| Boatwatch & Security
Update Summer 2011 |
Well,
thats another season of patrolling
completed. Twelve teams, involving 105 KEBC
volunteers have been out and about since early
April, on foot, wheels and water, generally
keeping an eye on things and, significantly,
being seen to be doing so. Its difficult to
judge a deterrent effect but Police and Harbour
statistics suggest a low crime rate hereabouts
and, coincident with the establishment of our
patrols, decreasing still. Not that this season
on the water has been without incidents of
wrongdoing, including thefts. Naturally enough,
serious naughtiness is unlikely to happen right
under the noses of our dayglo-clad teams. Except,
of course, for the chap since successfully
prosecuted who rammed our Co-ordinators
boat, out on high-visibility (!) patrol in
Widegates.
Predominantly the Boatwatch log book records
all quiet, no incidents,
nothing to report, which must be all
to the good. Nevertheless, boats adrift have been
recovered and secured, lost keys have been
restored to their owners, boats at hazard on
their moorings have been made safe, boat owners
attention has been drawn to security risks, and
speedsters, litter-louts and rumbustious youths
have been advised.
Such matters are not only the province of our
official patrols. Many have come to light because
our boatwatchers, in the habit of keeping a
weather eye, report or deal with what they come
across when going about their everyday
adventures.
Nor should we ever forget the essential
undercover, intelligence gathering sorties to
various waterside hostelries.
Neil White
Boatwatch Administrator
20 October 2011
Ian Drinkwater
Boatwatch Co-ordinator
For
more information on marking or Boatwatch contact
Ian Drinkwater on 852938 or Neil White on 856601
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 Ian
Drinkwater "DNA" marking an outboard

The co-operation with the
local Police is a positive feature of KEBC
Boatwatch
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