
said. The Beneteau 57 was one of two boats docked at the 70-slip
marina.

"A number of stolen boats have been recovered from this particular
marina over the years," Derr said.

Freeport is a major tourist destination that attracts 1 million
visitors each year. Its deep-water port is home to at least six cruise
lines. The 30-room Running Mon Marina and Resort is closed for
refurbishing, according to its Web site.

The town of Freeport, a 230-square-mile free trade zone established in
1955 by the government of the Bahamas, is at the crossroads of routes
between European and North and South American trade links and
international shipping transiting through the Panama Canal.

The yacht's owner, who bought the sailboat one week before it
disappeared from City Marina on Lockwood Avenue in Charleston, could
not be reached for comment Thursday.

Police are focusing their investigation on finding who stole the
sailboat, which has a 75-foot mast and weighs more than 47,000 pounds,
said Lt. J.E. Williams of the Charleston Police Department.

"We've got some good leads, and we feel confident we'll get to the
bottom of it," he said.

Williams said this is the first time he's investigated "a boat theft
of this scale."

"It's a good feeling to know we recovered it," he said.

One question that troubles Chuck Laughlin, the owner of St. Barts
Yachts in Charleston, who sold the Beneteau 57 to McIntosh, is how the
thief or thieves were able to slip aboard the yacht and sail into the
night unnoticed.

"I hope they catch the people who did it so we can see what the
process was and learn what we can do to keep it from happening again,"
Laughlin said.

Backyard Renegade February 3rd 04 12:14 AM
Brand new Beneteau 57 stolen from Charleston FOUND!
 
wrote in message . ..
Please cut and paste, Larry. I am not going to give some SC marketer a
boner because I filled out his effing subscription form.

R.


Nothing really in the article, but here it is...

From the SC marketers...

A luxury yacht stolen under the cover of darkness from Charleston's
City Marina on Jan. 7 was found Wednesday night near the town of
Freeport, a playground for the rich and privileged on Grand Bahama
Island.

Investigators still don't know who sailed the vessel 500 miles to
Freeport or why.

Acting on a tip, Bahamian police and U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency
agents found the $750,000 Beneteau 57 in good condition at Running Mon
Marina and Resort, investigators said Thursday. The yacht, which is
owned by Atlanta physician Glen McIntosh, is one of only 35 built so
far and the only one in North America.


PROVIDED
This sailboat, stolen Jan. 7 from Charleston's City Marina, was
recovered Wednesday night by U.S. agents and Bahamian police.

"The boat has been secured," and the owner's insurance company is
making arrangements to sail the boat back to Charleston, FBI Special
Agent Robert Derr said Thursday.

The sailboat could have gone unnoticed for weeks at the nearly
deserted marina, which has a reputation for criminal activity, Derr
said. The Beneteau 57 was one of two boats docked at the 70-slip
marina.

"A number of stolen boats have been recovered from this particular
marina over the years," Derr said.

Freeport is a major tourist destination that attracts 1 million
visitors each year. Its deep-water port is home to at least six cruise
lines. The 30-room Running Mon Marina and Resort is closed for
refurbishing, according to its Web site.

The town of Freeport, a 230-square-mile free trade zone established in
1955 by the government of the Bahamas, is at the crossroads of routes
between European and North and South American trade links and
international shipping transiting through the Panama Canal.

The yacht's owner, who bought the sailboat one week before it
disappeared from City Marina on Lockwood Avenue in Charleston, could
not be reached for comment Thursday.

Police are focusing their investigation on finding who stole the
sailboat, which has a 75-foot mast and weighs more than 47,000 pounds,
said Lt. J.E. Williams of the Charleston Police Department.

"We've got some good leads, and we feel confident we'll get to the
bottom of it," he said.

Williams said this is the first time he's investigated "a boat theft
of this scale."

"It's a good feeling to know we recovered it," he said.

One question that troubles Chuck Laughlin, the owner of St. Barts
Yachts in Charleston, who sold the Beneteau 57 to McIntosh, is how the
thief or thieves were able to slip aboard the yacht and sail into the
night unnoticed.

"I hope they catch the people who did it so we can see what the
process was and learn what we can do to keep it from happening again,"
Laughlin said.

Larry W4CSC February 3rd 04 03:45 AM
Brand new Beneteau 57 stolen from Charleston FOUND!
 
On Mon, 2 Feb 2004 09:02:26 -0500, "Leanne" wrote:


I have always docked at the Ashley Marina, as at the time the
City Marina had been closed due to hurricane damage. Since that
time I have been into the City Marina one time and never again.

Leanne
s/v Fundy


Hmm....Ashley Marina. Must be party animal. E-dock is the center of
the parties....(c;



Larry W4CSC

No, no, Scotty! I said, "Beam me a wrench.", not a WENCH!
Kirk Out.....

Larry W4CSC February 3rd 04 03:45 AM
Brand new Beneteau 57 stolen from Charleston FOUND!
 
On Mon, 2 Feb 2004 09:02:26 -0500, "Leanne" wrote:


I have always docked at the Ashley Marina, as at the time the
City Marina had been closed due to hurricane damage. Since that
time I have been into the City Marina one time and never again.

Leanne
s/v Fundy


Hmm....Ashley Marina. Must be party animal. E-dock is the center of
the parties....(c;



Larry W4CSC

No, no, Scotty! I said, "Beam me a wrench.", not a WENCH!
Kirk Out.....

[email protected] February 3rd 04 11:05 AM
Brand new Beneteau 57 stolen from Charleston FOUND!
 
On Mon, 02 Feb 2004 15:30:45 GMT, L. M. Rappaport
wrote:

On Sun, 01 Feb 2004 23:08:28 -0500, wrote (with
possible editing):

Thanks to all who pointed our that I should stick to Opera and get the
hell out of IE. I use separate news readers and mail programs, so it's
not like I'd miss the squirrelly thing.

I used to run Netscape, but it got buggy as hell after version 5.

R.

We've got most of them here as we (my company develops software) do
web development. I have almost all of the Windows variety on this
machine. The one I use for most browsing is Firebird 0.7. That's the
latest Mozilla (Netscape) available free at
http://www.mozilla.org/firebird/. It's fast, standards-compliant,
easy to use and takes lots of available plugin's and extensions. To
turn off Javascript is simply Tools-Options-Web Features and click
off "Enable Javascript".

Thanks. I just installed Opera (I had in on a workstation in the late
'90s...dunno why I didn't stick with it), but good ol' Mozilla's still
an option. My favourite part of Netscape was the way it handled link
archiving, an aspect I dislike (among others) in IE....pronounced
"Aieeee!".

R.


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