Chicago Area - Looking for Scampi 30 "Redoubtable"

[sail20458]

Long story short, I sold my Scampi 30 "Redoubtable" to a Chicagoan. It was red, registration IL 3600 GA, sail # 20458. The boat used to be stored & moored at Great Lakes Naval Training Center. I can't seem to locate any contact info for him & I still have proper title to the boat because he didn't pay all the $. It was a long distance sale with out a broker, I'm residing in NC. I would like to locate the boat & or person.

Any info would be appreciated.

[artbyjody]

Originally Posted by sail20458

Long story short, I sold my Scampi 30 "Redoubtable" to a Chicagoan. It was red, registration IL 3600 GA, sail # 20458. The boat used to be stored & moored at Great Lakes Naval Training Center. I can't seem to locate any contact info for him & I still have proper title to the boat because he didn't pay all the $. It was a long distance sale with out a broker, I'm residing in NC. I would like to locate the boat & or person.

Any info would be appreciated.

Call the Great Lakes Naval Training Center.... than can most likely give you a FPO address...odds are if this was done awhile ago - person has long left...(Typical stay for schooling is about 6 months - unless assigned there for shore duty billett)....

The marina: MWR Marina

base: Great Lakes Naval Training Center

[sail20458]

Thanks for the response.
The person who bought the boat from me was not Military. The boat was moved from GLNTC to a place unknown to me. It should still be in the Chicago area or south end of Lake Michigan anyway.

[artbyjody]

Then the next step would be call the IL DMV...odds are person has a car, and they can locate a address...they will most likely have you mail / fax in a form with the bill of sale ...if you do not have the bill of sale then you may be out of luck on that route...

In which case you can use Nexus and for 54 bucks find the info you need...

[T34C]

Have you tried contacting the police? If the boat is titled to you and the sale price hasn't been paid I'm thinking they are likely to track this person down in a hurry and get some answers.

[sail20458]

I'll most likely report it stolen. The current registration & title are in my name. The registration is valid through June 09 & I don't believe someone else could register the boat without title & while it has a current registration.

[sailingdog]

Probably not a safe assumption to make. If they've taken it out of the country, and Canada would count that way, it could probably be re-registered with a little work on their part.

Originally Posted by sail20458

I'll most likely report it stolen. The current registration & title are in my name. The registration is valid through June 09 & I don't believe someone else could register the boat without title & while it has a current registration.

[Sailormann]

Long story short, I sold my Scampi 30 "Redoubtable" to a Chicagoan. It was red, registration IL 3600 GA, sail # 20458. The boat used to be stored & moored at Great Lakes Naval Training Center. I can't seem to locate any contact info for him & I still have proper title to the boat because he didn't pay all the $. It was a long distance sale with out a broker, I'm residing in NC. I would like to locate the boat & or person.

Any info would be appreciated.

Was the gentleman's last name 'Kars' by any chance ?

[Sailormann]

Probably not a safe assumption to make. If they've taken it out of the country, and Canada would count that way, it could probably be re-registered with a little work on their part.

Bad news is yes it could be registered here without too much difficulty. The process has been simplified and the required documents would be easy to create. The good news is that Customs, the Coast Guard and the RCMP all cooperate with US authorities to a much greater degree than any other country.

Beacuse you are an individual who acted in good faith and not an incestment banker who dines on the less affluent for lunch, and can easily afford to lose 600K becaue it just means that you'll have to turn six more families out of their homes to make up the loss, I'll offer to provide you with as much information as I can.

There are not a lot of Scampis in Canada, and I don't think it would be too easy to hide one for long.

If the boat is at a Club or a Marina in Ontario (which is the northern part of ALL the Great Lakes), then it has to either be, or seem to be, insured. They are very sticky about that here. Hence it seems to me that a good place to start would be with the insurance brokerage community.

There is an agency here that writes a lot of boat business. I don't know if your missing boat would be listed with them, but they would probably be able to tell you how to contact the insurance firms in the provice to let them know what you are looking for. The company name is Robertson and Robertson. Contact them here:

:.:.:.: Robertson & Robertson Yacht Insurance Ltd. :.:.:.:

If the dirty, low-down, piece-of-trash thief is trying to sell the boat, chances are it would be advertised here: boat for sale

To contact marinas see this list: Ontario Marine Operators Association

Might be worth asking if anyone here has measured a Scampi recently: PHRF of Lake Ontario - Home

If you like I can dig up contacts at Customs, RCMP, Coast Guard for you. Let me know.

[sail20458]

I'm going to start trying to contact marina's & storage facilities on the lower side of Lake Michigan. It is probably on the hard this time of year & with all the spring commissioning activity maybe someone will notice it. The hull design does tend to stand out.
I'll post a couple of pictures soon.