Stolen Windsurfing Gear - Partially Recovered

From: Glen Sapilewski (glen@sun-valley.Stanford.EDU-DeleteThis)
Date: Wed Aug 19 1998 - 13:38:40 PDT


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Subject: Stolen Windsurfing Gear - Partially Recovered
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Phone: 415-903-9877
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 13:38:40 -0700
From: Glen Sapilewski <glen@sun-valley.Stanford.EDU-DeleteThis>


Summary :
  - Aug '97, 11 boards, 20 sails, ... etc. stolen from Stanford
      Windsurfing Club (Palo Alto, CA)
  - Aug '98, 2 boards, 4 sails recovered from ShorelinePark (MtnView, CA)
      This good news tells us that the gear is still local and is trickling
      into the used windsurfing market. Please keep an eye out for any
      of the gear described in the attached list or the stolen
      equipment section of http://www.windcall.com
  - Thief Description
      The current theory is that the gear was sold through an
      classified ad in the San Jose Mercury News around March-April
      1998. The seller is described as :
         white male, ~6ft tall, in mid 20's
         clean shaven with dirty blonde hair ("surfer type"??)
         drives a dark colored 1980's Jeep Cherokee with CA or plates.
  - If you have ANY information, have seen any of the gear, have
    purchased any of the gear (we can work something out) please
    contact :
      Glen - (Pager 650-372-7700, Voice Mail 650-723-5908)
      Stanford Police Department - Detective Al James (650-725-2138)
      or your local police department

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

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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.

>From the recovered gear we have learned that the thief has made an
attempt to remove distinguishing marks from the gear, but several of
the items are unique. For those of you with limited time 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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>>>> Complete List >>>>>
Boards :
   1 Hifly 265 (1995) - missing cover over finbox
   1 Hifly 275 (1995) - peculiar dent on bottom
   1 Hifly 275 (1995) - serial # 277041
   1 BIC Rumba, pink with large ugly repairs from boom
               crashes on noses
   3 Mistral Energies (1992) - Silver
               with standard Energy repair - 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
   1 Dynafiber 460cm - 12% CC, MCS25, triaxial weave : serial#-42842
   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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