More Stolen Gear Recovered - New Information

From: Glen Sapilewski (glen@sun-valley.Stanford.EDU-DeleteThis)
Date: Tue Aug 25 1998 - 11:47:27 PDT

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Subject: More Stolen Gear Recovered - New Information
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Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 11:47:27 -0700
From: Glen Sapilewski <glen@sun-valley.Stanford.EDU-DeleteThis>

New Update ...
Please ignore the description of the thief "John" which was posted
last week. With the help of the internet and an honest windsurfer
(thanks!!!!) who accidently purchased stolen gear we have recovered
another board/mast. With the information he provided we have
determined that the 2 "innocent gear sellers" at Shoreline (8/15-8/16)
are telling many lies (ie. made up the story of "John" and the
newspaper ad). We need more information to determine whether the
other 8 (of 11) stolen boards were ever in their posession.

How can you help? If you have :
  - talked to the two people described below
  - purchased any of the used windsurfing gear listed below or on
        the classified section of www.windcall.com
       (MistralEnergies, HiFly275, pink BIC Rumba,WindwingSails...etc.)
  - see any of the gear at your local launch site.
  - have any other information to help the investigation
Please contact us at the numbers listed below.

In the interest of the whole Bay Area windsurfing community we would
like to stop the black-market sale (or sail) of stolen windsurfing
gear. Any any help you can provide in tracking down the criminals is
greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Stanford Windsurfing Club

PS. It is highly advised that all windsurfers properly mark your gear,
e.g. a simple engraving of your Driver's License # on the mast track
or finbox & write your name in permanent marker on your sail. This
greatly aid in recovering your gear if stolen or lost in the bay.

---- "Sellers of stolen property" ----
male, 17-18 years old, thin with goatee, Indian (not native-american)
white male, 17-18 years old
Vehicle : orange 1973 International Scout, convertible with black rollbar.
Note : these two have already been questioned by the police

---- Contact Information ----
   Glen - (Pager 650-372-7700, Voice Mail 650-723-5908)
   Stanford Police Department - Detective Al James (650-725-2138)
   your local police department

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As you might recall, last year (8/21/97) our windsurfing club had all
of its equipment stolen on from Palo Alto, CA. It has taken our club
over 5 years to earn the money and accumulate this gear. Thieves
broke into our storage container (cutting the 'hasp') and took 11
boards and 19 sails. Police reports were filed.

The thief has made an attempt to remove distinguishing marks from the
gear, but several of the items are unique. For those of you who don't
have time to wade through the full list the obvious items are :

     - Windwing Convertible Sails (1992) with 10" high black sail numbers
            SU01, SU02, SU04, SU08, SU09, SU14, SU17.
                    Colors : flourescent yellow with green with pink trim.
            Note : the sail numbers might have been
            removed, so look for adhesive residue in the above shapes.
     - CFX 8'4" board with very obvious grid pattern of holes (2"
            spacing) on the bottom due to the traditional CFX
            delamination repair. The board is white with blue letters.
     - BIC Rumba with strange pink graphics and
            obvious white marinetex repair on the nose due to boom strikes.

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Boards :
   1 Hifly 265 (1995) - missing cover over finbox
   1 Hifly 275 (1995) - serial # 277041
   1 BIC Rumba, pink with large ugly repairs from boom
               crashes on noses
   3 Mistral Energies (1992) - Silver
               port side front footpad heel dents repaired with black epoxy
   1 Mistral Ecstacy 1993 yellow/orangish with no fin
   1 CFX 8'4" extremely obvious repair with many many
               holes drilled with grid (2" spacing) pattern on bottom
               blue rhino fin installed when stolen

Masts
   4 Powerex-15/25-flextop (red masts) : serial#s - 292094,292084,292097,?

Sails
   7 Windwing Convertible Sails (1992)
       fluorescent yellow, green/pink trim, 10" tall black sail # SUxx
       Size and sail numbers :
         4.3, SU01; 4.3, SU02; 4.9, SU04;
         5.2, SU08; 5.2, SU09; 5.5, SU14; 6.0, SU07

   2 Windwing Slalom Comp (4.8) (1992 vintage) flextop
       monofilm with colored trim, "Stanford U" and number 10x written
           in black marker on foot of sail .
       dual camber-inducers
         101, 4.8m2, purple trim
         103, 4.8m2, yellow trim

   6 Windwing Slalom Comp (6.0,5.4,4.8) (1994) constant curve
       dual camber-inducer, carbon battens
       monofilm with colored trim, serial number on sticker on foot
         size serial number
         6.0 24526 purple trim
         5.4 24553 purple trim
         5.4 24543 yellow trim
         5.4 24190 purple trim
         4.8 24501? yellow trim?
         4.8 24603 or 24605 yellow trim?

   1 Multisails 3.3/3.8; Orange/Purple #202

Booms
   2 Chinook (new head) Al 1,1/4" grip
   3 Nautix (91' vintage) booms

Hardware
   3 Chinook bases and extensions
   2 north extensions
        many Rainbow Rhinos, Race Fins
        mistral bases
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