Good idea, could be hard to ensure people check the list before buying, it can't hurt though..

no i havent got my board back

im sure the derro bogans from Adelaides northern suburbs are probably doing lines on it as its their new coffee table

shi.t hot idea mate, love it!!!

could make it harder for the scum to sell there stolen goods

on ya'

lemo

About 18 months ago i dropped a reasonably new board at dolls point. i was unable to see it and figured it was lost. The next day a guy tried to sell it near kitepower, and steve went out and grabbed the guys phone number. Apparently the board had washed up on the rocks at Malabar.
Anway i rang this tool and offered him$100... to give my board back. Which i was happy to pay. he said that he could get at least $250 for it.
Steve and i went to the local police station and explained the situation, the police rang him and offerded to buy it, they took a squad car to his work place and picked it up for free. they also explained that he had committed a crime, "steal by find" and asked if i wanted to have him charged.
I was happy

I lost mine in Bunbury and it was found 5 weeks later floating 30 miles off-shore of Yanchep Coast (300km north from where I lost it) .

Thanks for the fisho who found and rang me!!

I'd love to see all kites and boards registered on Seabreeze.

I've got 3 second hand kites, 1 from a friend, 1 from Qld via Ebay and 1 from Canberra via Seabreeze. There's no reason to suspect any of them are stolen but it would have been great to check that before buying.

It'd suck if I now found out they were stolen by registering them. I'd give them up to the rightful owner though, and hopefully the coppers would pursue the sellers whose details I still have to get my money back...

Hey Guys,

It's a great idea. I record the serial number of every Ozone Kite we sell on a register to who bought it with their phone number, that way, if someone loses one or whatever, I can give the owner or authorities the serial number of the kite for purposes of ID.

Hopefully this will make it easier to track stolen gear.

I f#*ken hate thieves!

I've been ripped off twice. House broken into and ransacked once, and bus broken into and new laptop stolen. Never got any of it back!

Good winds,

laurie said...

I agree, it's a great idea .. the lost & found forum has done well, and I agree it needs more prominence. Developed a system last year which we never finished, that will be even more betterer .. so much to do, so little time!

Thank you all for supporting the Idea and I think this registering thing is good for all of us.

Hopefully Laurie will help us get there

i thought maritime law was...if you found something at sea, and you salvage it, it is your property!... am i wrong?

Out at sea yes. On the beach no.

stabber said...

i thought maritime law was...if you found something at sea, and you salvage it, it is your property!... am i wrong?

Yes and no, over here in the UK, a container ship ran aground, lost a stack of its containers and they washed up on shore. People were salvaging brand new BMW motorbikes from the containers!

The rule is, you have to register your find with the local police, and if the owner wants it back, you have to give it back, although you are entitled to a "salvage fee."

I'm sure the rule would be fairly similar in Australia.