Takes Kids from Wife, Steals Sailboat, Flees

[rebel heart]

Originally Posted by hblask

I did a search, this story says the boat has been spotted, and gives these details:

The stolen sailboat is a white Hunter 41 with blue canvas, christened "Unleashed." It has a hull number of HUN41366C707.

The guy stole a hunter? No wonder he didn't get very far.

[senormechanico]

Originally Posted by rebel heart

The guy stole a hunter? No wonder he didn't get very far.

Give the guy a break. It could'a been a Mac 26...

[Khagan1227]

Originally Posted by atoll

be interesting to know if the guy was swiss,the op was.

According to this report he lived in Switzerland.

Cops closing in on father, kids and yacht | bay2biz.com

[atoll]

Originally Posted by Khagan1227

According to this report he lived in Switzerland.

Cops closing in on father, kids and yacht | bay2biz.com

yeah sounds like the same guy,after replying to his thread,there were about 20 pm's that i replied to,one of them he stated that his daughter didnt have a passport ,and he asked if this would be a problem .
i replied that it would,he then stated that he would have to return to switzerland before leaving to sort this out!!!

apart from that he wanted to know about diesel consumption, the route,weather water catching etc.

he also stated that his brother was in koh samui.

it is a pity but i deleted all the pm's due to a full inbox,in hindsight it would make interesting reading!

i wonder if one of the mods could find a way of reinstating my old pms so i could forward them to the authoraties,it would give them a very good idea of his intentions,that at the time i put down to the musings of another wannabe!
little did i know!

as they say no favour goes un punished!

[Rakuflames]

Originally Posted by hblask

I didn't see this posted yet, if I missed it, just delete it.

A guy took his kids from his ex-wife, stole a sailboat, and is apparently fleeing the country

Here's the story

That happened here several years ago except that the fellow bought a sailboat on the west part of the state. He took it to a place on the East coast and had it painted battleship gray. Then he came back with the boat, grabbed his son and fled.

He didn't even know how to sail. He was just motoring on the sailboat. He got caught.

[Therapy]

Originally Posted by hblask
I did a search, this story says the boat has been spotted, and gives these details:

The stolen sailboat is a white Hunter 41 with blue canvas, christened "Unleashed." It has a hull number of HUN41366C707.

Originally Posted by rebel heart

The guy stole a hunter? No wonder he didn't get very far.

I wuz watin' for sumone to say dat.

[Therapy]

Originally Posted by atoll

as they say no favour goes un punished!

Heh.
...

[atoll]

Originally Posted by Therapy

Heh.
...

i knew there was more here is the link to the full thread he must have posted the thread twice,makes interesting reading!

http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/...and-79739.html

[tropicalescape]

Good thing he stole something he could make a quick get away in...dumb ass...

[Ishmael]

Originally Posted by rebel heart

The guy stole a hunter? No wonder he didn't get very far.

He just wanted to blend in.

[Therapy]

Originally Posted by atoll

i knew there was more here is the link to the full thread he must have posted the thread twice,makes interesting reading!

http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/...and-79739.html

fantastic re-read - thanks.

Post 67 - "got it all worked out"

Heh.

And earlier he said he would like another so he can to learn how to clean a fish.

Heh heh.

[atoll]

[QUOTE=Therapy;1031381]fantastic re-read - thanks.

Post 67 - "got it all worked out"

Heh.

And earlier he said he would like another so he can to learn how to clean a fish.

Heh heh.[/QUOTE

i wish i still had some of the 20 odd' pm's that he sent me!

in the context of the kidnapping and stealing a boat they make a lot more sense now!

[Celestialsailor]

Originally Posted by tamif27

Didn't Sterling Hayden do just what this fella has done?

Yes...he sure did...his former actress wife played the custody card on Hayden. It was a different era and of course had crew. I believe Spike Africa was one of them. When he arrived in Tahiti on his schooner, "Wanderer", there were two men in suits waiting for him. Appaarently from a credit card company...

[Rakuflames]

Originally Posted by Celestialsailor

Yes...he sure did...his former actress wife played the custody card on Hayden. It was a different era and of course had crew. I believe Spike Africa was one of them. When he arrived in Tahiti on his schooner, "Wanderer", there were two men in suits waiting for him. Appaarently from a credit card company...

Sweet little Sterling Hayden? Wow.

[belizesailor]

Originally Posted by rebel heart

If he's smart he's going well offshore and just hauling ass down to Mexico. Going to be a long trip.

Good reporting. No vessel name, no description other than "44 sail". Should be easy to spot in Southern California.

Wait a minute...."if he's smart"?????

I think he's already amply demonstrated the answer to that question!