Stolen 18 Earl Smith Gullwing boat taken from driveway in Beaumont ca… (Update, Recovered in Yucaipa.)

[Fun Times]

I don't know the details, just sharing a Facebook page that suggests it went missing about 10 hours ago.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1948645942026316/user/100001648326994

 

[wzuber]

That sux....that's a nice looking float. I hope the locked up trailer wheels left skid marks to it's new destination.
Fukin thieves

 

[scottchbrite]

I believe he said it was found in Yucaipa. It looked like it had been stripped of at least the engine

 

[69hondo]

I believe he said it was found in Yucaipa. It looked like it had been stripped of at least the engine

Yeah I just saw a pic of the inside. absolutely stripped of everything. not even any wiring in the hull. Man thieves are the fucking worst.

 

[Fun Times]

I believe he said it was found in Yucaipa. It looked like it had been stripped of at least the engine

Looks like you’re right of being recovered… Thanks for the update.

 

[Rayson1971]

Thats the cleanest stolen stripped boat I've ever seen.

 

[mbrown2]

Enough to make you cry......that focking sux

 

[warpt71]

wild!!!!!!!!!!

 

[HST4ME]

Someone needs a good killing.

 

[welldigger00]

Wow. They even got the hard wear. The thieves must be rigging a very similar boat.

 

[OC Mike]

Wow. They even got the hard wear. The thieves must be rigging a very similar boat.

Cordless tools are nice, but it certainly has upped the thievery game.
Zip, zip, Zap, Zap done..

 

[Brian]

SUCKS BIG TIME

 

[wzuber]

WOW, thats sooo fucked up. Kinda bitter sweet. Ya get your empty hull and traler back but litteraly every other thing is gone. There are not enough bullets available for fuckin thieves like these...

 

[wzuber]

You know there's gotta b a ton of finger prints all over that thing.

 

[OC Mike]

You know there's gotta b a tone of finger prints all over that thing.

As if the Police even do anything with them.

 

[sintax]

Wow. They even got the hard wear. The thieves must be rigging a very similar boat.

my thoughts exactly

 

[wzuber]

Well, at least they left the intake adapter and didn't sawzall that out leaving the hull complete junk. Did they jack the shoe and ride plate too?
I hope it was well insured and they make him whole on it. Getting f'd by the ins. Co would just add insult to injury.

 

[wzuber]

As if the Police even do anything with them.

Tru, they prolly just take the report and head back to the donut shop where the hot girls work....lol

 

[blue wonder]

Pretty interesting they took the time to unbolt all the gauges and wiring and didn’t just sawzaw the dash out, seems very odd to me

 

[wzuber]

Pretty interesting they took the time to unbolt all the gauges and wiring and didn’t just sawzaw the dash out, seems very odd to me

Right??? I kinda thought that too. Damn that sure is a clean dis-asssembly. Made it real nice for someone to put it back together w/ updated parts.

 

[JUSTWANNARACE]

Seems kinda suspicious to an inside/insurance job.. but that's just me. Hope I'm wrong. Way to clean of a gutting imo

 

[dread Pirate]

I'd bet 2 guys with impacts could strip it faster than with a sawzall. Way quieter too.

 

[RichL]

"F" thieves.

 

[Mototrig]

Pretty interesting they took the time to unbolt all the gauges and wiring and didn’t just sawzaw the dash out, seems very odd to me

Probably someone who likes boats way more than people. Took time not to ruin a classic hull.

Not giving the thieves any props just an observation. Whoever did it is still a piece of s***.

 

[Orange Juice]

I leave nothing out front. I couldn't sleep if that boat was there for anyone to walk by, or drive by.

Trailers are worth their weight in sliver today.

 

[Bugginout]

Pretty interesting they took the time to unbolt all the gauges and wiring and didn’t just sawzaw the dash out, seems very odd to me

Exactly what I was thinking. I don't think that the hull has a scratch onit

 

[welldigger00]

That disassembly was done with care.

 

[Orange Juice]

That disassembly was done with care.

Dust it for prints

 

[wzuber]

Gotta luv us internet sleuths eh???? lol

That disassembly was done with care.

It would appear as though they were not concerned about time possibly?

 

[wzuber]

Wow. They even got the hard wear. The thieves must be rigging a very similar boat.

you mean like a brand new bare hull fresh outa the mold? haha

 

[boatpi]

Not passing judgment on this posting whatsoever, completely unrelated, but a story of a stripped boat;

Number of years ago a guy reports his boat stolen from the Los Angeles area. a 34 foot DCB with twin blower motors 300+ thousand dollar boat.
The timeline stunk it was found up in the LA foothills surgically stripped. You have had to have a team of eight people working on this thing for 24 hours to strip it that clean. I was assigned the case by the insurance carrier who is located in the Midwest and this thing stunk like dog shit.

Lot more to it he was often a Havasu guy. That said, because of my investigation the insurance company denied the claim. Of course he sued and lost even on appeal. The dumb ass was out over $300,000.

I hate thieves.

 

[n2otoofast4u]

What insurance carrier is covering boats like this!?

 

[76 Hondo]

What insurance carrier is covering boats like this!?

Not many!

 

[PaPaG]

FKin POS LOWLIFE thieves need their HEADS CUT OFF not their hands....

 

[monkeyswrench]

Missing since noonish Monday...recovered stripped in the dark Tuesday morning? I'm hoping I have a bad timeline. Tweakers could probably get it done, but not clean and thorough. A full shop, two guys that know what they are doing, could...but limited number of them that shady. Also have to figure in transport time to and from location with the equipment. Shouldn't be hard to narrow it down quite a bit.

 

[JFMFG]

Missing since noonish Monday...recovered stripped in the dark Tuesday morning? I'm hoping I have a bad timeline. Tweakers could probably get it done, but not clean and thorough. A full shop, two guys that know what they are doing, could...but limited number of them that shady. Also have to figure in transport time to and from location with the equipment. Shouldn't be hard to narrow it down quite a bit.

Whoever did it knew exactly what they were doing. Sad that someone else needed it that bad to steal it.

 

[Bugginout]

What insurance carrier is covering boats like this!?

Nikki Bostick is covering boats like this. She had coverage on my Southwind tunnel when it burned down in a house fire in Blythe I was paid out 45 grand in 2 weeks on an agreed value policy. She and her team are awesome.

 

[n2otoofast4u]

Nikki Bostick is covering boats like this. She had coverage on my Southwind tunnel when it burned down in a house fire in Blythe I was paid out 45 grand in 2 weeks on an agreed value policy. She and her team are awesome.

I’ll call her today! I give zero fucks about collision coverage, but I am scared to death that this $100k resin bucket is going to burn down in the trailer or get stolen.

 

[sintax]

I’ll call her today! I give zero fucks about collision coverage, but I am scared to death that this $100k resin bucket is going to burn down in the trailer or get stolen.

yup, she'll get you sorted.

she insures mine as well.

 

[Bugginout]

I’ll call her today! I give zero fucks about collision coverage, but I am scared to death that this $100k resin bucket is going to burn down in the trailer or get stolen.

Kincaid is her maiden name she is married to James Bostick the engine builder. Both really good people to work with.

 

[Bugginout]

All my boats and toys are insured by her. James built the engine that was in my Southwind.

 

[Bugginout]

Remember to say agreed value policy. Lost my ass on my eliminator with another insurance company when a wake board boat nearly destroyed it. Didn't have an agreed value policy and they pro rated and deducted because it was an 89.

 

[sintax]

All my boats and toys are insured by her. James built the engine that was in my Southwind.

hard to lie about your HP when shes married to the engine builder....

I also had that problem

 

[pkrrvr619]

Not passing judgment on this posting whatsoever, completely unrelated, but a story of a stripped boat;

Number of years ago a guy reports his boat stolen from the Los Angeles area. a 34 foot DCB with twin blower motors 300+ thousand dollar boat.
The timeline stunk it was found up in the LA foothills surgically stripped. You have had to have a team of eight people working on this thing for 24 hours to strip it that clean. I was assigned the case by the insurance carrier who is located in the Midwest and this thing stunk like dog shit.

Lot more to it he was often a Havasu guy. That said, because of my investigation the insurance company denied the claim. Of course he sued and lost even on appeal. The dumb ass was out over $300,000.

I hate thieves.

How do insurance companies deny based on "shadiness?" or did they have proof it was an inside job?

This is fascinating stuff...

 

[J DUNN]

I wonder what pics of it would have looked like Monday around noon.

 

[Bugginout]

hard to lie about your HP when shes married to the engine builder....

I also had that problem

Especially when we made 917 on motor. Never dyno'd with the nitrous

 

[TrollerDave]

hard to lie about your HP when shes married to the engine builder....

I also had that problem

“Horsepower? 250. Yeah 250.”

 

[Bugginout]

I remember the conversation it was pretty comical she's so cool about though.

 

[D19]

Tru, they prolly just take the report and head back to the donut shop where the hot girls work....lol

Hot girls?… Have you been to a donut shop, ever?